Assistant Professor of Physics Nicholas Young is an assistant professor studying physics education research and organizes the Georgia Physics and Astronomy Education Research (G-PhAsER) group. His research uses a variety of quantitative techniques to study problems in both undergraduate and graduate physics. Young is particularly interested in applying data science methodologies to questions in physics education and the graduate admissions process. Young earned his PhD in Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Education Education: PhD, Michigan State University BS, (The) Ohio State University Research Research Areas: Physics Education Research Interests: Assessment in introductory physics, graduate education in physics, computation and data science in physics curriculum and physics education research Courses Taught Courses Regularly Taught: PHYS 1251 PHYS 2001 Awards, Honors and Recognitions Of note: Young is a former AAAS Mass Media Fellow (The Wichita Eagle).
