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Bill Hirsch serves as a Teaching Professor in the Physics Department at Marquette University, teaching core undergraduate courses including introductory physics for scientists/engineers and health professions, classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism (Parts 1 & 2), general relativity, and particle physics.
His academic background includes a BS in Astrophysics from Pennsylvania State University, an MS with computational nuclear physics research from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD from Wake Forest University focused on theoretical quantum gravity. His dissertation examined quantum effects of fermion fields in black hole and wormhole spacetimes.
Dr. Hirsch's research centers on extreme spacetime curvature phenomena, investigating solutions to Einstein's field equations, neutron star/magnetar structure, and the plausibility of wormholes through semi-classical general relativity. His work bridges mathematical physics with quantum field theory in curved spacetimes, particularly analyzing fermion field interactions near astrophysical compact objects.
His publication record demonstrates consistent focus on quantum gravitational effects, developing computational methods for stress-energy tensor calculations in static spherically symmetric spacetimes. This research contributes to understanding whether quantum effects might prevent the formation of astrophysical objects with extreme curvature.
