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Nathan Grau, Ph.D., is a Professor of Physics at Augustana College's Physics Department. He has been affiliated with the department since 2010 following a postdoctoral position at Columbia University. His research focuses on experimental nuclear physics, particularly studying the strong nuclear force and quark-gluon interactions through collaborations at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, including the PHENIX, sPHENIX, and ePIC projects. His lab has secured continuous funding since 2013, supporting 14 student researchers. Grau teaches across the physics curriculum, with a special emphasis on general education courses like astronomy.
Education: Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics (2005, Iowa State University); B.S. in Physics (2000, Millikin University).
Research collaborations involve analyzing collision remnants from RHIC's particle beams to explore fundamental nuclear forces. His teaching spans modern physics, computational physics, and thermodynamics. Despite no explicitly listed awards, his sustained research funding and student mentorship highlight his contributions to experimental physics and education.
