Richard Olenick

Richard Olenick is a Professor of Physics at the University of Dallas. His research focuses on Cataclysmic Variables, Accretion Disks, Exoplanet Searches, and Physics Education. He has supervised over fifty undergraduate theses and served as Associate Project Director for the PBS series The Mechanical Universe. He is a principal author of textbooks published by Cambridge University Press and has secured grants from NSF and the U.S. Department of Education for physics curriculum development.

Education:

• PhD and M.S. in Physics, Purdue University
• B.S. in Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology

Roles:

• Editor for Open Physics (deGruyter) and Physics (BioAccents)
• Reviewer for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and astronomy projects at Rice University
• Former item writer for GRE Physics Test

His recent publications explore exoplanet detection via remote telescopes and photometric analysis of cataclysmic variables. He actively contributes to undergraduate research initiatives, organizing sessions at international astronomy conferences.