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Ubirajara (Bira) van Kolck is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Arizona and an Affiliate Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Washington. His research focuses on Effective Field Theories (EFTs), particularly their applications to nuclear-particle physics interfaces and molecular systems. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin (1993).
Research Interests: Effective Field Theory, nuclear forces, chiral symmetry, and low-energy nuclear interactions. His work bridges particle and nuclear physics, emphasizing controlled expansions in strongly interacting systems.
Awards: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (200?), Outstanding Junior Investigator Award (U.S. Department of Energy), APS Fellow (2004).
Teaching: Courses include Nuclear Physics (PHYS 551) and PHYS 261H. He emphasizes research-driven pedagogy, including undergraduate projects on quantum mechanics and renormalization.
Service: Past-Chair of APS Topical Group on Few-Body Systems, editorial board member of Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. Organized major workshops on Effective Field Theories at Caltech and the Institute for Nuclear Theory.
Labs/Groups: Involved with the Nuclear Theory Group at UW and the University of Arizona's Nuclear Physics Group. Key collaborations include the Cooler-CSB experiment and RIA Theory Working Group.
