The Wizards
Prof. David Nesbitt, Program Director – “Chemistry in
the Kitchen!”
Senior Wizard David Nesbitt has been with the CU Wizards Show for almost 20
years. Professor Nesbitt is the current chair of the JILA Institute at the University of Colorado
at Boulder 
and conducts groundbreaking research on the
behavior of the molecular world and mentors up and coming new scientists. He is
especially interested in laser spectroscopy and the kinetics of biomolecular and nanoparticle
systems. To learn more about Professor Nesbitt’s research, visit http://jilawww.colorado.edu/~djn
Prof. Janet De
Grazia – “Go With the Flow!”
Professor and CU Wizard Janet De Grazia presents the “Go With the Flow” show at CU
Wizards. She is a senior instructor in the University’s Department of
Chemical and Mechanical Engineering. Main research focuses include engineering
education for children and how to improve instruction. She is the director of
outreach for the integrated teaching and learning lab and named the
“Professor Who Makes A Difference,” in
Mechanical Engineering, 2000. Professor De Grazia was
awarded the Sullivan-Carlson Innovation for Teaching
award in 1999.
Prof. Brian Agrow – “Go With the Flow!”
Professor Agrow has also presented
“Go With the Flow” with Professor De Grazia. He is an Associate Professor of Aerospace
Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder. He is a President’s Teaching Scholar
and is a member of the NASA Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology
Advisory Council. Professor Agrow conducts fluids
research.
Prof. Noel
Clark – “Liquid
Professor Noel Clark, along with Professor David Walba has presented the “Liquid Crystals” show
here at CU Wizards. Prof. Clark teaches Physics at the
Prof. David
M. Walba – “Liquid
Professor Walba is the other half of the
liquid crystals team. He teaches chemical and biological engineering as well as
chemistry and biochemistry at CU Boulder. He is both a Camille and Henry
Dreyfus Teacher Scholar and a Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. Walba leads the Walba Group at CU, which focuses on organic stereochemistry
in the context of liquid crystal science and technology. For more information
about the Walba Group, visit the Web site at http://walba.colorado.edu
Prof. Margaret
Murnane – “Lasers and Light!”
Professor Murnane is one of the CU
Wizards that leads the “Lasers and Light” show. She is a fellow
here at JILA in the Department of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineerin, and is a NIST senior research scientist.
Professor Murnane has been the recipient of the Maria
Goeppert-Mayer Award from the American Physical Society in 1997 and was a John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow in 2000. She
co-leads the Kapteyn/Murnane Research Group with
Professor Henry C. Kapteyn.
Prof. Henry C. Kapteyn
– “Lasers and Light!”
Professor Kapteyn teams with Professor Murnane to bring you the “Lasers and Light”
show at CU Wizards. Professor Kapteyn is also a
fellow at JILA and instructor of physics at the
Prof. Thomas Cech – “Chemistry of Life!”
Professor Thomas Cech is a distinguished
professor and director of the Cech Laboratory at the 
To learn more
about Professor Cech, visit his Web site at http://cechlab.colorado.edu
Prof. Casey
Hynes – “Chemistry: Pow!
Wow!” and “H2O!”
Professor James T. “Casey” Hynes teaches chemistry and
biochemistry at the
Prof. Jim
Faller – “Physics of Sports!”
Professor Jim Faller is an Adjoint
Professor at JILA. He has received several awards, including the NASA
Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1973 and the Arnold O. Beckman
Award of the Instrument Society of America in 1970. Professor Faller’s
research interests include geophysics, experimental relativity, precision
measurement, and null experiments.
Prof. Kathy Rowlen – “Chemistry of Light!”
Professor Rowlen teaches chemistry and
biochemistry at the
Prof. Eric
Cornell – “Speed!”
Professor Eric Cornell is a JILA fellow and research physicist and
fellow of NIST who teaches Physics here at the
Prof. Paul
Beale – “Clocks and Time!”
Professor Paul D. Beale is a professor of physics at the
Prof. John
Taylor – “How Things Move!”
Professor Taylor started the CU Wizards show in 1979 and is a
retired professor of physics for the