The CU Wizards Program

David Nesbitt
Professor • Director of CU Wizards • "Chemistry in the Kitchen"
Chemistry and Biochemistry & Physics
The CU Wizards!

Susan Marie Frontczak
A Visit with Marie Curie • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein & The Ethics of Science

Darin Toohey
Professor • "Climate Change in a Bottle"
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Dana Anderson
Professor • "Waves that Changed the World!"
Physics

Kristi Anseth
Professor • "Chemistry to Heal the Body"
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Brian Argrow
Professor • "Games of Drones!"
Aerospace Engineering

Paul Beale
Professor • "Much Ado About Absolute Zero!" "Time Flies!"
Physics

Veronica Bierbaum
Professor • "The Magic of Chemistry"
Chemistry and Biochemistry

John Bohn
Research Professor • "The Physics of Sports!"
Physics

Daniel Bolton
Teaching Associate Professor • "ZAPP! Electricity & Magnetism"
Physics

Steven Brown
Professor • "There's Something in the Air!" "The Chemistry of the Atmosphere"
Chemistry

Thomas Cech
Distinguished Professor • Nobel Laureate • "The Chemistry of Life"
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Noel Clark
Professor of Distinction • "Light, Polarization and Liquid Crystals"
Physics

Eric Cornell
Professor • "Speed!"
Physics

Neils Damrauer
Professor • "Learning to Harness the Sun: The Chemistry of Solar Fuels"
Physics

Janet DeGrazia
Professor • "Go With the Flow!"
Chemical and Mechanical Engineering

Michael Dubson
Teaching Professor of Distinction • "BOOM! The Physics of Sound and Music"
Physics

Moni Fleshner
Professor • "Immunity in Health and Disease: Superheros Within!"
Integrative Physiology

Katja Friedrich
Assistant Professor • Associate Chair, Dept of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science • "The Tumultuous Life of Cumulus Clouds!"
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Steve George
Professor • "The Chemistry of Energy!"
Chemical and Biological Engineering • Chemistry and Biochemistry

Andrew Hamilton
Professor • "Blackholes!"
Physics

Lewis Harvey
Professor • "Illusion & Reality: The Science of Perception"
Psychology & Neuorscience

Susan Marie Hendrickson
Teaching Professor • “Redox, Reuse, Recharge: Batteries!”
Chemistry and Biochemistry

James "Casey" Hines
Professor • "Pow! Wow!" "Water, Water Everywhere!" & "H2O!"
Chemistry

Mark Hoefer
Professor • "Surfing With a Mathematician: Nonlinear Waves & Fluids"
Applied Mathematics

Brian Hynek
Rocks from Outer Space • Associate Professor
Geological Sciences & Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)

Deborah Jin
Professor • "The Physics of Sports!"
Physics

Henry Kapteyn
Professor • "Lasers and Light!"
Physics

Konrad Lehnert
Professor • "Waves & Radios: The Physics of the Informational Age"
Physics

Leslie Leinwand
Professor • "Hope for a Broken Heart"
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology

Alysia Marino
Professor • ZAPP!! Electricity & Magnetism
Physics

Margaret Murnane
Professor • "Lasers and Light!"
Physics • Electrical and Computer Engineering

Amy Palmer
Professor • "One Fish...Two Fish...Fluorescent Red & Green Squish!"
Biochemistry

Tom Perkins
Professor • "Microscopy & Powers of Ten!"
Physics

Steven Pollock
Professor • "Whispers and Bangs! The Physics of Sound"
Physics

Zoya Popovic
Distinguished Professor • "Waves that Changed the World!"
Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Tarek Sammakia
Professor • "Polymers, Foams & Gels"
Chemistry & Biochemistry

Beth Stade
Fibonacci and The Golden Ratio: Why Can't We Just All Get Along?
Mathematics

Eric Stade
Professor • "Fibonacci and Phi: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?"
Mathematics

Dylan Taatjtes
Professor • "Biochemistry for Kids!"
Chemistry & Biochemistry

Mike Thomason
Physics Demonstrations
Physics

James Thompson
Professor • "The Physics of Superheros & Villains!"
Physics

David Walba
Professor • "Light, Polarization and Liquid Crystals"
Chemical and Biological Engineering • Chemistry and Biochemistry

Mathias Weber
Professor • "Sink or Swim!"
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Deborah Wuttke
Professor • "Biochemistry for Kids!"
Chemistry & Biochemistry

Wei Zhang
Professor • "Plastics!"
Chemistry