Within the Department of Physics, PEG’s staff are divided into a number of personnel units which align closely with the membership of the staff teams that execute PEG’s largest program areas. Currently, there are three of these groups, each supervised by a Group Manager.
* Group Manager
** Group Manager and PEG Senior Manager
Physics Advanced Laboratory Group (Junior Lab)
Junior Lab is a two semester sequence in experimental physics, usually taken by third-year physics majors. The course focuses on the professional and personal development of the student as a scientist through the medium of experimental physics. Our work is shared with the professional community of advanced physics laboratory instructors, notably through the Advanced Laboratory Physics Association (ALPhA).
Sean P. Robinson**, Junior Lab Associate Director & Lecturer
Orisvaldo Neto, Technical Instructor
Aaron Pilarcik, Technical Instructor
Randy Peterson, Visiting Professor (on sabbatical from The University of the South, 2023-2024)
MIT Online/Residential Physics Education (MORPHE)
MORPHE provides lecturers and technical staff for our on-and-off campus MITx courses through the MITx Digital Learning Lab. Our work on MOOCs is shared with the professional community notably through the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and IEEE/ACM. We also conduct physics education research shared with the professional community notably through AAPT and the APS Topical Group on Physics Education Research (GPER).
Michelle Tomasik*, MORPHE Manager & Lecturer; Digital Learning Lab Scientist
Peter Dourmashkin, Senior Lecturer
Mohamed Abdelhafez, Lecturer
Byron Drury, Lecturer
Alex Shvonski, Lecturer; Digital Learning Lab Scientist
Shams El-Adawy, Postdoctoral Associate
Aidan MacDonagh, Technical Instructor; Digital Learning Lab Junior Fellow
Physics Instructional Resources Lab (PIRL)
PIRL provides technical and teaching support for introductory physics courses at MIT. This involves the creation and curation of demonstration apparatus as well as significant classroom interaction. Our work is shared with the professional community of physics educators, notably through AAPT and the Physics Instructional Resource Association (PIRA).
Joshua Wolfe*, PIRL Manager & Senior Technical Instructor
Caleb Bonyun, Senior Technical Instructor
Rosie Anderson, Technical Instructor
Christopher Miller, Technical Instructor