Donald Schwendeman
Professor
Mathematical Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Schwendeman received his B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, and earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under the supervision of Professor G.B. Whitham, FRS. Â Dr. Schwendeman took a one-year postdoctoral research position at Caltech working with Professor H.B. Keller, before joining the faculty in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer as an assistant professor in August, 1987. Â Dr. Schwendeman received promotions to associate professor with tenure and then professor, and was named the Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences in 2012.
Research Interest
Direct detection of dark matter, Neutrinoless double beta decay, Experimental astroparticle physics