Roland Allen

Biography

Research: Theoretical Physics –– Education: B.A., Physics, Rice University, 1963; Ph.D., Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1968 –– Positions: Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin, 1969 - 1970; Resident Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, summers of 1967 - 69; Assistant Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1970 - 1976; Associate Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1976 - 1983; Sabbatical Scientist, Solar Energy Research Institute, 1979 - 1980; Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, University of Illinois, 1980; Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University, 1983 – Present –– Exceptional Teaching Activities: Teaching at Texas A&M Qatar in Education City, Doha – Spring, 2012; University Scholars Mentor Groups – Fall and Spring, 2005-2008; Renaissance Astronomy, Santa Chiara Study Center, Italy – Summer, 2006 –– Recent Conferences and Programs Organized: Organizer of Second Mitchell Symposium on Astronomy, Cosmology, and Fundamental Physics (2006); Organizing Committee, Fifth Conference on Dark Matter in Astroparticle Physics (2004); Organizer of Mitchell Symposium on Observational Cosmology (2004); Organizer of Institute for Quantum Studies Research for Undergraduates Program (2003).

Research Interest

Dark Matter Theory The Standard Model and Search for New Particles Beyond the Standard Model Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics Magnetism and Superconductivity Semiconductors and Photonic Materials Computational Quantum Physics