ROBERT D. PURRINGTON, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, TULANE UNIVERSITY

Ph.D., Texas A&M, 1966.

• Research specialties:
  

  Theoretical Studies of Classical (ocean acoustics) and Quantum (few nucleon systems) Scattering

  History of Physics (17th, 19th centuries)
  

  Archaeaoastronomy
  

  Current projects:
  

  Optimization of the NN interaction in the two- and three-body problems, with an emphasis on the vector analyzing power, deuteron breakup, and triton binding problems (with Xioayang Chen)
  

  Use of conformal mapping techniquest to treat acoutstic scattering from a rough ocean bottom
  

  Physics in the Nineteenth Century (Rutgers, Aug. 1997), continuing, and 17th centuries studies, focus of spring 1999 sabbatical leave.
  

  Facsimiles of title pages of recent papers and book jackets. Under construction

• Scientific biography of Hooke, nearing completion, October 2006.

  Hooke Lecture

• Teaching interests, graduate and under graduate