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Bernhard W. Bach

Associate Research Professor

Summary

Bernhard W. Bach is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Professional summary

  • 2025-present: Associate Research Professor, Zebra Pulsed Power Laboratory
  • 2007- 2023: Director of Undergraduate Laboratories, University of Nevada Reno
  • 2012-2013: Vice-chair, Department of Physics, University of Nevada Reno
  • 2003-2007: Partner and vice-president of Bach Research Corp., Boulder Colorado
  • 2002-2007: Head of Holography, Zolo Technologies, Boulder Colorado
  • 1995-2002: Partner and Owner of Hyperfine inc., Boulder Colorado

Research interests

  • Diffractive optics
  • X-ray optics
  • EUV, X-ray and Gamma-ray spectroscopy
  • Spectroscopy of exotic atoms
  • Weak neutral currents

Courses taught

  • PHYS 180 - Physics for Scientist and Engineers I
  • PHYS 181 - Physics for Scientist and Engineers II
  • PHYS 182 - Physics for Scientist and Engineers III
  • PHYS 301 - Mathematical Physics for Physics
  • PHYS 408/608 - Elementary Particle Physics
  • PHYS 421 - Quantum Mechanics
  • PHYS 422 - Applications Quantum Mechanics
  • PHYS 452/652 - Physics of Oscillations and Waves
  • PHYS 461 - Modern Optics
  • PHYS 497 - Senior Thesis
  • PHYS 701 - Mathematical Physics

Education

  • Ph.D. in High-energy Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1995
  • M.A. in Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1991
  • B.A. in Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1988

Selected publications

  • “A Student Guide to Infinite Series and Sequences”: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781108656474.