Rainer Dick

Diplom-Physiker, University of Stuttgart (Germany) 1987
Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Ph.D.), University of Hamburg (Germany) 1990
Dr.rer.nat.habil. (Habilitation), University of Munich (Germany) 1998

Research Interests:

• Particle Astrophysics Theory
  in particular dark matter candidates from theories beyond the standard model
  and sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays
• Particle Physics Theory
  in particular implications and signatures of dynamical couplings in gauge theories
• Gravitation and Cosmology
  in particular cosmological implications of modifications of Einstein gravity
• Low-dimensional systems in nanotechnology and condensed matter physics
  
  A list comprising most of my publications (except those in condensed matter physics) can be found in  SPIRES.

Mentoring and teaching:

• Current graduate students:
  • Daryl Janzen
  • Fred Sage
  • Kai Wunderle.
• In term 1 I will teach the following classes: 
  • ASTR 102.3: Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology
  • PHYS 251.3/252.3: Relativistic Mechanics and Quantum Physics/Foundations of Modern Physics 
• In term 2 I will teach the following classes: 
  • ASTR 411.3: Gravitation and Cosmology  
  • PHYS 833.3: General Relativity and Gravitation

Other classes that I have taught at UofS:

• PHYS 111.6: General Physics 
• PHYS 403.3: Techniques of Theoretical Physics II
• ASTR 411.3: Gravitation and Cosmology 
• PHYS 498.3: String Theory 
• PHYS 481.3: Quantum Mechanics II
• PHYS 883.3: Quantum Mechanics
• PHYS 894.3: Selected Topics in Theoretical Physics: Advanced Cosmology
• PHYS 894.3: Selected Topics in Theoretical Physics: String Theory 

In Munich I have taught classes in Mechanics, Supersymmetry, Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, and Astroparticle Physics.

I am also Chair of the Undergraduate Affairs Committee in Physics & Engineering Physics.Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about our interesting programs.