Carthage

Jean Quashnock

  • Chair, Physics and Astronomy Department
  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy
  • Coordinator of the Dual-Degree Program in Engineering

Jean M. Quashnock is a researcher in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), also known as the Map of the Universe Project, an effort to catalog and map 100 million galaxies. His research interests include cosmology, large-scale structure in the universe, high-energy astrophysics and gamma-ray bursts, and absorption-line systems in quasar spectra. His work has been published in more than 60 scientific publications. Read more.

Education

  • Ph.D., M.A. — Princeton University, 1990
  • B.Sc. — Physics, McGill University, 1985
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"I find Professor Jean Quashnock's excitement for physics infectious, and he's an excellent teacher. He knows just the right pace at which to teach, giving you enough time to understand the material, but also making sure it's not too easy."
— KelliAnn Anderson, '14

Contact Information

jmq@carthage.edu
(262) 551-5391
Straz Center 209C