乔尔·贝里耶博士
专业领域
- 天文学
- 物理
关于乔尔·贝里耶
Dr. Berrier received his bachelor’s degree in 物理 from Hope College in Michigan and then completed his PhD in 物理 and 天文学 at the University of California Irvine. 在来到太阳城娱乐官网之前，他曾在加州波莫纳学院、阿肯色大学、加那利群岛的加那利天体物理学研究所、罗格斯大学和加州路德大学工作。
贝瑞尔博士的研究兴趣是宇宙学和星系的形成与演化。 他拥有七年多的研究经验。
学位
- 加州大学欧文分校物理学与天文学博士，2008年。
- 硕士，物理学与天文学，加州大学欧文分校，2005。
- 理学士，物理学，霍普学院，荷兰，密歇根州，2002。
研究领域和专业兴趣
伯里尔博士的主要研究领域是星系形成理论和宇宙学。 Specifically, he is interested in large scale structure formation, the relationship between properties of galaxies and their dark matter halos, and the mechanisms that drive galaxy evolution. His research explores the fundamental physics of the effects of dark matter on galaxy formation and on the large scale structure of the Universe. A complete picture of galaxy formation also requires an understanding of the formation and evolution of disk galaxies, which provide important clues to the nature of the dark matter distribution.
教学兴趣与方法
Berrier博士目前的教学内容包括物理科学和大学物理。
As the instructor of a course, Dr. Berrier feels it is his obligation to use the best tools available to instruct his students in the most effective way possible. To this end, he employs a variety of techniques in the classroom setting to promote an active learning environment. In addition to lecturing students, and using more traditional multimedia presentations, including Power Point and videos, to present material to students, he employs group exercises in the classroom to promote communication skills and peer instruction among the students the students. These in-class discussions help students to realize the areas in which they are having difficulties in their understanding, while assisting other students in developing their own communications skills and grasp of the subject.
Interactive learning also assists in the educational process, so Dr. Berrier encourages student participation in class using in-class polling. He polls the class to assess their understanding of topic materials. The use of visual demonstrations in the classroom helps interest the students by providing close visual and experiential examples of the physical phenomena that are being discussed.
In instructing a course, Dr. Berrier sees it as his responsibility not only to teach students the material in the course, but to encourage them to develop an appreciation of that material. He attempts to convey his own passion for astronomy and physics to students in the classroom. Most importantly, Dr. Berrier want his students to come away from his courses with an understanding of the essential concepts in the topics and an appreciation of how these concepts apply to our universe.
