Bio
Education
PhD., University
of Bonn, 1987 (Thesis: Electromagnetic processes in
relativistic heavy ion collisions, with Summa Cum Laude)
MS., Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro, 1983 (Thesis: Dissipation in deep inelastic
scattering)
B.S., Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro, 1980
Academic Positions
Faculty positions:
Texas A&M
University - Commerce, Professor, 2007 -
Texas A&M University,
Affiliated Professor, 2015 -
Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, Professor, 1988 - 2000 (on leave 1991 - 1994)
Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, Assistant professor, 1980 - 1983 (on leave 1984
- 1987)
Visiting faculty (+other) positions:
Department of Physics,
University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
2006 - 2007
Department of
Physics, University of Arizona, 2004 - 2006
NSCL - Michigan State
University, 2002 - 2004
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Research Scientist, 2000 - 2001
GSI/Darmstadt, Research
Scientist, Germany, 1994
University of Wisconsin at
Madison, 1993
NSCL - Michigan State
University, 1991 - 1992
PhD and postdoc positions:
FZ-Juelich, 1984 -
1987, PhD student from 1984 - 1986, Postdoc in 1987-1988
Scientific Publications
300+ scientific publications
300+ talks in conference,
international laboratories and universities
Front
cover of Physics Today, March 1994, featured
article, p. 22
Author of 6 textbooks
Editor of 8 books
Awards and Honors
J. William Fulbright
Fellow 2015 - 2016
American Physical Society Fellow, since 2012
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow,
2000 - 2001
EMMI
Professor, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Germany,
2011
CNPq/Brazil Research Fellow,
highest rank 1988 - 1999
CAPES/Brazil Research
Fellow, 1980 - 1983
DAAD/Germany Research
Fellow, 1983 - 1987
PRONEX/Brazil
Research Award, 1996 - 2000
DOE - Office of
Science Research Grants (multiple) 2005, 2007 - present
NSF Research Grants
(multiple) 2009 - present
Cotrell Scholar Award,
2008 - 2010
91 undergraduate and graduate courses in physics in 1980 - 1983, 1987 - 2000, 2002 - present.
Textbooks written
1- Nuclear
Physics in a Nutshell, Princeton University Press,
2007, ISBN13: 978-0-691-12505-3.
2- Introduction
to Nuclear Reactions, with P. Danielewicz, Second
Edition, 2021
(500 pages, CRC Press) ISBN: 9780367353629
3- Physics
of Radioactive Beams, with M. Hussein and G.
Muenzenberg,
(431 pages, Nova Science, Hauppage, NY, 2002) ISBN:
1-59033-141-9
4- Introduction
to Nuclear Physics, with H. Schechter
(313 pages, Nova Science, Hauppage, NY, 2002) ISBN:
1-59033-358-6
5- Introducao
a Fisica Nuclear, with H. Schechter, UFRJ
Editora, ISBN: 978-85-7108-288-5
6- Nuclei in the Cosmos, World Scientific, 2013. Out of Print.
Books edited
1- Neutron Star Crust, C.A. Bertulani and J. Piekarewicz,
editors, Nova Science, Hauppage, NY, 2012, ISBN:
978-1-62081-902-9.
2- Rewriting Nuclear Physics textbooks: Basic
nuclear interactions and their link to nuclear processes in
the Cosmos and on Earth, Nicolas Alamanos, Carlos
Bertulani, Angela Bonaccorso, Angela Bracco, David M. Brink,
Giovanni Casini & Mauro Taiuti, EPJ+, Springer 2019.
3- Rewriting Nuclear Physics textbooks: 30 years with
radioactive beam physics, Nicolas Alamanos, Carlos
Bertulani, Angela Bonaccorso, Angela Bracco, David M. Brink
& Giovanni Casini, EPJ+, Springer 2017.
4- International Nucleus-Nucleus Conference, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, August 28 - September 1, 2006. C.A.
Bertulani, M.S. Hussein and A. Szanto de Toledo and P.R.S.
Gomes. Special volume of Nuclear Physics A, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 2007.
5- Int. Workshop on Collective Excitations in Fermi and Bose
Systems, Serra Negra, Brazil, C.A. Bertulani, L.F. Canto and
M.S. Hussein, 556 pages, World Scientific, Singapore, 1998.
6- VIII J.A. Swieca Summer School: Nuclear Physics, Campos do
Jordao, Brazil, C.A. Bertulani, M. Bracco, B. Carlson
and M. Nielsen, 358 pages, World Scientific, Singapore,
1997.
7- Int. Workshop on Physics of Unstable Nuclear Beams, Serra
Negra, Brazil, C.A. Bertulani, L.F. Canto and M.S. Hussein (394
pages, World Scientific, Singapore, 1996)
8- V J.A. Swieca Summer School: Nuclear Physics, Campos do
Jordao, Brazil, C.A. Bertulani, 355 pages, CNEN
Publishing, Rio de Janeiro, 1992.
Research Interests
Theoretical Nuclear and Many-body Physics
Nuclear Astrophysics
Computational Physics
Synergetic Activities
Secretary/Treasurer, APS Forum of
International Physics, (2019 - 2021)
Chair of the American Physical
Society - Texas Section (2018-2019) - Executive
Committee (2016-2019)
Chair of the APS Committee
on Education (2015-2016) - Executive Committee
(2013-2014)
Chair of the NSF
Graduate Research Fellow Panel (2011 - 2012)
Executive committee of the Texas Section of
the American Physical Society (2009 - 2011)
Chair & Director of the Physics Graduate
Program - Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro (1997 - 1999)
National and international committees for the advancement of
science (Japan, Canada, UK, South Africa, Germany, Italy,
France)
Popularization of science (articles in Physics Today, and
other popular journals)
NSF Nuclear Physics Panels (2008, 2009)
NSF Physics and Astronomy Panel (2010)
Referee for scientific journals (Nature, Science, Physical
Review, Elsevier, Nucl. Phys., Phys. Lett. B, J. Phys. G, PTP,
PPNP, EPJ, Chinese Phys., ....)
PhD and MS students and Postdocs (incomplete)
PhD Students:
- Dr. Anna C. Vasconcellos-Gomes (Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, graduation: 1990)
- Dr. Armando N.F. Aleixo (Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, 1990)
- Dr. Diego Dolci (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1999)
- Dr. Daniel T. de Paula (Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, 2000)
- Evandro Segundo, PhD student co-mentored with Prof. Deppman
(Univ of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2014-15)
- Yiping Xu, PhD student co-mentored with Dr. D.-Y. Pang
(Peking University, China, 2016-2017)
- Estevao Teixeira, PhD student co-mentored with Prof. Brett
Carlson, ITA, Brazil, 2021-2022
MS students:
- Daniel Alencar, Luciano Santos, Martin Makler, Daniel de
Paula, etc. (UFRJ-Brazil, 1988-2000)
- Junting Huang (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2007 - 2009)
- Karthik Ushkala (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2009 - 2010)
- Mark Ellermann (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2009 - 2010)
- Biao Wang (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2009 - 2010)
- Taylor Bailey (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2009 - 2011)
- John Fuqua (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2011 - 2013)
- Lucretius A. Coleman (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2012 - 2013)
- Jared Lalmansingh (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2013 - 2015)
- James Thomas (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2014 - 2016)
- Nathan Brady (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2015 - 2016)
- Venkata Challa (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2015 - 2017)
- George Robinson (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2015 - 2017)
- MIchael Hartos (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2016 - 2018)
- Josilyn Valencia (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2017 - 2019)
Postdocs:
- Dr. Michele Checcinatto and others (Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro, 1996-1997)
- Dr. Arturo Samana (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2007 - 2009)
- Dr. Wenhui Long (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2009 - 2010)
- Dr. Hongliang Liu (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2010 - 2011)
- Dr. Adelola Adeluyi (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2010)
- Dr. Mesut Karakoc (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2011 - 2012)
- Dr. Paolo Avogadro (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2012 - 2014)
- Dr. Kacper Topolnicki (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2015)
- Dr. Shubhchintak (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2015 - 2018)
- Dr. Hao Viet Nahn Tran (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2016 - 2018)
- Dr. Suqing Hou (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2016 - 2017)
- Dr. Ravinder Kumar (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2016 - 2017)
- Dr. Ronaldo Lobato (Texas A&M-Commerce, 2019 -
2021)
- advised 30+ undergrad students in scientific research