Curriculum Vitæ

	Dr. Bonnie Gwen Todd-Rutel
Education
		B.S. Applied Mathematics, Physics (Education) - Florida State University, 1999
		Ph.D. Theoretical Nuclear Physics - Florida State University, 2004
Publications
		Neutron-Rich Nuclei and Neutron Stars: A New Accurately Calibrated Interaction for the Study of Neutron-Rich Matter (B. G. Todd-Rutel and J. Piekarewicz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 122501 (2005))
		Spin-orbit splitting in low-j neutron orbits and proton densities in the nuclear interior (B. G. Todd-Rutel, J. Piekarewicz, and P. D. Cottle, Phys. Rev. C 69, 021301(R) (2004))
		Relativistic mean-field study of neutron-rich nuclei (B. G. Todd and J. Piekarewicz, Phys. Rev. C 67, 044317 (2003))
Honors and Awards
		Southeastern Univeristies Research Association/Jefferson Lab 2001-2003 Graduate Fellowship
		Oak Ridge Associated Universities Graduate Student Award to attend the 51st meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany
		Women in Science Fellowship - Florida State University, 2000-2004
Presentations
		RIA and Mean-field Theory: Drip Lines, Magic Numbers and More... - Argonne National Laboratory, February 2004; Ohio State University, February 2004; Indiana University, April 2004
		Spin-orbit splitting in low-j neutron orbits and proton densities in the nuclear interior - American Physical Society, Division of Nuclear Physics Fall Meeting in Tucson, Arizona; October 2003
		Punching Holes in Exotic Nuclei - National Nuclear Physics Summer School in Knoxville, TN; June 2003
		Nuclear Astrophysics at Jefferson Lab - National Nuclear Physics Summer School in Santa Fe, NM; July 2002
		Unraveling the Mysteries of the Nuclear Equation of State - Indiana University; May 2002
		Neutron Star Radii and the Neutron Radius of Pb-208 - Joint Meeting of the American and Japanese Physical Societies, Division of Nuclear Physics in Hawaii; October 2001
Teaching Experience
		Adjunct Professor, Samford University for PHYS 101,102 - beginning algebra-based physics lecture and lab; Fall 2004, Spring 2005
		Teaching Assistant for PHY 2053L - beginning physics lab; responsibilities included presenting short introduction to the lab, supervising the lab and grading reports; topic was classical mechanics; Spring 2004
		Program for Instructional Excellence Teaching Associate - facilitated in university-wide teaching enhancement programs, trained new physics teaching assistants, developed program for the improvement of physics teaching assistants; August 2002-December 2003
		Teaching Assistant for PHY 2048L - beginning physics lab; responsibilities included presenting short introduction to the lab, supervising the lab and grading reports; topic was classical mechanics; Fall 1999, Summer 2001
		Teaching Assistant for PHY 2049L - beginning physics lab; responsibilities included presenting short introduction to the lab, supervising the lab and grading reports; topics included electricity, magnetism and optics; Summer 1998, Spring 2000
		Maclay Schools - student teaching followed by an actual teaching position for the final month of school; courses taught: middle school science with an emphasis on physics, high school algebra II, trigonometry; responsibilities were that of a full high school/middle school teacher; Spring 1999
Related Work Experience
		Organizing committee and web page designer for the 2002 Dirac Symposium at Florida State University
		Computer experience - FORTRAN, C++, shell scripting, UNIX, HTML
		Organizer for the Nuclear Theory Journal Club - scheduling, announcements and web page
		Web page design for Astrophysics and Cosmology at Florida State University