Dr. Jennifer Birriel
Associate Professor of Physics

Office: 425D Lappin Hall
Phone: 606.783.2924
Email:
j.birriel@moreheadstate.edu

"Unknowingly, we plow the dust of stars, blown about us by the wind, and drink the universe in a glass of rain."

                                      -Ihab Hassan, Author and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Spring 2008 Courses:

Astronomy 112:  Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology

Physics 201: Elementary Physics I - Physics is PHUNDAMENTAL!!!

Physics 412: Optics and Waves

Sundial Project

Some Cool Astronomy Websites

C.V.

Publication Record (Complete Until 2007)

I teach physics, astronomy, and cosmology and do research on evolved stars including symbiotic binary star systems, planetary nebulae, and supernovae.  In addition to teaching and research I am a freelance science writer with a regular column in MERCURY magazine.