Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Neils Science Center 137
219.464.6834
andy.richter@valpo.edu
Education
Ph.D. — Northwestern University (2000)
M.S. — Marquette University (1992)
B.S. — Valparaiso University (1990)
Biography
Andrew Richter ’90, Ph.D., joined the faculty at Valpo in 2005, already quite familiar with the University: he is an alumnus from the class of 1990. Before coming to Valpo, he was an assistant professor at the University of Memphis for three years (where he holds adjunct Graduate Faculty status). Prior to that, he was a research fellow at AIST in Tsukuba, Japan. Professor Richter’s wife, Jennifer Prough, Ph.D., also teaches at Valpo in Christ College — The Honors College.
Interests
Nanoscience
Surface Studies
X-ray and Neutron Scattering
Biophysics
X-ray and Neutron studies of polymer nanoparticles
X-ray studies of protein adsorption onto functionalized surfaces
Memberships
American Physical Society
American Chemical Society
American Association of Physics Teachers
