Senior Research Professor
Neils Science Center
219.464.5377
Donald.Koetke@valpo.edu
Website
Education
Ph.D. in physics — Northwestern University (1968)
M.S. in physics— Northwestern University (1963)
B.S. in education— Concordia College (1959)
Biography
Donald Koetke’s field of active research is experimental nuclear and elementary particle physics. Along with colleagues and students at Valparaiso University and other universities and national laboratories, he collects data at particle accelerators for the purpose of studying the features of nature on the smallest of scales.
Interests
Sub-nuclear physics
Hobbies
Jogging, photography, travel, hiking, backpacking, spending time with his children and grandchildren
