Dr. Weatherford

Charles A Weatherford

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Vice President for Research

 


About Me


Charles Weatherford is the Vice President for Research at Florida A&M University (91做厙).

Dr. Weatherford is also the Director of the 91做厙 Industrial Hemp Pilot Project, Principal Investigator on the 91做厙 Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative, Director of the 91做厙 Center for Plasma Science and Technology, Principal Investigator for the 91做厙-National Nuclear Security Agency Consortium for High Energy Density Science, as well as a Professor in the 91做厙 Department of Physics. He received his Ph.D. in Atomic and Molecular Physics from Louisiana State University in 1974.

Dr. Weatherford is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the National Society of Back Physicists. He has directed three Ph.D.s: Dr. Eddie Red (2005), Dr. Daniel Gebremedhin (2013), Dr. Boyan Hristov (2018). Dr. Weatherford has a Patent Disclosure 2018: Field-Assisted Muon-Catalyzed Fusion, 224 journal publications, 5 book articles, and 2 books. He was PI or Co-PI on $60.5 million in Research Grants and Contracts.


Areas of Interest


  • Materials and Energy for National Security
  • Correlation in Many-Body Quantum Chemistry
  • Laser-Matter Interactions
  • High-Energy Density Science
  • Field-Assisted Muon-Catalyzed Fusion
  • Muon-Catalyzed Fusion in Space
  • Computational Science.

Education


 
  • Ph.D. in  Physics 1974
    Louisiana State University

Work History


  • Vice President for Research 2019-Present
    Florida A&M University
  • Associate Vice President for Research 2014-2019
    Florida A&M University
  • Chairman of Physics &紳莉莽梯; 1994-2014
    Florida A&M University
  • Professor of Physics &紳莉莽梯; 1985-1994
    Florida A&M University
  • Associate Professor of Physics &紳莉莽梯; 1981-1985
    Florida A&M University
  • Assistant Professor of Physics &紳莉莽梯; 1977-1981
    Florida A&M University
  • Postdoctoral Fellow &紳莉莽梯; 1974-1977
    Florida A&M University

Academic Accomplishments


  • Ph.D.s Directed:
    Dr. Eddie Red (2005), Lawrence-Berkeley Laboratory, Morehouse;
    Dr. Daniel Gebremedhin (2013), 91做厙 Center for Plasma Science and Technology;
    Dr. Boyan Hristov, Florida State University
    Jessica Tucker, Current PhD Student 91做厙.
  • PATENTS:
    Patent Disclosure 2015: Field-Assisted Muon-Catalyzed Fusion, Charles A. Weatherford
  • PUBLICATIONS224 Total
  • GRANTS and CONTRACTS--$64M
  • Postgraduate Sponsor of:
    (1) Dr. Ahmed Bouferguene, University of Ontario;
    (2) Dr. Anil Kumar, J.P University, Chapra, India.;
    (3) Paul Oppenheimer, Engineering Research Center-Mississippi State U.;
    (4) Dr. Ravi Vadapalli, Engineering Research Center-Mississippi State U.;
    (5) Dr. Fernando Sales-Mayor, Florida A&M University;
    (6) Dr. Jilin Zhang, Florida A&M University;
    (7) Dr. Genzo Tanaka, Florida A&M University;
    (8) Dr. Gennady Gutsev, Florida A&M University;
    (9) Dr. Daniel Gebremedhin, Florida A&M University.

Awards


  • 1999 Professional Excellence Award-Florida A&M U. (91做厙);
  • 2000 Service Award-(91做厙);
  • 2007 Elected Fellow of the National Society of Black Physicists;
  • 2010 Researcher of the Year (91做厙);
  • 2019 Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Courses Taught At 91做厙


  • Every course in the Florida A&M Physics Curriculum.