Jay Ansher
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
Current Courses
PHY 102.004 Atoms To Galaxies
PHY 102.007 Atoms To Galaxies
PHY 102.008 Atoms To Galaxies
PHY 110.001 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.002 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.003 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.004 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.005 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.006 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.007 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.008 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.009 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 390.001 Computational Research In Physics
PHY 110.001 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.002 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.003 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.004 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 110.005 Physics For Science And Engineering I
PHY 290.001 Research In Physics
Teaching Interests & Areas
Dr. Ansher is the department's Director of General Education Laboratories. He coordinates activities related to our Physics 102 "Atoms to Galaxies" class and laboratory experiments. He often teaches one or two sections of that class, plus other General Education courses.
He is also the coordinator of our department's Physics on the Road outreach program which includes taking demonstrations into K-12 classrooms, science centers, museums, and other community groups. The goal of this program is to educate and inspire younger audiences in the areas of basic science. Check out these interviews as Dr. Ansher talks about public education...
...on TV News 25 WEEK (January 17, 2006)
...in the B-N Pantagraph (January 23, 2010)
...on Radio 1230 WJBC (February 12, 2011)
...in the B-N Pantagraph (April 17, 2011)
...in the B-N Pantagraph (April 14, 2012)
...in the Lincoln Daily News (December 12, 2018)
As part of the department's outreach efforts, between 2006 and 2014, Dr. Ansher was co-host of Uncommon Knowledge, a weekly radio show on ISU's radio station WGLT.
Research Interests & Areas
Dr. Ansher is an experimental space plasma physicist. His research includes the study of the magnetospheres of Jupiter and the Earth, using spacecraft data from Voyager 1 and 2, Galileo, Cassini, and Cluster.