David Garofalo

With diplomas from both a scientific lyceum in Florence Italy and a high school in Miami Beach and college enrollment in places as disparate as the University of California and the University of Bologna, David's academic record is a reflection of multiple interests. Following several years playing soccer in Italy's lower divisions - where as an undergraduate he attended the oldest university in Europe - and in the USA in the USISL, he obtained his PhD in physics from the University of Maryland where he developed interest, and currently conducts research, in black hole astrophysics. After postdoctoral work as a NASA fellow and as a Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California, and several years of teaching at various California schools including the California State University, he moved to Columbia University in New York where he was a lecturer in the Physics Department and an adjunct at Fordham University in the Bronx. He is now faculty in the Department of Physics at Kennesaw State University.
Education
June 2008 PhD Physics University of Maryland, College Park
August 1999 BS Physics & Astronomy University of Maryland, University of Bologna, University of California
June 2008 PhD Physics University of Maryland, College Park
August 1999 BS Physics & Astronomy University of Maryland, University of Bologna, University of California
Work History
2020 - Present Kennesaw State University Associate Professor of Physics
2014 – 2020 Kennesaw State University Assistant Professor of Physics
2013 – 2014 Southern Polytechnic State University Lecturer of Physics
2020 - Present Kennesaw State University Associate Professor of Physics
2014 – 2020 Kennesaw State University Assistant Professor of Physics
2013 – 2014 Southern Polytechnic State University Lecturer of Physics
2012 - 2013 Fordham University
Adjunct
2012 - 2013 Columbia University Lecturer in Discipline of Physics
2010 - 2011 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar
2012 - 2013 Columbia University Lecturer in Discipline of Physics
2010 - 2011 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar
2009 – 2012 California State University Adjunct
2009 - 2011 Harvey Mudd College Adjunct
2008 - 2010 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NPP Fellow
2008 - 2010 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NPP Fellow