Glidden Visiting Professor, Physics and Astronomy

**Specific research contributions will be:** - A focus on knowledge about and experience with Effective Field Theories and Bayesian statistics with a goal of interaction with faculty, students, and staff that will foster new ideas and collaborations, and contribute to the intellectual and cultural life of the campus. - Collaborate with the Philosophy Department and with the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP). - Collaborate with Ohio University’s Nuclear Theory Group, which presently includes three faculty members, two post-doctoral researchers, and five Ph.D. students to enhance research productivity, stronger future grant applications of the group, and results of high relevance in theoretical nuclear physics. - Collaborate with Professor Phillips on nuclear Compton scattering calculations. **Pedagogical benefits/activities include:** - Regular participation in the weekly group meeting of the Nuclear Theory Group, including interactions with Ph.D. students, post-doctoral researchers, and faculty. - Present a seminar to students, faculty, and postdocs in INPP on universality and a colloquium in the Physics & Astronomy Department on Compton scattering. - Present a series of INPP lectures on Bayesian data analysis. - Participate in a symposia on reductionism, EFTs, and a Bayesian framework for scientific inference - topics that can stimulate collaboration between Philosophy and Physics & Astronomy.