Biography

Jerry Peacher is a university professor who has dedicated his career to the study of physics. He obtained his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1965 and then pursued a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California in Berkeley. Throughout his extensive research, spanning over forty years, Jerry has focused on the scattering of atomic particles, with his findings being published in the Physical Review Letters by The American Physical Society.

In 1969, Jerry joined the faculty as an assistant professor and has since taught various subjects to numerous generations of students, including general relativity, electricity and magnetism, engineering physics, and theoretical physics. He finds inspiration in his students, who have played a significant role in his passion for teaching.

Jerry’s contributions to education were recognized in 2019 when the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business honored him for his 50 years of teaching excellence. As an associate chair and professor of physics, Jerry Peacher’s dedication has left a lasting impact on the academic community.

Disciplines

Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics

Research Interest: Perturbative methods to describe elastic, excitation, and charge-transfer processes in ion-atom collisions

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics, Indiana University Bloomington, 1965
• M.S. in Physics, Indiana University Bloomington, 1961
• B.S. in Physics, Indiana University Bloomington, 1958