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Biographical Sketch
Prof. Wolfs received his B.S. and M.S. in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) in 1981 and 1983, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1987 from the University of Chicago. He was a postdoctoral associate at Argonne National Laboratory between 1987 and 1988. Between 1988 and 1990 he was an Enrico Fermi Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory. Prof. Wolfs joined the University as an Assistant Professor of Physics in 1990, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996, and to Professor in 2000. He served as Associate Chair (2006-2007). Wolfs received the University of Rochester Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching (1997), and the Curtis Award for Nontenured Faculty Teaching Excellence (1995)
Research
Prof. Wolfs' research interests are primarily focussed on the area of High Energy Nuclear Physics. His current efforts are focussed on the study of relativistic heavy-ion interactions, using heavy-ion beams from the AGS and RHIC accelerators at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The goal of the work at Brookhaven National Laboratory is to attempt to create a new form of matter, the so called Quark Gluon Plasma, which excisted a few micro seconds after the Big Bang. The study of the properties of the Quark Gluon Plasma will provide not only important information on deconfinement, which can be used to test the predictions made by Quantum Chromo Dynamics (QCD), but also can be used to address the evolution of the very early universe. In a related effort, Wolfs is involved in a search for Dark Matter in the universe (ZEPLIN collaboration).
For further details, go to Prof. Wolfs' home page at: http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/
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