Andrew J. Skinner
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland
B.A., Williams College
Dana Science Center, 232
518-580-5127
askinner@skidmore.edu
 

Professor Skinner received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Maryland, College Park and his B.A. in physics from Williams College. He is primarily interested in quantum mechanics and its application to quantum computing with qubits. A particular emphasis is on their open-system dynamics (relaxation and decoherence due to quantized environmental noise). He is also working on the tomographic foundations of quantum field theory and the computer-controlled (CNC) machining of coupled dynamical systems. Before coming to Skidmore, he was a consultant to various NASA and DOD space missions, including Galileo, Cassini, TWINS, IMAGE, and MSX. He has also been a visiting scientist at Dartmouth College, Boston University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has two patents and has published in the Journal of Mathematical Physics, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Eos, the AIAA journal, and various conference proceedings.