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Frederick A. Ringwald

Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
California State University, Fresno

Ph.D. in Physics, Dartmouth College, 1993

Curriculum Vitae / Publications and Preprints
Professor Ringwald's 2024 Spring Schedule

2024 Spring Classes:
Phys 4AL Laboratory in Mechanics and Wave Motion
Phys 4C Light and Modern Physics
Phys 150 Astrophysics
Coordinating: PSci 21 Elementary Astronomy Labs

Classes from Previous Semesters

Current space weather / Sunspot numbers
Accurate time / My picture

Gallery of images from the Campus Observatory,
the Sierra Nevada, and Mount Laguna

Adventure! Excitement!


Research Interests: Multiwavelength observational astronomy of cataclysmic variables, nova shells, accretion disks and outflows, X-ray binaries and black holes, common envelope evolution, stellar magnetism, exoplanets, starburst galaxies, quasars, time-series analysis; also spaceflight and astronomical instrumentation.


Images taken at Fresno State's Campus Observatory At left: Some images from Fresno State's Campus Observatory.


Office: Room 11 of the J wing of McLane Hall
(near the ground-floor Women's Room and 15 meters east of the large lecture hall McLane 161)

Office hours (from 2024 January 29 to May 9):

MoWe 8:00-9:00 p.m. and TuTh 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Professor Ringwald can meet students outside of office hours, but please call or email first.

Email: ringwald[at]csufresno.edu and replace [at] with @

(559) 278-8426 : Phone

Postal mail address:
2345 E. San Ramon Ave., M/S MH37
Fresno, CA 93740-8031, U.S.A.


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