College of Arts and Sciences
Andrei Ruckenstein, Associate Provost & Vice President for Research/ Professor
Physics
Growing up as the son of an absent-minded scientist, during much of his youth Andrei dreamt of becoming an orchestra conductor and studied the piano, harmony and composition. While his passion for music only became stronger over time, “the apple does not fall too far from the tree” and he was eventually diverted into a career in Science. Andrei is the current President of the Aspen Center for Physics. He holds a B.S. from Harvard College 1978 and a PhD in Physics from Cornell 1984. He was the founding Director of BioMaPS, a Rutgers University program focused on research and education in the area of interdisciplinary biology (2000-2001); and has served as the co-Director of the BioMaPS Institute and the founding Director of the BioMaPS Graduate Program (2001-2004) while a Professor of Physics at Rutgers University. He is trained as a theoretical condensed matter physicist and is well known for his work in strongly correlated quantum systems. Since 2000 he has redirected his interests towards biology-driven research. He was recognized by an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and a Humboldt Foundation Senior Prize. Currently, he is Professor of Physics and Associate Provost and Vice President for Research at Boston University.
Simon
Sheppard, Visiting Assistant Professor
Political Science
U.K.-born Si Sheppard completed his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in New Zealand, at Auckland University and Victoria University of Wellington, respectively. He completed his Ph.D. in political science at Johns Hopkins University, majoring in American government and politics, with a focus on the evolving relationship between the media and politics. His dissertation, The Partisan Press: A History of Media Bias in the United States, is now available on Amazon.com, one of several books already in print or forthcoming. In addition, he has had scores of scholarly and popular articles published in journals, magazines and newspapers internationally. He currently lives in Cambridge with his wife, Christina, and one-year-old twins, Zach and Maya.
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