George F. Tucker, Ph.D.

Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
The Sage Colleges, Albany, NY 12208
Member of The Sage Colleges Faculty since 1991
Office: Albany Campus, Science building basement
Phone: (518) 292-1754
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Educational background

Ph.D., Physics, Wesleyan University
B.S., Physics, Siena College

Courses Taught

Introductory Calculus and Non-Calculus Physics Courses and laboratories; Astronomy, Energy and The Environment courses.

Research Interests

Sky brightness studies, southern and eastern Africa. Stellar occultations by asteroids. Use of lasers for relative isotope abundance measurements, and for Earth and planetary atmospheric analysis. The G.T.E. (Global Tropospheric Experiment), supported by NASA Langley Research Center. Conducting atmospheric measurements on historic documents at the National Archives. Dr. Tucker is second from the left in the back row in this image (see previous link for caption). Computer software development for laser research. Astronomy education.

Honors and Awards

Robb Faculty Fellow, 2000-2001

Professional Affiliations

• American Physical Society
• Optical Society of America
• Physics in Two-Year Colleges 1995-97
• Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
• Council on Undergraduate Research
• Sigma Xi
• Sigma Pi Sigma
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Albany Area Amateur Astronomers
• International Dark Sky Association
• American Association of Physics Teachers
  (Chair of the Area Committee on Physics in Two-Year Colleges 1995-97)
• TYC-21 (Executive Board Member 1995-97)

last updated: February 27, 2009