Rick Matthews (a.k.a. G. Eric Matthews, Jr.)
Research Professor
Department of Physics
Wake Forest University
matthews@wfu.edu
Positions held
Wake Forest University
- 2020 – Present: Research Professor of Physics
- Professor of Physics, 1990 – 2020
- Director of Academic and Instructional Technology, 2014 – 2020
- Chair, Department of Romance Language, 2016 – 2017
- Associate Provost for Technology and Information Systems / Chief Information Officer, 2008 – 2014
- Associate Provost, 2007 – 2008
- Chair, Department of Physics, 1998 – 2007
- Associate Professor of Physics, 1983 – 1990
- Assistant Professor of Physics, 1979 – 1983
Naval Research Laboratory
- Research Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, 1979
- National Research Council Resident Research Associate, 1977 – 1979
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977
- B.S. with Honors in Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971