Lecturers

Lecturers take on a variety of teaching responsibilities but do not hold formal faculty appointments.

Andre Bakker
Lecturer
Engineer, Fluent, Inc., Lebanon, N.H.
Engineering Degree, Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) 1987
Ph.D., Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) 1992
M.B.A., Technology Management, University of Phoenix 2001
Computational fluid dynamics; multiphase flow

Vincent H. Berk
Lecturer
Research Associate, ISTS
M.S., Computer Science, Leiden University (The Netherlands) 2001
Ph.D., Process Query Systems, Leiden University (The Netherlands) 2006
Process-query systems; network security; internet worms; cyber indicators and warnings; network-anomaly detection

Daniel C. Cullen
Lecturer
Fluids Lab Manager, Thayer School
B.S., Materials Science Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley 1995
Ph.D., Engineering Science, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College 2002
Materials science; mechanical testing and data acquisition; scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical microscopy; energy-dispersive spectroscopy; x-ray topography and diffraction; ice structure and chemistry

Richard E. Denton
Lecturer
Research Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
B.S., Physics, College of William and Mary, 1977
M.A., Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1979
Ph.D., Physics, University of Maryland, 1986
Computational plasma physics involving linear theory and particle and fluid simulations; wave phenomena and wave-particle interactions in magnetosphere

Kendall Hoyt
Lecturer
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
B.A., Neurobiology and English, Duke University 1993
Ph.D., History and Social Study of Science and Technology, M.I.T. 2002
Biodefense policy; biopharmaceutical industry; vaccine innovation; research and development strategy

Mark Laser
Lecturer
Research Associate, Thayer School
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University 1990
M.A., Liberal Studies, Dartmouth College 1994
Ph.D., Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College 2001
Biomass conversion; sustainable energy and development; process design and evaluation

Vicki V. May
Lecturer
Associate Director for Science, Math and Engineering, Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL)
Registered Professional Engineering, Calif. and N.H.
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota 1991
M.S., Civil and Structural Engineering, Stanford University 1992
Ph.D., Civil and Structural Engineering, Stanford University 1996
Engineering education; structural analysis; earthquake engineering; historic buildings; retrofit; active learning; learner-centered teaching