Benjamin Schumacher Professor of Physics B.A. -- Hendrix College, 1982 Ph.D. -- University of Texas, 1990

Directory information

• E-mail: schumacherb@kenyon.edu
• Phone: 740-427-5832
• FAX:  740-427-5573
• Office: RBH 208
• Lab: RBH 205/207

Currently teaching (2007-08)

• PHYS 107 - Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies (with Paula Turner)
• PHYS 110 - First-year Seminar in Physics: Gravitation
• SCMP 146 - Introduction to Experimental Physics II
• PHYS 210 - Intermediate Seminar in Physics: Gravitation
• IPHS 225 - Galileo to Einstein (IPHS)

Research interests

Ben Schumacher works in the emerging field of quantum information theory, studying the surprising relationships between quantum mechanics, information theory, computation, thermodynamics, and black hole physics.

Page updated: 21 August 2007