Louis Leblond Associate Teaching Professor of Director of Online Education in Physics email: [email protected]

Personal Penn State University and Contact Department of Physics Information 104 Davey Lab, PMB 0170 University Park, PA 16802 Tel: +1 (519) 569-7600 x8571

Education Ph. D. 2001- 2006 Advisor: Prof. S. H. Henry Tye Thesis: “The Exit from Inflation"

B.Sc. 2001, Université Laval 1998-2001

Positions Held Associate Teaching Professor of Physics 2018-present Director of Online Education in Physics Penn State University Assistant Teaching Professor of Physics 2012-2018 Director of Online Education in Physics Penn State University Postdoctoral Researcher 2009 - 2012 Perimeter institute Postdoctoral Researcher 2006 - 2009 Texas A&M University, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics

Honors Tombros fellowship of digital learning 2015 Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship 2009

Professional Presenter and Facilitator at the Evidence Based Teaching May 2018-19 Development: Presenter at TA Training 2012-present Participation and Leadership Instructor for a course on pedagogy for learning assistants 2018-2019 Presenter in new faculty teaching workshop. 2018-present Frequent attendance at local/national education conferences Certificate of Online Teaching: World campus, Penn State. 2016 Sloan Workshop about Online lab. 2015 L. Leblond p. 2/5

Curricular Created three new online courses Development 1. Phys 10: Physics behind the headlines: Online gen-ed course for non-science major. Course innovations include simulation based lab, research project, weekly discussions etc. 2. Phys 211: General Mechanics. 4 credits calculus based course with a lab com- ponent. 3. Phys 212: Electricity and Magnetism. 4 credits calculus based course with a lab component.

New labs for online courses using the IOLab device. The labs have been re- designed to teach critical thinking skills and experimental scientific abilities, not just following cookbook recipes.

Teaching At Penn state, my teaching load is one course per semester with either some large Experience course administration or online course development or 2 courses per semester for smaller classes.

1. I have taught large enrollment face to face courses going up to 900 students as well as smaller courses. Example of courses taught are Phys 01 the science of physics for non-scientist and I have taught all courses in the introductory calculus based sequence, mechanics, E&M, Thermo, wave and modern physics. 2. I have taught online courses: Phys 10: Physics behind the headlines: Online gen-ed course for non-science major, Phys 211: General Mechanics and Phys 212: Electric and Magnetism. 3. Course coordinator. In my role as course coordinator, I oversee the all the TA duties, all the grade issues, the administration and delivery of exams in courses with enrollment ranging from a few hundred to one thousand students.

Co-taught "Exploration in " Perimeter Scholar International school. Fa 12 Teaching Assistant for Cornell Physics Courses 2001 - 2006 Introductory Engineering Physics sequence (2 sections of 20 students each) Classical Electromagnetism for Majors (1 section of 25-30 students) Quantum Mechanics 1 for Majors (1 section of 25-30 students) Statistical Mechanics for Majors (1 section 25-30 students) Quantum Field Theory 2 for graduate students (grader for 10-15 students) String Theory for graduate students (grader for 5-10 students)

Research Physics Education Research: My current research is about online education partic- Interests ularly with scientific laboratories.

Theoretical cosmology and high energy theory with particular emphasis on infla- tion, cosmic strings, de Sitter spacetime and time-dependent backgrounds, . L. Leblond p. 3/5

Service Committee: I seat on the following committee at Penn State: Introductory course committee, physics online education committee (chair), IT committee, community, cli- mate and diversity committee. Outreach: Volunteer at "Expands your Horizon" at Penn State Su 15 Volunteer at Quantum to Cosmo festival at PI. Oct 2010 Scientific Organizer for the workshop on “IR issues and Loops in de Sitter" held at the Perimeter Institute on Oct 27-30 (lead organizer). Also organizer for the Canadian Undergraduate Conference of Physics (CUPC) held in Québec city in 2000.

Honors Tombros fellowship of digital learning Fall 15 Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship 2009

Publications in 1. Designing Laboratories for Online Instruction using the iOLab Device., Peer-Reviewed Louis Leblond and Melissa Hicks, accepted in The Physics Teacher, 2020 Journals with 2. Mastering Physics Efficacy Report, recent submissions Christine Leow, Kenneth Lee, Yun Jin Rho, Louis Leblond, Eric Hudson, Pro- ceedings AERA conference, 2019 3. On the Decay of Massive Fields in de Sitter, D. P.Jatkar, L. Leblond, A. Rajaraman, Phys. Rev. D 85, 024047 (2011), arXiv:1107.3513 [hep-th] 4. Cavitation in holographic sQGP, A. Klimek, L. Leblond, A. Sinha, Phys. Lett. B701, 144-150 (2011)., arXiv:1103.3987 [hep-th] 5. Resonant Trispectrum and a Dozen More N-point Functions, L. Leblond and E. Pajer, JCAP 1101 035 (2011), arXiv:1010.4565 [hep-th] 6. Breakdown of Semiclassical Methods in de Sitter Space, C. P. Burgess, R. Holman, L. Leblond and S. Shandera, JCAP, 1010 017 (2010), arXiv:1005.3551 [hep-th] 7. Constructing Infrared Finite Propagators in Inflating Space-time , J. Kumar, L. Leblond and A. Rajaraman, Phys. Rev. D 82, 023525 (2010), arXiv:1002.4214 [hep-th]. 8. Super-Hubble de Sitter Fluctuations and the Dynamical RG , C. P. Burgess, R. Holman, L. Leblond and S. Shandera, JCAP 1003, 033 (2010) arXiv:0912.1608 [hep-th]. 9. Scale Dependent Local Non-Gaussianity from Loops, J. Kumar, L. Leblond and A. Rajaraman, JCAP 1004, 024 (2010) arXiv:0909.2040 [astro-ph.CO]. 10. Mirage in the Sky: Non-thermal Dark Matter, Gravitino Problem, and Cosmic Ray Anomalies, B. Dutta, L. Leblond and K. Sinha, Phys. Rev. D 80, 035014 (2009), arXiv:0904.3773 [hep-ph]. 11. Gravitational Waves from Broken Cosmic Strings: The Bursts and the Beads, L. Leblond, B. Shlaer and X. Siemens, Phys. Rev. D 79, 123519 (2009) arXiv:0903.4686 [astro-ph.CO]. L. Leblond p. 4/5

12. Tachyon Mediated Non-Gaussianity, B. Dutta, L. Leblond and J. Kumar, Phys. Rev. D 78, 083522 (2008) arXiv:0805.1229 [hep-th]. 13. Simple Bounds from the Perturbative Regime of Inflation, L. Leblond and S. Shandera, JCAP 0808, 007 (2008) arXiv:0802.2290 [hep-th]. 14. Inflation from Wrapped , M. Becker, L. Leblond and S. E. Shandera, Phys. Rev. D 76, 123516 (2007) arXiv:0709.1170 [hep-th]. 15. An Inflationary Scenario in Intersecting Brane Models, B. Dutta, J. Kumar and L. Leblond, JHEP 0707, 045 (2007) hep-th/0703278 [hep-th]. 16. Cosmic Necklaces from String Theory, L. Leblond and M. Wyman, Phys. Rev. D 75, 123522 (2007) astro-ph/0701427 [astro-ph]. 17. Cosmology of the Tachyon in Brane Inflation, L. Leblond and S. Shandera, JCAP 0701, 009 (2007) hep-th/0610321 [hep-th]. 18. The (p,q) string tension in a warped deformed conifold, H. Firouzjahi, L. Leblond, and S. H. Henry Tye, JHEP 0605, 047 (2006) hep-th/0603161 [hep-th]. 19. On the Production of Open Strings from Brane Anti-Brane Annihilation, L. Leblond, JHEP 0601, 033 (2006) hep-th/0510261 [hep-th]. 20. Stability of D1-Strings Inside a D3-Brane, L. Leblond and S. -H. H. Tye, JHEP 0403, 055 (2004) hep-th/0402072 [hep-th]. 21. Adding a Brane to the Brane Anti-Brane Action in BSFT, N. T. Jones, L. Leblond and S. -H. H. Tye, JHEP 0310, 002 (2003) hep-th/0307086 [hep-th].

Other 22. Non-Gaussianity as a Probe of the Physics of the Primordial Universe and Publications the Astrophysics of the Low Redshift Universe, E. Komatsu, L. Leblond et al, 2010 decadal white paper, arXiv:0902.4759 [astro-ph]. 23. The Origin of the Universe as Revealed Through the Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background., S. Dodelson, L. Leblond et al, 2010 decadal white paper, arXiv:0902.3796 [astro-ph]. 24. The Exit from Brane Inflation, L. Leblond, Ph.D. Thesis

Conference Talks Designing Laboratories for Online Instruction using the iOLab Device Jan 2020 AAPT winter conference Training A Scientist: April 2017 HenryFest, Cornell Online Phys 211 and Phys 212 April 2017 Science Annual Meeting, Penn State Experimenting with Investigative Lab July 2017 L. Leblond p. 5/5

AAPT Summer Conference, Ohio Taking the lab out of the lab room: March 2016 TLT conference, Penn State Panel discussion leader on online education April 2015 Science annual meeting, Penn State Online Phys 21x with the IOLab April 2015 Science annual meeting, Penn State On the Decay of Massive field in de Sitter space July 2012 Workshop on Effective field theory of inflation, Leiden, Netherlands Decoupling Gravity and non-Resonant Non-Gaussianity May 2011 Workshop on Inflation, Texas A&M, College Station, Tx Infrared Effects and Resummation in de Sitter March 2010 Workshop on Effective Field Theory in Cosmology, Ann Arbor, MI Gravitational Waves from a Decaying Network of Cosmic Strings Dec. 2009 PI/CITA day, Perimeter Institute Loop Corrections to Cosmological Correlation Functions June 2009 Fundamental Aspect of String Theory Workshop, KITP, Santa Barbara Perturbative Bounds in Inflation and Quantum Loops May 2009 Workshop on Effective Field Theory in Inflation, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo Quantum Loops in de Sitter March 2009 Workshop on Phenomenology, Cook’s Branch Conservancy, Texas. Tachyon Mediated Non-Gaussianity Aug. 2008 Cosmo 08, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Limits from the Perturbative Regime of Inflation and Non-Gaussianity June 2008 Pascos 08, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON, Canada Inflation from Wrapped Branes May 2008 String Phenomenology 2008, UPenn, Philadelphia, PN. Talk 1 : D-term inflation at the intersection of branes Nov. 2007 Talk 2 : Metastable Cosmic Strings and Monopoles Cosmology Workshop at KITPC, China (2 talks) Inflation from Branes July 2007 Pascos 07, Imperial College, UK Inflation from Branes May 2007 International Workshop on the Interconnection between Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC 07), College Station, TX. On the open string production from brane anti-brane annihilation. March 2005 String Cosmology Conference, Perimeter, Waterloo. Metastable Cosmic Strings. Aug. 2004 String Phenomenology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. Metastable Cosmic Strings June 2004 Montreal-Rochester-Syracuse-Toronto Conference, Montreal The Dynamics of the Dp-D(p-2) System Sept. 2003 4th Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries, Cincinnati, OH

Invited Talks Lessons from Designing Online Physics Courses with Labs Nov 2015 and Seminars University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. On the Decay of Massive field in de Sitter space March 2012 L. Leblond p. 6/5

Stanford university, Palo Alto, USA. Beyond Tree Level Inflation May 2010 DAMTP, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. Tachyon Mediated Non-Gaussianity Nov. 2008 McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada Inflation from Wrapped Branes Oct. 2007 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Cosmic Necklaces from String Theory Feb. 2007 Columbia University, New-York, NY Bound state of cosmic superstrings in curved geometry Nov. 2006 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Bound state of cosmic superstrings in curved geometry Oct. 2006 Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON, Canada Stability of D1-string inside a D3-brane. April 2006 McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada