Physics and Astronomy Education

Mojgan M. Haghanikar

Degree/Major: Ph.D., Kansas State University

Role: Affiliates

Affiliation: SETI Institute Affiliate

Location: Chicago, IL

Research Interest: Using cyberlearning, volumetric and holographic display in visualizing scientific concepts; digital assets for virtual astronomy labs; physics in the context of biology remote labs; designing physics and biology interactive labs with sensors; developing quantum information labs with AR.

Related Projects

  • Served as a PI on a pending NSF outreach grant for eVscopes. 
  • Completed NSF ICORP accelerator launchpad and concluded customer evaluation.
  • Published a book with Springer Nature:
    Visualizing Dynamic Systems: Volumetric and Holographic Display https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-02092-6
  • Preparing Science Education grants on creating immersive and augmented reality labs for undergraduate physics.