Brad R. Conrad

Brad Conrad, originally from the Washington DC area, earned his B.S. in Physics and a minor in history from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY. While there, Brad was president of his local SPS chapter and an Associate Zone Councilor for Zone 2. Brad then went on to complete his Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Maryland - College Park (UMD) where he studied organic semiconductors and surface physics. After a National Research Council fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology where he worked on device physics, Brad became an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Brad is currently a professorial lecturer at George Washington University in the Department of Physics and a visiting professor at UMD. Brad Conrad is an active volunteer with AAPT and APS, serving on several committees and task forces focused on undergraduate education, graduate students, and early career physicists.

Dr. Brad Conrad now serves as the Director of the Society of Physics Students and Sigma Pi Sigma (ΣΠΣ). He proudly represents all SPS members and works to make SPS an integral component of each student’s personal phase space.