Chad Kishimoto

I am born and raised in Zone 18: growing up in Honolulu; completing my undergraduate work at Caltech, graduate work at UCSD, and postdoc at UCLA; teaching as a freeway flyer across San Diego County; and now at the University of San Diego (USD), where I have been the advisor of the SPS Chapter at USD for the past 10 years. When I began my career at USD, I collaborated with the students to reinvigorate the dormant SPS chapter. Our chapter has brought vitality and connection between students and faculty in the department, is oft named an Outstanding Chapter, and I was honored in January as the Outstanding Chapter Advisor of the year by SPS National.
My group of USD undergraduate researchers studies neutrino astrophysics, developing computational models to probe the weak interaction in astrophysical environments. I am passionate about supporting student opportunities in and out of the classroom to build community and in doing so, develop their identities as budding physicists and astronomers. In addition to my work as the Zone Councilor and on the SPS National Council, I serve on the executive board of the Southern California chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers.