K. Ann-Marie Mårtensson-Pendrill (born 1952)[1] is a Swedish physicist. Originally working in atomic physics, her interests gradually shifted towards physics education,[2] and she has published many works on the physics of playgrounds,[3][4] and amusement park rides such as roller coasters,[5][6] including the book Physics for the Whole Body in Playgrounds and Amusement Parks (AIP Publishing, 2021).[7] She is a professor emeritus at the University of Gothenburg, senior professor at Lund University, and the former director of the National Resource Centre for Physics Education.[2]
Education and career
editAfter earning a Ph.D. at the University of Gothenburg in 1978, with Ingvar Lindgren as her doctoral advisor, Pendrill became a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington and then the University of Oxford, before earning a habilitation at the University of Gothenburg 1984. By 1996, she had become a full professor at the University of Gothenburg.[1] In 2009, she started splitting her time between Gothenburg and Lund, where she directed the National Resource Centre for Physics Education.[2]
Recognition
editIn 1997, Pendrill was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), after a nomination from the APS Forum on International Physics, "for her contributions to the development and use of atomic many-body methods to explore relativistic effects and parity non-conservation in heavy atoms".[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Brief CV, Ann-Marie Mårtensson-Pendrill, University of Gothenburg, 1997, retrieved 2021-12-10
- ^ a b c "About Ann-Marie Pendrill", Find staff, University of Gothenburg, retrieved 2021-12-10
- ^ Hallonsten, Anna-Karin (11 January 2021), "Professorn gör fysiken lekfullt rolig" [Professor makes physics playfully fun], Ämnesläraren (in Swedish), Swedish Teachers' Association
- ^ Persson, Camilla (9 December 2014), "Learning physics in the playground", Science Faculty Magazine, University of Gothenburg, retrieved 2021-12-10
- ^ Articles About Amusement Park Physics, National Resource Centre for Physics Education, retrieved 2021-12-10
- ^ Allen, Michael (14 August 2021), "Twists, turns, thrills and spills: the physics of rollercoasters", PhysicsWorld
- ^ Joelsson, Johan (18 November 2021), Ny bok uppmuntrar fysiklärare att använda nöjesfält i undervisningen [New book encourages physics teachers to use amusement parks in teaching] (in Swedish), Lund University Department of Physics, retrieved 2021-12-10
- ^ "Fellows nominated in 1997 by the Forum on International Physics", APS Fellows archive, American Physical Society, retrieved 2021-12-10
External links
edit- Home page
- Ann-Marie Pendrill publications indexed by Google Scholar