College of Arts and Sciences

Education:

• PhD, Astrophysics, Princeton University, 2000
• MA, Astrophysics, Princeton University, 1998
• BA, Astronomy and Physics, Boston University, 1996

Curriculum Vitae:

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Research Interests:

• Theoretical and computational cosmology
• Extragalactic astrophysics
• Gravitational lensing
• Popular science writing
  
  

Bio:

I am Prof. Dave Goldberg, head of Drexel's Department of Physics.  I am a mostly theoretical astrophysicist who focuses on large scale structure, clusters of galaxies, and gravitational lensing, and am currently funded by the good folks at the National Science Foundation.  I am also very interested in the public understanding of science, and am the author of 4 books.  If you have questions about my research or about the department, please don't hesitate to get in touch. 

2024-2025 Teaching:

• Winter - PHYS 102 Fundamentals of Physics II
• Spring - PHYS 433/631 General Relativity

Selected Publications:

Scientific Articles with Students

• Arena, E. J., Goldberg, D. M., & Bacon, D. J. (2022). Cosmic Flexion. Physical Review D, 106(12), 123521. [arXiv:2203.12036]
• Fabritius, J. M., & Goldberg, D. M. (2022). A new estimate of galaxy mass-to-light ratios from flexion lensing statistics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(1), 619–635. [https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1331]
• Wraga, J., & Goldberg, D. M. (2022). Bayes’ theorem, inflation, and the ekpyrotic universe. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2022(4), 006. [arXiv:2201.08844]

Textbooks

• Goldberg, D. (2023). A relatively painless guide to special relativity. University of Chicago Press. [https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo198082902.html]
• Goldberg, D. (2017). The Standard Model in a nutshell. Princeton University Press. [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691167596/the-standard-model-in-a-nutshell?srsltid=AfmBOorKAzEer_6EyamdmpqvVhgv-HhxuHru3JRNcr1YRvVpLQ3EL8YI]

Some other fun things

• Gott, J. R., III, Goldberg, D. M., & Vanderbei, R. J. (2021). Flat maps that improve on the Winkel tripel. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 48(4), 335–348. [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15230406.2021.1904585]
• Goldberg, D. (2015, April 25). The greatest physics theorem you’ve never heard of. New Scientist. [https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630180-300-the-greatest-physics-theorem-youve-never-heard-of/]
• Goldberg, D. (2016, October 12). A brief history of time travel [Review of the book Time travel: A history, by J. Gleick]. Nature Physics, 12(10), 910–911. [https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3910]