About Me
Matthew Berg is a professor of physics in the Department of Physics at Kansas State University (KSU) and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. He was formerly an associate professor at KSU and an assistant professor at Mississippi State University. Professor Berg received a Ph.D. in physics from KSU in 2008 and a B.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines in 2003. His graduate studies at KSU were supported by the NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program. Following graduate school, he held a National Research Council - DoD Biological Defense postdoctoral fellowship at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory from 2009-2010. Professor Berg joined KSU in 2016. Consulting services are available from Applied Electrodynamics LLC.
Contact: matt.berg@phys.ksu.edu or +1 785 532 6786
Awards & Honors:
Research selected by the Editor In Chief of the Journal of Aerosol Science for the September 2022 cover.
Most valued reviewer - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2018)
Senior Member of the Optical Society of America (2018)
Research featured in Physics Today magazine (2018) [Download PDF]
Most valued reviewer - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2017)
Guest Editor - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2016-2017)
Invited doctoral-defense opponent at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland (2016)
Elected chair: Aerosol Physics Working Group - American Association for Aerosol Research (2016)
NSF Early Faculty (CAREER) Program awardee (2015-2020)
Invited site reviewer - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2015)
Researcher of the month - Mississippi State University, College of Arts & Sciences (2014)
Most valued reviewer - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2014)
Elected vice-chair: Aerosol Physics Working Group - American Association for Aerosol Research (2014)
Nominee - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2013)
Most valued reviewer - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2013)
Invited doctoral defense examiner - Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France (2013)
Invited site reviewer - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2013)
NASA travel award - Electromagnetic and Light Scattering XIV conference (2013)
Guest Editor - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2012-2013)
Most valued reviewer - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2012)
Nominee - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2012)
Young Investigator Program award - U.S. Army Research Office (2011)
Peter C. Waterman award (formerly the Young Scientist award) - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2011)
Most Valued Reviewer - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2011)
Certificate of excellence - Presented by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency CBTD Director and Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense CBD-CDP (2009)
APS graduate student travel award - (2008)
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