Dr. Michael B. Dennin

Dr. Michael B. Dennin has been Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine since 1997, and the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and Dean of the Division of Undergraduate Education since 2015. His research focuses on the dynamics of foams and modeling of ice mélange in fjords. He has won numerous awards for research and teaching, including being elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and is passionate about public outreach in the area of science - including co-teaching an open course based on the AMC television program "The Walking Dead." He has appeared on numberous television programs - including "Science of Superman," "Spider-man Tech," "Batman Tech," "Star Wars Tech," and "Ancient Aliens." You can find him in the YouTube series "Fascinating Fights" debating the outcome of battles between pop icons. In addition, Dennin serves as an expert on the podcast "Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear-Based Technologies" where he explains how to make fictional technology a reality. Recently, he published a science outreach book on the intersection between faith and science, titled Divine Science: Finding Reason at the Heart of Faith, from Franciscan Media.