Contact Information:
Physics Department
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 545-0545
(413) 545-0648 (fax)
kastor@physics.umass.edu
Research: My research is in the area of general relativity,
particularly aspects of black holes in the context of string theory.
• You can find pdf files of my
research papers in @ SLAC's SPIRES database
Teaching:
• In Fall 2007, I taught an
introductory course on energy issues, Physics 190E – Energy
& Society
• A lecture titled “A
Sustainable Energy Future?” presented to John Gerber’s course on Sustainable Living at UMass (April,
08)
• For the past few semesters I
have given a series of 3 lectures
attempting to cover all of fundamental physics as part of the interdisciplinary
course Bio
270H – Cosmos to Humanity organized by Jim Walker
from the Biology Department.