Background
Cotanch, Stephen Robert was born on May 7, 1947 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Newell and Miriam Louise (Spielman) Cotanch.
Cotanch, Stephen Robert was born on May 7, 1947 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Newell and Miriam Louise (Spielman) Cotanch.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Indiana U., 1969; postgraduate, Princeton University, 1971-1972; Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University, 1973.
Research associate, U. Pittsburgh, 1973-1976;
assistant professor physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1976-1981;
associate professor physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1981-1986;
professor physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1986;
undergraduate adviser, since 1990;
co-organizer computational engineering science program, 1989;
co-organizer Triangle Universities Nuclear Colloquium series, since 1991. Visiting professor University Melbourne, Australia, 1985, Nordita Nordic visiting professor Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, U. Helsinki, Finland, Uppsala (Sweden) U., 1993. Consultant CEBAF, Newport News, Virginia, since 1988, Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala, since 1990.
Principal investigator unites states department of Energy Grant to North Carolina State University, since 1978. Fellow Institute Nuclear Theory, U. Washington, Seattle, summer, 1991, 92.
Member American Physical Society, Mensa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
1 child, Kaitlyn.