Morten Lundsgaard

Education

• Ph.D. Physics, Kansas State University, 1995
• M.S. Physics, University of Copenhagen, 1991
• B.S. Physics and Mathematics, University of Copenhagen, 1987

Academic Positions

• Teaching Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024 - present
• Coordinator of Physics Teacher Development, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Physics Education Research and professional development for teachers, 2009 - 2024
• Research Associate, University of Michigan, Science Education, 2007-2009
• High school teacher, Ordrup Gymnaisum (Denmark), Physics-Mathematics-Astronomy-Physical Sciences, 1999-2007
• Postdoctoral Fellow - Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, Utrecht University, Atomic Physics, 1998-1999
• Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Utrecht University, Atomic Physics, 1996-1998

Resident Instruction

• PHYS 591 Spring 2026
• PHYS 395 Spring 2026
• PHYS 394 Spring 2026 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 395 Fall 2025
• PHYS 394 Fall 2025 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 395 Spring 2025
• PHYS 394 Spring 2025 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 395 Fall 2024
• PHYS 394 Fall 2024 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 395 Spring 2024
• PHYS 394 Spring 2024 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 395 Fall 2023
• PHYS 394 Fall 2023 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 395 Spring 2023
• PHYS 394 Spring 2023 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 395 Fall 2022
• PHYS 394 Fall 2022 Course Coordinator
• PHYS398 ELA Spring 2022
• PHYS 394 Spring 2022 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 398ELA Fall 2021
• PHYS 398LA Fall 2021 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 398ELA Spring 2021
• PHYS 398LA Fall 2021 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 398ELA Spring 2020
• PHYS 398LA Spring 2020 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 398ELA Fall 2019
• PHYS 398LA Fall 2019 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 100 Fall 2019 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 298LA Spring 2019
• PHYS 100 Fall 2018 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 101 Spring 2018 Lab Section
• PHYS 100 Fall 2018 Course Coordinator
• PHYS 100 Spring 2017 Course Coordinator

Research Interests

• Human Centered Design
• Student Learning
• Learning Assistants in undergraduate courses
• Teacher recruitment and retention
• Professional Development for High School Physics Teachers

Selected Articles in Journals

• A. Dubois, J. P. Hansen, M. Lundsgaard and S. E. Nielsen, Orientation and alignment effects in H⁺ + Na collisions, J. Phys. B 24, L269-L274 (1991).
• M. F. V. Lundsgaard and C. D. Lin, Reduced close-coupling calculations for electron capture processes in collisions of multiply charged ions with atoms, J. Phys. B 25, L429-L434 (1992).
• M. F. V. Lundsgaard, N. Toshima, Z. Chen, and C. D. Lin, Electron capture from elliptic Rydberg states, J. Phys. B. 27, L611-L617 (1994).
• M. F. V. Lundsgaard, N. Toshima, Z. Chen, and C. D. Lin, Electron capture from circular Rydberg states, Phys. Rev. 51, 1347-1350 (1995).
• M. F. V. Lundsgaard, Z. Chen, and C. D. Lin, Electron capture in K⁺+ ion collisions with Na(4d), J. Phys. B 28, 859-868 (1995).
• M. F. V. Lundsgaard and S. E. Nielsen, Coherence parameters for He⁺(2p) capture and H(2p) excitation in He²⁺+H(1s) collisions, Z. Phys. D. 34, 97-105 (1995).
• M. F. V. Lundsgaard, N. Toshima, and C. D. Lin, Dependence of electron loss cross section on the alignment and orientation of elliptic Rydberg states, J. Phys. B. 29, 1045-1062 (1996).
• M. F. V. Lundsgaard, S. E. Nielsen, H. Rudolph, and J. P. Hansen, Multi-crossing Landau-Zener and close-coupling calculations of electron transfer in H⁺+Li(2s,2p) collisions, J. Phys. B 31, 3215-3232 (1998).
• D. M. Homan, O. P. Makarov, O. P. Sorokina, K. B. MacAdam, M. F. V. Lundsgaard, C. D. Lin, and N. Toshima, Electron capture from a directed Stark-Rydberg state. I Fore-and-aft ratios, Phys. Rev. A 58, 4565-4571 (1998).
• M. F. V. Lundsgaard and H. Rudolph, Vibrationally resolved cross sections for single-photon ionization of LiH, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 6724-6734 (1999).
• H. Short, M. F. V. Lundsgaard, and J. Kraijcik, How do geckos stick?, The Science Teacher 75 (8), 38-43 (2008).
• L. Blank, A. Snir, and M. F. V. Lundsgaard, Virtual Modeling, Science and Children 52, 30-35 (2015).
• B. Gutmann, G. Gladding, M. Lundsgaard, and T. Stelzer, Mastery-style homework exercises in introductory courses: Implementation matters, Physics Review Physics Education Research 14, 010128 (2018).
• M. S. Mahmood, H. Talafian, D. Shafer, E. Kuo, M. Lundsgaard, and T. Stelzer, Navigating socioemotional risk through comfort-building in physics teacher professional development: A case study, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, DOI: 10.1002/tea.21949, (2024).
• H. Talafian, M. Lundsgaard, M. Mahmood, D. Shafer, T. Stelzer, and E. Kuo, Responsive professional development: A facilitation approach for teachers’ development in a physics teaching community of practice, Teaching and Teacher Education 153, doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104812 (2025)
• H. Talafian, M. Lundsgaard, M. Mahmood, E. Kuo, and T. Stelzer, Teachers' experiences with taking an open-ended approach in teaching labs in high school physics classes, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 21, 010140, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.21.010140 (2025).

Book Reviews (in print or accepted)

• Book Review: José P. Mestre and Jennifer L. Docktor, The Science of Learning Physics — Cognitive Strategies for Improving Instruction World Scientific 2021

Other Publications

• D. Agerkvist, E. Frausing, N. Elbrønd Hansen, M. Lundsgaard and P. Villadsen, ”Astrobiologi – fra Big Bang til DNA” Naturvidenskab for alle, 1 (2007), 32 pp.; http://www.nfa.fys.dk/

Magazine Articles

• D. Agerkvist, E. Frausing, N. Elbrønd Hansen, M. Lundsgaard, and P. Villadsen, Astrobiologi - fra Big Bang til DNA, Naturvidenskab for alle 1, 32pp (2007).

Conferences Organized or Chaired

• Spring 2024 Meeting of the Illinois Section of AAPT at Urbana-Champaign, April 19-20, 2024
• Spring 2021 Joint Meeting of the Illinois Section and Indiana Section of AAPT online (co-organized with Indiana Section of AAPT), April 23-24, 2021
• Fall 2020 Joint Meeting of the Illinois Section and Chicago Section of AAPT online (co-organized with Lewis University), November 7, 2020
• Spring 2020 Meeting of the Illinois Section of AAPT online, April 24, 2020
• Spring 2016 Meeting of the Illinois Section of AAPT at Urbana-Champaign, April 22-23, 2016

Presentations

• 2025 ISAAPT Fall Meeting, Illinois College, A Discussion of Free Body Diagrams
• 2025 Noyce Summit, Washington DC, Building the Physics Teacher Pipeline: U of I’s Noyce Capacity Building Initiatives
• 2025 ISAAPT Spring Meeting, Augustan College, Recruiting Future Physics Teachers
• 2024 ISAAPT Fall Meeting, Rockford University, Human-Centered Design in a Learning Assistant Class
• 2023 ISAPPT Fall Meeting, Joliet Central HS, From College to High School Lab – IPaSS Teachers’ use of iOLab Labs
• 2023 AAPT Summer Meeting, Sacramento California, IPaSS - Responsive Professional Development & Building of a Community of Practice
• 2023 ISAAPT Spring Meeting, Know College, IPaSS: Teachers moving from peripheral membership to the core of a Community of Practice
• 2022 International Learning Assistant Conference, University of Boulder, Colorado, The Physics Lab-LA program at University of Illinois
• 2022 ISAAPT Fall Meeting, NIU, Building a Community of Practice Building a Community of Practice

Other Scholarly Activities

• 2025 ISAAPT Fall Meeting, Illinois College, iOLab – a multi-sensor device for K1-College
• 2025 ISAAPT Spring Meeting, Augustana College, iOLab – a multi-sensor device for K1-College
• 2024 ISAAPT Fall Meeting, Rockford University, iOLab – a multi-sensor device for K1-College
• 2023 ISAAPT Fall Meeting, Joliet Central HS, iOLab - a multi-sensor device for K1-College
• 2023 ISAAPT Spring Meeting, Knox College, iOLab - a multi-sensor device for K1-College
• 2022 ISAPPT Fall Meeting, NIU, iOLab - a multi-sensor device for K1-College

Professional Societies

• Dansk Fysisk Selskab
• American Physical Society
• American Educational Research Association
• National Science Teachers Association
• American Association of Physics Teachers
• Illinois Section of AAPT, President, 2015, 2020 and 2025

Teaching Honors

• Davis Award (2022)

Research Honors

• Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Union (1996)
• Scholarship from Carlsberg Foundation (1989)

Public Service Honors

• ISAAPT Distinguished Service Citation (2017)

Recent Courses Taught

• PHYS 394 - Pedagogy Teaching Physics
• PHYS 398 LA - Soph/Junr Special Topics Phys
• PHYS 591 - Sec. Phys. Curr. Design II