{"id":12397,"date":"2023-11-27T16:03:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T22:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/?page_id=12397"},"modified":"2024-03-05T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T17:46:03","slug":"carl-ferkinhoff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/science-engineering\/physics-department\/faculty-staff\/carl-ferkinhoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Ferkinhoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>View&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carlferkinhoff.me\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.carlferkinhoff.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr.&nbsp;Carl Ferkinhoff\u2019s website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am an astronomer working to understand how galaxies earlier in the history of the universe have changed and evolved to produce the universe we see today. More specifically I study the gas, dust and stars in these early galaxies using emission lines that are visible at submillimeter wavelengths.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also have interests in astronomical instrumentation, building the instruments and hardware that let us make the observations of theses galaxies. Much of this work is done with collaborators at:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cornell University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Georgia Southern University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are involved in both the observation and instrumentation projects depending on their interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally from near St. Cloud, MN I earned my undergraduate degree in Physics from Gustavus in St. Peter, MN. From there I moved to Baltimore, MD to study teaching and teach high school physics and chemistry through Teach For America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning that I loved teaching but missed doing research and advanced physics I choose to pursue a PhD in astronomy. After a couple of years in Germany for a postdoc I found myself back in the great state of Minnesota as an Assistant Professor at WSU!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to my research interests, I am passionate about preparing excellent future science teachers, use of student centered methods of instruction, and providing equitable and just learning opportunities for all students. For fun I fish, read, sing and occasionally karaoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PHD: Astronomy | Cornell University (2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS: Astronomy | Cornell University (2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS: Physics | Gustavus Adolphus College (2001)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                            <div class=\"h3\">Contact<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n            \n<div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           Dr. Carl Ferkinhoff\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           Associate Professor\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <p>Pasteur 144<\/p>\n<p>507.457.5265<\/p>\n\n       <\/div>\n       <a class=\"wsu-link contact-card__link\" href=\"mailto:cferkinhoff@winona.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Email Carl Ferkinhoff <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the academic background of Carl Ferkinhoff, a faculty member of WSU&#8217;s Physics Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":12388,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[480],"tags":[330,352],"class_list":["post-12397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-physics","tag-contact-profile","tag-legacy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12397"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13103,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12397\/revisions\/13103"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}