A faculty at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University - Commerce. A theorist (PhD., University of Bonn) working on nuclear physics and astrophysics.  

Published 5 textbooks for undergraduate and graduate students. Edited 5 books of conference proceedings. Published  190+ scientific papers, 150+ in peer-reviewed journals. Presented 180+ talks in conferences and science institutions. Front cover of Physics Today, March 1994.

A Guggenheim Fellow in 2000-2001.