K. Ann-Marie Mårtensson-Pendrill (born 1952) is a Swedish physicist. Originally working in atomic physics, her interests gradually shifted towards physics education, and she has published many works on the physics of playgrounds, and amusement park rides such as roller coasters, including the book Physics for the Whole Body in Playgrounds and Amusement Parks (AIP Publishing, 2021). She is a professor emeritus at the University of Gothenburg, senior professor at Lund University, and the former director of the National Resource Centre for Physics Education.
Education and career
After earning a Ph.D. at the University of Gothenburg in 1978, with Ingvar Lindgren as her doctoral advisor, Pendrill became a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington and then the University of Oxford, before earning a habilitation at the University of Gothenburg 1984. By 1996, she had become a full professor at the University of Gothenburg. In 2009, she started splitting her time between Gothenburg and Lund, where she directed the National Resource Centre for Physics Education.
Recognition
In 1997, Pendrill was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), after a nomination from the APS Forum on International Physics, "for her contributions to the development and use of atomic many-body methods to explore relativistic effects and parity non-conservation in heavy atoms".
References
- ^ Brief CV, Ann-Marie Mårtensson-Pendrill, University of Gothenburg, 1997, retrieved 2021-12-10
- ^ "About Ann-Marie Pendrill", Find staff, University of Gothenburg, retrieved 2021-12-10
- Hallonsten, Anna-Karin (11 January 2021), "Professorn gör fysiken lekfullt rolig" [Professor makes physics playfully fun], Ämnesläraren (in Swedish), Swedish Teachers' Association
- Persson, Camilla (9 December 2014), "Learning physics in the playground", Science Faculty Magazine, University of Gothenburg, retrieved 2021-12-10
- Articles About Amusement Park Physics, National Resource Centre for Physics Education, retrieved 2021-12-10
- Allen, Michael (14 August 2021), "Twists, turns, thrills and spills: the physics of rollercoasters", PhysicsWorld
- Joelsson, Johan (18 November 2021), Ny bok uppmuntrar fysiklärare att använda nöjesfält i undervisningen [New book encourages physics teachers to use amusement parks in teaching] (in Swedish), Lund University Department of Physics, retrieved 2021-12-10
- "Fellows nominated in 1997 by the Forum on International Physics", APS Fellows archive, American Physical Society, retrieved 2021-12-10
External links
- Home page
- Ann-Marie Pendrill publications indexed by Google Scholar