Charles “Chaz” Ruggieri is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Office of STEM Education and the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Chaz is a member of the TRIAD Coalition within the School of Arts & Science’s Office of STEM Education. He collaborates with faculty members in the Department of Physics and Astronomy to transform courses and evaluate transformations. He facilitates interdisciplinary faculty workshops to engage faculty in educational practices backed by education research literature.
He earned his PhD in experimental surface and interface physics and also conducted postdoctoral research in physics education research at Rutgers University.