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Br. Paschal Strader, OP

Academic Dean and Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Education

  • PhD, Physics (concentration: experimental astrophysics), UC Santa Barbara
  • MA, ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ and MA, Philosophy, Concurrent, ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ
  • MA, Physics, UC Santa Barbara
  • BS, Physics and BS, Computer Science, CSU San Berdino

Research Interests

  • Philosophy of Nature, Philosophy of Science, Natural ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ

Courses Taught

  • PH 1056 - Philosophy of Nature

From the Professor

I am a friar of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus (Western USA) of the Order of Preachers. I am also a cooperator brother, that is, a Dominican brother who is not called to priestly ministry.

In 2016, I completed a Ph.D. in Physics, with a concentration in experimental astrophysics at UC Santa Barbara. My research was in , using MKID detectors for infrared and visible wavelength astronomy. My dissertation project focused on scaling up the system that reads data out of a MKID camera and also on using the camera to observe pulsars in visible wavelengths.

With this background I am interested in connecting the Aristotelian-Thomist philosophy of nature to contemporary science, in philosophy of physics, and also in natural theology.