Professional Background

Current

Associate Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Other places I have worked for

• Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
• Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse, France)
• TRINITI - Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research (Russia)
• Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy (Moscow, USSR)

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Education

• Ph.D. Physics, Moscow State University (1984)
• M.S., Physics, Moscow State University (1979)

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Research Interests

• Atomic collisions
• Dynamic electron correlation
• Sputtering
• Accelerator Physics
• Atomic spectroscopy
• Computational physics
• Atomic data

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Teaching (Current and Recent Courses)

• Physics 111: Introductory General Physics I
• Physics 112: Introductory General Physics II
• Physics 231: University Physics I
• Physics 232: University Physics II
• Physics 355: Mathematical Methods in Physics
• Physics 420: Introduction to Computational Physics
• Physics 601: Mathematical Methods in Physics I
• Physics 602: Mathematical Methods in Physics II
• Physics 695: Additional Topics in Pure and Applied Physics
• Physics 811: Computational Physics
• Physics 831: Advanced Graduate Seminar I and II
• Math 206: Introductory Calculus II

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Recent Talks

• "Problem Solving: Art, Science, and Craft" (October 2nd, 2015)
  Problem solving is one of the most practical skills a student could learn if they are studying towards a career in science, engineering, business, or politics. Most importantly, it is also an essential skill that can be leveraged in everyday life. Unfortunately, although most school and college curriculums place considerable emphasis on teaching critical thinking, it is just the first step in mastering the art of problem solving. But how can one take this incredibly powerful but elusive skill, break it down into a number of identifiable steps, and teach to others?

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Published Books

• "Introductory Computational Physics" by Andi Klein and Alexander Godunov
  Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-82862-7 (2006)

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10 Selected Publications (out of 75)

• Independent time approximation for dynamically interacting multi-electron systems
  A. L. Godunov and J. H. McGuire
  J.Phys.B:At.Mol.Opt.Phys., vol. 34, L223-L229 (2001) (IOP Publishing)
• Interaction of atomic systems with x-ray free-electron lasers
  M. A. Kornberg, A. L. Godunov, S.Itza-Ortiz, D.L. Ederer, J.H. McGuire, L.Young
  Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, vol. 9, 298-303 (2002)
• Time evolution and use of multiple times in the N-body problem
  J. H. McGuire and A. L. Godunov
  Phys. Rev. A, vol. 67, issue 4, 042701 (6 pages) (2003)
• Time ordering in multi-electron dynamics
  J. H. McGuire, A. L. Godunov, Kh. Kh. Shakov, V. A. Schipakov, H. Merabet, R. Bruch and J. Hanni
  J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. vol. 36, 209-216 (2003) (IOP Publishing)
• Fully differential cross sections for transfer ionization - a sensitive probe of high level correlation effects in atoms
  A. L. Godunov, Colm T. Whelan and H. R. J. Walters
  J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. vol. 37, L201-8 (2004) (IOP Publishing)
• Revealing the effect of angular correlation in the ground-state He wavefunction: a coincidence study of the transfer ionization process
  M Schöffler, A L Godunov, Colm T Whelan, H R J Walters, V S Schipakov, V Mergel, R Dörner, O Jagutzki, L Ph H Schmidt, J Titze, E Weigold and H Schmidt-Böcking
  J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. vol. 38, L123-8 (2005) (IOP Publishing)
• Total cross sections for transfer ionization in fast ion-helium collisions
  A L Godunov, J H McGuire, V S Schipakov, H R J Walters and Colm T Whelan
  J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. vol. 39, 987-996 (2006) (IOP Publishing)
• On the extension of (e,2e) theory to coincidence studies of ion–atom collisions
  A L Godunov, Marco Kampp, B Sulik, H R J Walters and Colm T Whelan
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 261, 222-225 (2007)
• Effect of angular electron correlation in He: Second-order calculations for transfer ionization
  A L Godunov, H R J Walters and Colm T Whelan
  Phys. Rev. A, vol. 78, 012714 (5 pages) (2008)
• Double Differential Spectra of Scattered Protons Ionizing Atomic Hydrogen
  M. Schulz, A.C. Laforge, K.N. Egodapitiya, J.S. Alexander, A. Hasan, M.F. Ciappina, A.C. Roy, R. Dey, A. Samolov and
  A. L. Godunov
  Phys. Rev. A, vol. 81, 052705 (11 pages) (2010)