Has personally verified gravity more than 40,000 times. Author of the influential lecture “Gravity: Still Working.” Office hours are held whenever a glass is nearby.
Research interests
- Falling objects
- Table edge dynamics
- Glassware
- Replication
Teaching
Head of School of Applied Gravity. Courses:
- GRAV 101, Introduction to Falling Objects
- GRAV 210, Table Edge Dynamics (with lab)
- GRAV 305, Glassware and Consequences
- GRAV 420, Independent Study: The Kitchen Counter Observatory
Selected publications
- Vertical Surface Maintenance: A Study of Scratching, Journal of Applied Whiskers, 19 September 2026
- The Nepetalactone Question, Journal of Applied Whiskers, 18 September 2026
- Verticality and Vantage: A Study of Elevated Occupancy, Journal of Applied Whiskers, 18 September 2026
- On the Repeated Displacement of Small Objects from Elevated Surfaces, Journal of Applied Whiskers, 14 September 2026
- Aqueous Aversion in the Domestic Feline, Journal of Applied Whiskers, 10 September 2026
- Gravity: Still Working (book)
In their own words
“Gravity: still working. I check every day, sometimes several times, to be sure.”