Bio
Lieutenant Colonel James A. Scoville is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He entered the Air Force in 2004 as a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and earned his PhD in Physics at the University of Oxford in 2016. Maj Scoville has served as the Deputy Branch Chief, Battlespace Innovation Center in the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, Executive Officer & Personnel Officer for the Department of Physics at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Chief of Science & Technology Integration and Deputy Chief of the Sciences Support Division at the Air Force Technical Applications Center.
Education
Air Command and Staff College, (correspondence) (2017)
Doctor of Philosophy in Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (2016)
Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2008)
Air & Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2006)
Master of Science in Applied Physics (Distinguished Graduate), Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio (2006)
Bachelor of Science, Physics (Distinguished Graduate), U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado (2004)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado (2018-present)
Deputy Division Chief, Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick AFB, Florida (2017-2018)
Chief, Science & Tech Integration, Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick AFB, Florida (2015-2017)
Graduate Student, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (2012-2015)
Executive Officer, U.S. Air Force Academy Physics Department, Colorado (2011-2012)
Instructor, U.S. Air Force Academy Physics Department, Colorado (2009-2011)
Deputy Branch Chief, Air Force Research Lab, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts (2008-2009)
Research Physicist, Air Force Research Lab, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts (2006-2008)
Graduate Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio (2004-2006)
Honors & Awards
Loughman Scholar, Oxford (2015)
Meritorious Service Medal (2012)
Air Force Commendation Medal (2009)
Distinguished Graduate, Officer Space 100 Course (2008)
Distinguished Graduate, Air Force Institute of Technology (2006)
Distinguished Graduate, United States Air Force Academy (2004)
Research and Scholarly Interests
Particle Physics
Nuclear Treaty Monitoring
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Physics & Quantum Computation
Atomic Physics
Publications
“Searching for New Particles at the Large Hadron Collider: Theory and Methods for Extradimensional Supersymmetry,” James A. Scoville, Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015.
“A boost for the EW SUSY hunt: monojet-like search for compressed sleptons at LHC14 with 100 fb-1,” Alan Barr and James A. Scoville, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015; 10.1007/JHEP04(2015)147.
“Auto-Concealment of Supersymmetry in Extra Dimensions,” Savas Dimopoulos, Kiel Howe, John March-Russell, and James A. Scoville, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015; 10.1007/JHEP06(2015)041.
“Lifetime measurement of the cesium 6P3/2 level using ultrafast pump-probe laser pulses,” Brian M. Patterson, J. F. Sell, T. Ehrenreich, M. A. Gearba, G. M. Brooke, J. Scoville, and R. J. Knize, Physics Review, 2015; A 84 010501.
“Adjustable microchip ring trap for cold atoms and molecules,” Paul M. Baker, James A. Stickney, Matthew B. Squires, James A. Scoville, Evan J. Carlson, Walter R. Buchwald, and Steven M. Miller, Physics Review, 2009; A 80, 063615.
“Collisional decoherence in trapped-atom interferometers that use nondegenerate sources,” James A. Stickney, Matthew B. Squires, James A. Scoville, Paul Baker, and Steven Miller, Physics Review, 2009; A 79, 013618.
“Type II Quantum Computing Algorithm for Computational Fluid Dynamics,” James A. Scoville, Thesis, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2006.