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Timothy A. McKay
Timothy A. McKay is an astrophysicist and the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics and Director of the LSA Honors Program at the University of Michigan. He is actively involved in physics education, including courses on “Physics for the Life Sciences” and Saturday Morning Physics.〔University of Michigan (2013). “Faculty Profile: Timothy McKay.” http://www.lsa.umich.edu/physics/directory/faculty/ci.mckaytimothy_ci.detail〕 As of 2013, McKay’s papers have over 30,000 citations and an h-index of 66.〔Google Scholar (2013). "Citations: Timothy McKay." http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fRjSWV8AAAAJ&hl=en〕 He considers publication and education vital to the scientific enterprise: “science isn’t science until you’ve shared it with someone else.”〔McKay, T.A. (2 Feb 2009). "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Astronomy (But Were Afraid to Ask)." Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Reads. http://aareads.aadl.org/video/view/4046〕
== Early career ==
Timothy McKay and his older brother were the first in their family to attend higher education; Timothy enrolled in physics primarily because his brother had done the same.〔University of Michigan (16 Apr 2010). "Focus on Faculty: Timothy McKay." YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8RIJzrgQXc〕 McKay earned his BS summa cum laude in 1986 at Temple University in Philadelphia, and then his PhD in 1992 at the University of Chicago.〔McKay, T.A. (2011). "Personal CV". http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tamckay/mckaywebcv.pdf〕
From 1992 to 1995, he was a Leon Lederman Fellow at Fermilab; he was then hired to the faculty of the University of Michigan, where he became Associate Chair for the undergraduate physics program in 2004 and then also Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in 2005. In 2008 he became Director of the LSA Honors Program. Since 2008, he has also been president of the UM Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.〔
McKay is passionate about undergraduate research, and is well known for his mentorship of students; he credits his own research experiences as an undergraduate with much of his success.〔
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