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Math and Physics Professor Receives Undergraduate Scholarly Achievement Award
October 4, 2006
AZUSA, Calif. –
Thousand Oaks, Calif. resident Donald G. Isaak, Ph.D., Azusa Pacific University professor and chair of the Department of Math and Physics, received the Undergraduate Scholarly Achievement Award in August 2006. The $2,000 award recognized Isaak's excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service as a professor. An attractive clock accompanied the award.
Isaak has received more than $700,000 in funds and grants for his research. His work has resulted in nearly 50 refereed scientific studies in some of the most prestigous journals in his field, such as Physics of Earth and Planet Int. Most notably, he co-authored "Magnetic collapse in transition metal oxides at high pressure: implications for the Earth" in Science, one of the top outlets dedicated to scientific research. Isaak's research revolves around the physics of the deep earth and the elastic properties of minerals of high temperatures.
Isaak is also recognized as an outstanding classroom teacher who creates opportunities for his students who work alongside him in his National Science Foundation-sponsored research, leading to many publication and presentation opportunities.
Isaak holds a B.A. in Physics from the University of Redlands, Redlands, Calif., and an M.Sc. in Geophysics from Pennsylvania State University. He received a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Featured in TIME magazine and ranked as one of the nation’s best by U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive, Christian, evangelical university, committed to God First and known for excellence in higher education. Azusa Pacific’s main campus lies just 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, while its seven Southern California regional centers bring convenience and extend quality programming. The university offers more than 50 areas of undergraduate study, 21 master's degrees, and 6 doctorates to a total student population of more than 8,300.
