Name: Robert Lieberman
 

Hometown: Ithaca, NY
  Position: Senior Lecturer
 

Tantalizing Fact:

A recipient of the John M. and Emily B. Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching, Robert H. Lieberman has been a long-time member of the physics faculty at Cornell University. Initially, he came to Cornell to study to be a veterinarian, but ended up becoming an electrical engineer and doing research in neurophysiology. He has also been a professor of mathematics, engineering, and the physical sciences. In addition to writing novels (most recently "The Last Boy") he makes movies. He directed and wrote the newly-completed documentary film "Last Stop Kew Gardens" and the feature comedy film "Green Lights." His films have been shown nationally on PBS. He has held two Fulbright Lectureships in film and creative writing. The most recent was in association with the Mowel Film Fund in the Philippines. Prior to that, he was honored at the Academy of Performing Arts and Film in Bratislava. He presently serves as a Senior Specialist with the Fulbright Program.

Mr. Lieberman lives on a 130-acre farm in Ithaca, on which he compulsively grows fruits and vegetables and raises fish in his five ponds. His Swedish-born wife is a classical ballet dancer and teacher. His two sons live in San Francisco. They neither farm nor make movies, but do make money, one as an entrepreneur and the other as a corporate counsel. Mr. Lieberman is presently working on a new novel, creating the screenplay for the film adaptation of "The Last Boy," as well as learning how to tap dance.
 
 
 
 

  Name: Mickey McDonald
 

Hometown: Rochester, NY

  Major/Year: Physics, 2010
  Tantalizing Fact: I'm an aspiring ukelelist and I sing spontaneously.

 

 
 

  Name: Stephen Demnjanenko
 

Hometown: Buffalo, NY

  Major/Year: Physics/Mathematics, 2011
  Tantalizing Fact: I climb rocks.

 
 

  Name: Jeremy Ong
 

Hometown: Potomac, MD

  Major/Year: Applied and Engineering Physics, 2009
  Tantalizing Fact: The craziest thing about me is that I worship somebody who is very much alive because my life depends on it.

 

 
 

  Name: Ryan Musa
 

Hometown: Ithaca, NY

  Major/Year: Physics/Computer Science, 2011
  Tantalizing Fact: My pupils are off-center.

 
 

  Name: Steve Wolf
 

Hometown: Ellisville, MO

  Major/Year: Mathematics, 2010
  Tantalizing Fact: I aspire to be a great mathematician and interior decorator.

 

 
 

  Name: Ethan Dunn
 

Hometown: Paramus, NJ

  Major/Year: Physics, 2012
  Tantalizing Fact: I practice voluntary nystagmus.

 
 

  Name: Liana Greer
 

Hometown: Endicott, NY

  Major/Year: Applied and Engineering Physics, 2010
  Tantalizing Fact: I figure skate on the Cornell team, play flute, and like sewing/designing clothing.

 

 
 

  Name: Ankit Disa
 

Hometown: King of Prussia, PA

  Major/Year: Applied and Engineering Physics, 2010
  Tantalizing Fact: Years ago, a small boy returned to his mother's car after some back to school shopping. While entering the car, she backed over his foot not once, not twice, but THREE times. That boy was me.

 
 

  Name: Robbie Lyons
 

Hometown: London, UK

  Major/Year: Physics, 2012
  Tantalizing Fact: I am an avid, but very much amateur filmmaker.

 

 
 

  Name: Sarah Robinson
 

Hometown: Monkton, MD

  Major/Year: Applied and Engineering Physics, 2010
  Tantalizing Fact: I sing high notes.

 
 

  Name: Munier Salem
 

Hometown: Poughkeepsie, NY

  Major/Year: Applied Engineering and Phyiscs, Concentrating in Astrophyiscs, 2010
  Tantalizing Fact: Munier can't snap his fingers

 

 
 

  Name: Ishan Sharma
 

Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  Major/Year: Applied and Engineering Physics, Minor in ECE, 2010
  Tantalizing Fact: I play the piano, love discussing philosophy, and I have lived in 4 different countries. Oh and by the way, I would to hear something interesting about you... ;)

 
 

  Name: Paul Richter
 

Hometown: Goldsboro, NC

  Major/Year: Civil Engineering, 2011
  Tantalizing Fact: I am allergic to almost everything (except physics students).