Faculty Member

Dr. Dan James

Education

PhD, Arizona State University, 2015

Major: Physics

BS, Utah Valley University, 2008

Major: Physics

Teaching

PHYS 2010

College Physics I, Fall 2026

PHYS 2020

College Physics II, Fall 2026

PHYS 3230

Principles of Electronics for the Physical Sciences, Fall 2026

PHYS 2020

College Physics II, Spring 2026

PHYS 2020

College Physics II, Spring 2026

PHYS 2800

Introduction to Materials Physics, Spring 2026

Presentations

Frogly, Bryce , Owens, Kaiden , Jaafar, Israd , Burns, Matthew , James, Dan , MSEC 2026 NAMRC 54, "Effect of Infill Pattern in FFF-3D Printed PETG and PETG-CF Polymers", North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), Penn State. (June, 2026)
Baliguat, Olivia , Castelan, Stephanie , Lanier, Alex , Jaafar, Israd , Seibi, Abdennour , James, Dan , MSEC 2026 NAMRC 54, "Effect of Thermal Conditioning on the Tensile behavior of FFF-printed PLA and Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced PLA", North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), Penn State. (June, 2026)
Miller, Tessa (Co-Author), Stong, Connor (Co-Author), Barlow, Hyrum (Co-Author), James, Dan (Co-Author), Matheson, Phil (Co-Author), Utah Space Grant Consortium, "Spatial Characterization of a Helical Antenna’s Electric Field", Utah Space Grant Consortium, Orem, UT. (May 4, 2026)
Miller, Tessa (Presenter & Author), Stong, Connor (Co-Author), Barlow, Hyrum (Co-Author), James, Dan (Co-Author), Matheson, Phil (Co-Author), Utah Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, "Spatial Characterization of EM Mode Structures in a Helicon Antenna", Utah Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters, Salt Lake City Utah. (March 21, 2026)
Emerson, Isaac (Co-Author), King, Tyler (Co-Author), Hart, Nathan (Co-Author), James, Dan (Co-Author), Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Micro-Scale Imaging Using a Stroboscope", Utah System of Higher Education, Weber State University. (February 27, 2026)
Fernandez, David (Co-Presenter), Martinson, Marty (Co-Presenter), Porter, Garrett (Co-Author), Eads, W C (Co-Author), Jaafar, Israd (Co-Author), Amin, Masood (Co-Author), Seibi, Abdennour (Co-Author), James, Dan (Co-Author), SPE ANTEC, "Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Polymers_ A Comparative Study of Carbon Fiber Reinforcement​ ​", Society of Petroleum Engineers, Philadelphia, PA. (March 3, 2025)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Olasz, Bence , Gotthard, Guillaume , Nag, Probal , Gonz\'alez-Viegas, Mar\'\ia, Array , Mous, Sandra , Koczurowska, Anna , Johnson, Philip J. M., Sato, Tokushi , Shankar, Madan Kumar, Wranik, Maximilian , Solecka, Aleksandra , Melo, Diogo , Ke, Ran , James, Dan , Nass, Karol , Langner, Pit , Valerio, Joana , Furrer, Antonia , Gashi, Dardan , de Wijn, Raphael , Popelar, Tomas , Pachota, Magdalena , Wisniewska, Magdalena , Dietze, Thomas , E, Juncheng , Asghar, Ayesha , Zabelskii, Dmitrii , Trost, Fabian , Koua, Faisal H. M., Smyth, Peter , Sobolev, Egor , Kim, Chan , Ozerov, Dmitry , Letrun, Romain , Turkot, Oleksii , Doerner, Katerina , Bielecki, Johan , Han, Huijong , Dworkowski, Florian , Cirelli, Claudio , Schertler, Gebhard F. X., Schulz, Joachim , Bacellar, Camila , Standfuss, Joerg , Bean, Richard , Milne, Chris , Heberle, Joachim , Schapiro, Igor , Nogly, Przemyslaw , (2026) "Covalent bond formation caught in a LOV photoreceptor" . Nature. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2026/08/06/2026.08.02.742302
Weinert, Tobias , Array, et al , James, Dan , Standfuss, Joerg , "Femtosecond–nanosecond structural dynamics of a protein-bound azobenzene photoswitch" . Science.
Mous, Sandra , Gotthard, Guillaume , Ehrenberg, David , Sen, Saumik , Weinert, Tobias , Johnson, Philip , James, Dan , Nass, Karol , Furrer, Antonia , Ma, Pikyee , Bruenle, Steffen , Casadei, Cecilia , Martiel, Isabelle , Dworkowski, Florian , Gashi, Dardan , Skopintsev, Petr , Wranik, Maximilian , Knopp, Gregor , Panepucci, Ezequiel , Panneels, Valerie , Cirelli, Claudio , Ozerov, Dmitry , Schertler, Gebhard , Wang, Meitian , Milne, Chris , Standfuss, Joerg , Schapiro, Igor , Heberle, Joachim , Nogly, Przemyslaw , (2025) "Capturing macromolecular dynamics using time-resolved serial crystallography at X- ray free electron lasers and synchrotron light sources" (Issue: 5_Supplement, vol. 12). Structural Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1063/4.0000957
Bosman, Robert , Ortolani, Giorgia , Ghosh, Swagatha , James, Dan , Norder, Per , Hammarin, Greger , Úlfarsdóttir, Tinna Björg, Ostojić, Lucija , Weinert, Tobias , Dworkowski, Florian , Tomizaki, Takashi , Standfuss, Jörg , Brändén, Gisela , Neutze, Richard , (2025) "Structural basis for the prolonged photocycle of sensory rhodopsin II revealed by serial synchrotron crystallography" (Issue: 1, vol. 16). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58263-x
Bertrand, Quentin , Nogly, Przemyslaw , Nango, Eriko , Kekilli, Demet , Khusainov, Georgii , Furrer, Antonia , James, Dan , Dworkowski, Florian , Skopintsev, Petr , Mous, Sandra , Martiel, Isabelle , Börjesson, Per , Ortolani, Giorgia , Huang, Chia-Ying , Kepa, Michal , Ozerov, Dmitry , Brünle, Steffen , Panneels, Valerie , Tanaka, Tomoyuki , Tanaka, Rie , Tono, Kensuke , Owada, Shigeki , Johnson, Philip J., Nass, Karol , Knopp, Gregor , Cirelli, Claudio , Milne, Christopher , Schertler, Gebhard , Iwata, So , Neutze, Richard , Weinert, Tobias , Standfuss, Jörg , (2024) "Structural effects of high laser power densities on an early bacteriorhodopsin photocycle intermediate" (Issue: 1, vol. 15). Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54422-8
Gotthard, Guillaume , Mous, Sandra , Weinert, Tobias , Maia, Raiza Nara, James, Dan , Dworkowski, Florian , Gashi, Dardan , Furrer, Antonia , Ozerov, Dmitry , Panepucci, Ezequiel , Wang, Meitian , Schertler, Gebhard F., Heberle, Joachim , Standfuss, Joerg , Nogly, Przemyslaw , (2024) "Capturing the blue-light activated state of the Phot-LOV1 domain from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using time-resolved serial synchrotron crystallography" (Issue: 5, vol. 11). IUCrJ. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2052252524005608