FIYou: Jörg Reinhold

Name: Jörg Reinhold

Hometown: Well, it depends on what you mean by that, but my home now is in Coral Gables, Fla.

Job Title/Department: Associate Professor, Department of Physics

Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus

In a nutshell: I teach physics and conduct research in experimental nuclear physics.

Number of years at FIU: 13

What do you enjoy most about your job?

Working in international collaborations with physicists from all continents, except Antarctica. I still haven’t met a penguin with a degree in physics.

Where is your favorite spot on campus? Why?

The lake between the OE building and the Green Library. You can watch turtles and spot the occasional anhinga.

Family snapshot:

I have two parents, two sisters and three nephews.

Word that best describes you: Jöerg.

First paying job: I delivered newspapers.

Favorite TV show: I don’t watch a lot of TV.

What is playing on your iPod?

I don’t have an iPod.

Read any good books lately?

Carl Hiaasen’s Star Island.

Your proudest accomplishment:

Getting my Ph.D. in physics from Technische Universität München in 1995.

What do you do when you are not working at FIU?

I bicycle, sail and do laundry.