1. Andrew P Zwicker was born on May 17,1964 and is an American physicist and politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate from the 16th Legislative District since 2022.
15 Facts About Andrew Zwicker
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Andrew Zwicker previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 16th District from 2016 to 2022.
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Andrew Zwicker is a member of the Democratic Party as well as the head of the Science Education Department of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
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Andrew Zwicker has been described as a protege of former Representative Rush Holt Jr.
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Andrew Zwicker's dissertation was entitled "Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy of Magnetically Confined Fusion Plasmas Using Flat Multilayer Mirrors as Dispersive Elements".
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Andrew Zwicker has been the head of the Science Education Department of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory since 2003, where his work is focused on creating innovative opportunities for students of all backgrounds to engage in scientific inquiry and his research is centered on plasmas as an educational tool and new methods of science communication.
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At Princeton University, Andrew Zwicker was previously a part-time lecturer in the Writing Program and a faculty advisor for freshmen and sophomores in Rockefeller College.
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Andrew Zwicker has served on several national committees on education, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and The American Association of Physics Teachers has named him to its list of 75 leading contributors to physics education.
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Andrew Zwicker was the Editor of the APS Forum on Physics and Society's newsletter and a past chair of that Forum.
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Andrew Zwicker has published in both science and education journals, and has appeared at numerous lectures and on television.
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Andrew Zwicker ran for the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives in the 12th Congressional District.
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Andrew Zwicker was seeking election to the seat then held by Rush D Holt Jr.
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Andrew Zwicker had a 29-vote lead over Simon with some provisional ballots remaining to be counted.
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On November 9,2015, the final provisional ballots were counted, with Andrew Zwicker finishing with a 78-vote lead over Simon.
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Andrew Zwicker became the first Democrat ever elected to the district in its 42-year history, albeit in a more Democratic form than it had prior to redistricting thanks to the addition of the liberal university town of Princeton.