Morten Lundsgaard

Teaching Associate Professor

(217) 244-5674

mlundsga@illinois.edu

301B Loomis Laboratory

Education

Ph.D. Physics, Kansas State University, 1995
M.S. Physics, University of Copenhagen, 1991
B.S. Physics and Mathematics, University of Copenhagen, 1987

Academic Positions

Coordinator of Physics Teacher Development, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Physics Education Research and professional development for teachers, 2009 - 2024
Research Associate, University of Michigan, Science Education, 2007-2009
High school teacher, Ordrup Gymnaisum (Denmark), Physics-Mathematics-Astronomy-Physical Sciences, 1999-2007
Postdoctoral Fellow - Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, Utrecht University, Atomic Physics, 1998-1999
Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Utrecht University, Atomic Physics, 1996-1998

Resident Instruction

PHYS 591 Spring 2026
PHYS 395 Spring 2026
PHYS 394 Spring 2026 Course Coordinator
PHYS 395 Fall 2025
PHYS 394 Fall 2025 Course Coordinator
PHYS 395 Spring 2025
PHYS 394 Spring 2025 Course Coordinator
PHYS 395 Fall 2024
PHYS 394 Fall 2024 Course Coordinator
PHYS 395 Spring 2024
PHYS 394 Spring 2024 Course Coordinator
PHYS 395 Fall 2023
PHYS 394 Fall 2023 Course Coordinator
PHYS 395 Spring 2023
PHYS 394 Spring 2023 Course Coordinator
PHYS 395 Fall 2022
PHYS 394 Fall 2022 Course Coordinator
PHYS398 ELA Spring 2022
PHYS 394 Spring 2022 Course Coordinator
PHYS 398ELA Fall 2021
PHYS 398LA Fall 2021 Course Coordinator
PHYS 398ELA Spring 2021
PHYS 398LA Fall 2021 Course Coordinator
PHYS 398ELA Spring 2020
PHYS 398LA Spring 2020 Course Coordinator
PHYS 398ELA Fall 2019
PHYS 398LA Fall 2019 Course Coordinator
PHYS 100 Fall 2019 Course Coordinator
PHYS 298LA Spring 2019
PHYS 100 Fall 2018 Course Coordinator
PHYS 101 Spring 2018 Lab Section
PHYS 100 Fall 2018 Course Coordinator
PHYS 100 Spring 2017 Course Coordinator

Research Interests

Human Centered Design
Student Learning
Learning Assistants in undergraduate courses
Professional Development for High School Physics Teachers

Research Areas

Physics Education

Selected Articles in Journals

A. Dubois, J. P. Hansen, M. Lundsgaard and S. E. Nielsen, Orientation and alignment effects in H⁺ + Na collisions, J. Phys. B 24, L269-L274 (1991).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard and C. D. Lin, Reduced close-coupling calculations for electron capture processes in collisions of multiply charged ions with atoms, J. Phys. B 25, L429-L434 (1992).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, N. Toshima, Z. Chen, and C. D. Lin, Electron capture from elliptic Rydberg states, J. Phys. B. 27, L611-L617 (1994).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, N. Toshima, Z. Chen, and C. D. Lin, Electron capture from circular Rydberg states, Phys. Rev. 51, 1347-1350 (1995).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, Z. Chen, and C. D. Lin, Electron capture in K⁺+ ion collisions with Na(4d), J. Phys. B 28, 859-868 (1995).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard and S. E. Nielsen, Coherence parameters for He⁺(2p) capture and H(2p) excitation in He²⁺+H(1s) collisions, Z. Phys. D. 34, 97-105 (1995).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, N. Toshima, and C. D. Lin, Dependence of electron loss cross section on the alignment and orientation of elliptic Rydberg states, J. Phys. B. 29, 1045-1062 (1996).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard, S. E. Nielsen, H. Rudolph, and J. P. Hansen, Multi-crossing Landau-Zener and close-coupling calculations of electron transfer in H⁺+Li(2s,2p) collisions, J. Phys. B 31, 3215-3232 (1998).
D. M. Homan, O. P. Makarov, O. P. Sorokina, K. B. MacAdam, M. F. V. Lundsgaard, C. D. Lin, and N. Toshima, Electron capture from a directed Stark-Rydberg state. I Fore-and-aft ratios, Phys. Rev. A 58, 4565-4571 (1998).
M. F. V. Lundsgaard and H. Rudolph, Vibrationally resolved cross sections for single-photon ionization of LiH, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 6724-6734 (1999).
H. Short, M. F. V. Lundsgaard, and J. Kraijcik, How do geckos stick?, The Science Teacher 75 (8), 38-43 (2008).
L. Blank, A. Snir, and M. F. V. Lundsgaard, Virtual Modeling, Science and Children 52, 30-35 (2015).
B. Gutmann, G. Gladding, M. Lundsgaard, and T. Stelzer, Mastery-style homework exercises in introductory courses: Implementation matters, Physics Review Physics Education Research 14, 010128 (2018).
M. S. Mahmood, H. Talafian, D. Shafer, E. Kuo, M. Lundsgaard, and T. Stelzer, Navigating socioemotional risk through comfort-building in physics teacher professional development: A case study, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, DOI: 10.1002/tea.21949, (2024).
H. Talafian, M. Lundsgaard, M. Mahmood, D. Shafer, T. Stelzer, and E. Kuo, Responsive professional development: A facilitation approach for teachersâ€™ development in a physics teaching community of practice, Teaching and Teacher Education 153, doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104812 (2025)
H. Talafian, M. Lundsgaard, M. Mahmood, E. Kuo, and T. Stelzer, Teachers' experiences with taking an open-ended approach in teaching labs in high school physics classes, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 21, 010140, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.21.010140 (2025).

Book Reviews (in print or accepted)

Book Review: José P. Mestre and Jennifer L. Docktor, The Science of Learning Physics — Cognitive Strategies for Improving Instruction World Scientific 2021