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Anthony James DiMauro;(b. February 281970, Omaha, Nebraska) is a physicist,astronomer, and political activist. His current research is concerned primarily with the study of radiation physics. He is currently Professor of Physics at San Diego State University]. As [[global warming warnings grow more dire, Dimauro is currently pushing his scientists at San Diego State University to develop technologies to reverse climate change using radiation physics.

Education and career
DiMauro received his bachelor’s degree in 1992 from the San Diego State University, and his Master's degree in radiation physics from San Diego State University in 2001. He also received a Master's Degree in Educational Technology from National Universitywith distinction in La Jolla, CA before becoming a high school physics teacher at Santa High School. While he was there he taught AP Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science and Coordinated Science. He developed and implemented Coordinated Science Curriculum for his school district. DiMauro was also the Science Department Chair from 1996-97 and a Resource Teacher for the school district from 1996-98. He received the Carl Perkins grant ($100,000) to develop and implement skills-oriented applied physics curriculum. Since 2000, Tony has been a physics instructor, lab supervisor, and curricula developer at San Diego State University teaching introductory Physics 180A, Physics 180B Freshman and Sophmore Physics laboratories, and Physics 197. Instructing elementary school teachers in Natural Science 100 and Natural Science 412A in basic science concepts.

Research
Workshops, Presentations or Training

Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education SDSU 2004-5

a) CIPS Professional Development Project, funded by the National Science Foundation       Physics Concept Video resources for middle schoool science teachers in San Diego City Schools.

National Science Foundation-Proposal                  San Diego State University 2003

a) NSF-Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Educational Materials Development(EMD)    A proof of concept NSF-CCLI project proposal A Web-based, multi-disciplinary, top-down, application-driven undergraduate physics resource for life science and general education instructors and students.

Intravascular Brachytherapy Research                   San Diego State University 2001

a. Master's Degree Research involving various radioactive sources and geometries for use in IVB. b. The paper was finished and sent to Medical Physics Journal for publication.

Monte Carlo Computer Simulation Training (MCNPX) UNLV 2002

a. Intense week-long class demonstrating programming techniques for Medical Physics applications. b. Worked on variance reduction techniques used with photon, proton and electron tallies.

Edwards Accelerator Operator (Ph.D.Program) Ohio University

a. Assisted Ph.D. students and visiting scientists on neutron-nucleus interactions experiments. b. Gained experience in electronic instrumentation(NIMS), vacuum systems (Cryo,diffusion,oil) ion sources, beam steering (helium, Cesium sputter), and ion-beam steering and profiling. c. Passed the Fire Safety, Accelerator Operations, and Radiation Safety programs. d. Trained for Accelerator Operator position. Assisted maintenance repairs inside Accelerator. e. Set-up beamlines and checked for vacuum leaks using Helium gas leak checker. f. Changed out Cesium sputter source and helium source assembly.

Honours and awards
Tony DiMauro was awarded the Department of Physics Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Teaching Associated in 2000-2001 during his teaching at San Diego State University. In 2008 DiMauro was honored by Mortar Board, the National honors society for college seniors for physics.

Personal life
Besides his scientific career in physics, he also enjoys astronomy, Medicine, and desert life. He is an advent Huskers fan for NCAA College football; creating links and web pages for discussion.

He is an outspoken liberal socialist, who's views parallel Noam Chomsky.