Philip Sakimoto
Professor of the Practice, Department of Physics & Astronomy
- Office
- 746 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - Phone
- +1 574-631-6578
- psakimot@nd.edu
- https://sustainabilitystudies.nd.edu/sustainability-minor/
Research Interests
Dr. Phil Sakimoto is Director of the Minor in Sustainability with responsibilities that include overseeing student progress and senior capstone projects, developing campus-wide sustainability-related curricula, teaching sustainability courses, engaging in related public outreach, and developing community partnerships. He was formerly the Program Manager and Acting Director of NASA’s Space Science Education and Public Outreach Program as well as the manager of a wide variety of NASA student development and diversity programs. At Notre Dame he has been the Director of the Program for Academic Excellence in the Center for University Advising and a diversity and outreach specialist for the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Education
Pomona College, B.A. in Physics with Concentration in Astrophysics, 1976
University of California, Los Angeles, M.A. in Astronomy, 1979; Ph.D. in Astronomy, 1985