Dr. Ann Tilak began her career as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, IL, followed by a research fellow at University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ) in Piscataway, NJ. While at UMDNJ, she developed an interest in teaching and completed education courses at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. She taught Physics, Honors Physics and AP Physics at Parsippany Hills High School, Parsippany, NJ. She maintained her passion for research by working part-time at the US Army Research Labs in Fort Monmouth, NJ and Adelphi, MD. She retired from Parsippany Hills in July 2011 and now serves as an Adjunct Professor of Physics at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg NJ.
Dr. Tilak continues to serve the physics community by being an AP Reader, writing questions for the AP Physics exams and is a past member of the SAT2 development committee for Physics. She is a College Board endorsed consultant for AP Physics and a past member of the steering committee for the AP Annual Conferences.