Quantum Materials Faculty
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Abdolrahim, Niaz
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- niaz@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7817
- 404 Hopeman
Interests: Multiscale Modeling of Materials; Nanoporous Materials; Nanowires; Thin Films; Atomistic Simulations
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Askari, Hesam
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- askari@rochester.edu
- 223 Hopeman
Interests: Mechanics of Solids and soft matter; Granular systems; Stocahstic response ; Manufacturing techniques
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Bigelow, Nicholas P.
- Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Optics - Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- nbig@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8549
- 312 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: Quantum physics; Quantum optics; Experimental atomic; Molecular and optical physics
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Blok, Machiel
- Assistant Professor of Physics
- machielblok@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5389
- 420 Bausch and Lomb
Interests: quantum information processing with superconducting circuits
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Boyd, Robert
- Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
- boyd@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2329
- 308 Wilmot Building
Interests: Nonlinear Optics
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Collins, Gilbert 'Rip'
- Tracy Hyde Harris Professor
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Physics - Associate Director of Science, Technology and Academics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Director, Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP)
NSF Physics Frontier Center
- gcollins@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0255
- 307 Hopeman
Interests: Laboratory Astrophysics; High Pressure/High Energy Density Physics; Condensed Matter; Planetary Science; Plasma Physics ; Thermonuclear Fusion
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Dery, Hanan
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- hanan.dery@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3870
- 410 Computer Studies Building
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Dias, Ranga
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- rdias@rochester.edu | (585) 276-4112
- 220 Hopeman
Interests: High Temperature superconductivity; Quantum phase transitions; Dynamic response of solids; Novel material synthesis; High pressure NV optical magnetometry; High energy density physics
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Donaldson, William R.
- Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- billd@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5347
- LLE 2421 Computer Studies Building
Interests: physics of photoconductive switches; streak-camera development; he optical response of high temperature superconductors; optical semiconductor diagnostics,; florescence of biological molecules
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Franco, Ignacio
he/him/his
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Physics
Leonard Mandel Faculty Fellow
- ignacio.franco@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8209
- 454 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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Gao, Yongli
- Professor of Physics
- ygao@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8574
- 473 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: experimental condensed-matter physics
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Hu, Suxing
- Professor (Research), Department of Mechanical Engineering
Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Group Leader, HEDP-Theory Group, LLE
- shu@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 273-3794
- 210 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Interests: Theoretical/Computational High-Energy-Density Physics; Inertial Confinement Fusion; Warm-/Hot-Dense Matter; Intense Laser-Matter Interactions; Ultrafast Dynamics; Attosecond Physics; Computational Atomic; Molecular; Optical Physics
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Huo, Pengfei
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Optics
- huo@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7793
- 456 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Theoretical Chemistry; Quantum Dynamics; Quantum Optics; Cavity QED; Light-Matter Interactions; Polariton Chemistry
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Knowles, Kathryn
she/her/hers
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
- knowles@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0649
- 457 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Inorganic Materials Chemistry
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Krauss, Todd D.
he/him/his
- Jay Last Professor in Arts, Sciences & Engineering
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Optics
- todd.krauss@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5093
- 465 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Materials Chemistry and Physics of Colloidal Nanoscale Semiconductors; Optics of nanoscale semiconductor materials; Quantum optics and nanoscience
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Lukishova, Svetlana G.
- Group Leader and Adjunct Professor
- lukishov@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 276-5283
- 303 Wilmot Building
Interests: Quantum Nanophotonics; Liquid Crystals; Nonlinear Optics; Quantum and Nano-Optics Teaching Experiments; History of Optics and Photonics
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McCamant, David W.
he/him/his
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
- mccamant@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-3122
- B30 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Ultrafast spectroscopy of molecular dynamics in photochemistry; mechanisms of vibrational relaxation
Shestopalov, Alexander A.
- Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- alexander.shestopalov@rochester.edu | (585) 276-5434
- 4507 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Surface Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Surface Patterning; Nanostructured Materials; Interfacial Thermodynamics
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Singh, Sobhit
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Interests: Novel quantum materials (bulk and 2D); Theoretical condensed matter physics; Density-functional theory; Polar metals; Ferroelectrics; Magnetism; Superconductivity; Topological phases of quantum matter
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Sobolewski, Roman
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Physics
Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- roman.sobolewski@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1551
- 425 Computer Studies Building
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Vamivakas, Nick
- Professor of Quantum Optics & Quantum Physics
- nick.vamivakas@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2089
- 101 Wilmot Annex
Interests: Quantum Optics; Quantum Physics
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White, Andrew D.
- Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
- andrew.white@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7395
- 4401 Wegmans Hall
Interests: AI Directive Design of Materials; Molecular Simulations; Augmented-Reality in Chemical Engineering Education; Grid-Energy Storage Simulations
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Wu, Stephen
- Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor of Physics
- stephen.wu@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3497
- 610 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Spintronics; Nanoscale electronics; Novel electronic materials; Quantum materials and devices
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