Faculty
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Agrawal, Govind P.
- Dr. James C. Wyant Professor of Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics - Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- gpa@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4846
- 515 Goergen Hall
Interests: Fiber Optics; Lasers; Optical Communications
Alonso, Miguel A.
- Professor of Optics
Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- alonso@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7227
- 213 Wilmot Building
Interests: Mathematical Models of Wave Propagation
B
Baran, Timothy M.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering (SMD) - Joint
- timothy.baran@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3188
- 601 Elmwood Ave.
Interests: Biomedical Optics; Photodynamic Therapy; Medical Image Processing
Bauer, Aaron
- Research Assistant Professor of Optics
- aaron.bauer@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4037
- 503 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical design; Freeform optics; AR/VR optics
Bentley, Julie
- Professor of Optics
- bentley@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1687
- 407 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Design; Engineering
Berger, Andrew J.
- Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- ajberger@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4724
- 405 Goergen Hall
Interests: Biomedical Optics; Optics Education
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
Boyd, Robert
- Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
- boyd@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2329
- 308 Wilmot Building
Interests: Nonlinear Optics
Bromage, Jake
- Associate Professor of Optics
Senior Scientist and Group Leader, Laser Technology Development at LLE
- jbro@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5105
- 270A LLE
Interests: Ultrafast and ultra-intense lasers, optical parametric amplification, and laser diagnostics
Brown, Thomas G.
- Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor of Optics - Director, Institute of Optics
- brown@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7816
- 516 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optoelectronics
C
Cardenas, Jaime
- Assistant Professor of Optics
- jaime.cardenas@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7320
- 226 Wilmot
Interests: Nanophotonics; Integrated Photonics; Biophotonics; Lasers; Nonlinear Photonics
Carney, Scott
- Professor of Optics
- scott.carney@rochester.edu | (585) 274-0113
- 113 Wilmot Building
Interests: Computed Imaging; Spectroscopy; Coherence Theory
E
Eberly, Joseph H.
- Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Optics
- eberly@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4576
- 321 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: theoretical atomic; molecular and optical physics
F
Fienup, James R.
- Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Optics
Professor in the Center for Visual Science - Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- fienup@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8009
- 410 Wilmot Building
Interests: Phase retrieval; Wavefront Sensing; Image reconstruction and restoration; Unconventional imaging; Digital holography; Imaging with sparse apertures; Fourier optics; Synthetic-aperture radar
Foster, Thomas
- Professor of Imaging Sciences, Emeritus
- thomas.foster@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1347
- 3-5333 Medical Center
Interests: Medical Optics; Photodynamic Therapy
G
Giacomelli, Michael
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Optics
- m.giacomelli@rochester.edu
- 5-8145 Medical Center
Interests: Multiphoton Microscopy, Surgical Imaging, Digital Pathology, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, 3D and molecular imaging
Guo, Chunlei
- Professor of Optics
Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- guo@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2134
- 419 Wilmot Building
Interests: Laser-Matter Interactions; Ultrafast Phenomena; Surface Functionalization; Atomic & Molecular Physics
H
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
Huxlin, Krystel
- James V. Aquavella, MD Professorship in Ophthalmology
Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Brain/Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Visual Science
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Optics
- khuxlin@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5495
- G3186 School of Medicine and Dentistry
Interests: Physiological Optics; Laser Vision Correction; Visual Neuroscience and Perception; Clinical Applications
K
Knox, Wayne H.
- Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
Professor of Visual Sciences
Professor of Materials Science
Distinguished Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- wknox@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5520
- 507 Goergen Hall
Krauss, Todd D.
he/him/his
- 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
Kruschwitz, Jennifer D. T.
- Associate Professor of Optics
Senior Scientist, LLE
- jennifer.kruschwitz@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7823
- 509 Wilmot Building
Interests: Optical Interference Coatings and Color
Kruschwitz, Brian
- Associate Professor of Optics
Senior Scientist, LLE
- bkru@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5104
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Interests: High energy and high power laser systems; Optical systems; Adaptive optics; Laser diagnostics
L
Lin, Qiang
- Associate Professor of Optics and Electrical and Computer Engineering
- qiang.lin@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3799
- 342 Hopeman
Interests: Nanophotonic Devices; Physics and Applications
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
M
Marciante, John
- Associate Professor of Optics
- marciante@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4737
- 514 Goergen Hall
Interests: Lasers; Waveguides; Fiber Optics; Ultrafast
Marcos, Susana
- Nicholas George Endowed Professor in Optics
Professor of Optics and Ophthalmology
Professor in the Center for Visual Science - David R. Williams Director, Center for Visual Science
- smarcos2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6279
- G-4107 Medical Center
Miller, Benjamin L.
- Dean’s Professor of Dermatology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- benjamin_miller@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9085
- 5-6141A Medical Center
Interests: Optical Biosensing and Integrated Photonics
Moore, Duncan T.
- Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor in Optical Engineering Science
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Business Administration in the Simon Business School
- moore@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5248
- 409A Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics
P
Palastro, John
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Institute of Optics
Plasma Theory Group Leader and Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Interests: Laser matter interactions; nonlinear optics; plasma-based accelerators and radiation sources
Postigo, Pablo A.
- Professor of Optics
- ppostigo@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 510-8728
- 315 Wilmot Building
Interests: Nanophotonics; Quantum photonics; Solar cells; Biophotonics
R
Renninger, William
- Assistant Professor of Optics
Assistant Professor of Physics
- william.renninger@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3709
- 214 Wilmot
Interests: Experimental Nonlinear Optics
Rolland, Jannick
- Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science - Director, NSF/IUCRC: Center for Freeform Optics
Director, R.E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering
- rolland@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 752-1013
- 505 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Aberration Theory; Freeform Optics; Metasurfaces; Metaform; Optical System Design; Optical Metrology; Illumination; Instrumentation and System Engineering; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE); Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR); Head-Worn Displays; Heads-up Displays
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Stroud, Carlos R., Jr.
- Professor Emeritus of Optics
Professor Emeritus of Physics - Institute of Optics Historian
- stroud@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2598
- 312 Wilmot Building
Interests: Quantum Optics
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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
W
Waxer, Leon
- Associate Professor of Optics
Senior Scientist, LLE
- lwax@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9515
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Interests: High energy and high power laser systems; ultrafast laser systems; laser diagnostics; laser system design and modeling
Wicks, Gary W.
- Professor of Optics
- wicks@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4867
- 109A Wilmot Building
Interests: Molecular Beam Epitaxy; Semiconductor Optoelectronics
Williams, David R.
- William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science - Director, Center for Visual Science
- david@cvs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8672
- 270 Meliora Hall
Interests: The Human Visual System; Physiological Optics
Y
Yoon, Geunyoung
- Professor of Ophthalmology, Optics
- Center for Visual science and Biomedical Engineering
- gyoon@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 273-4998
- G-3184 Medical Center
Interests: Biomedical and Visual Optics; Ophthalmic Optics; Human Vision; Adaptive Optics
Z
Zavislan, James M.
- Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor 2018-2021
- zavislan@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9819
- 414 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Engineering; Biomedical Optical Systems
Zhang, Xi-Cheng
- M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics - Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- Xi-Cheng.Zhang@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0333
- 415 Goergen Building
Interests: Ultrafast Photonics; Nonlinear Optics; Laser Physics; TeraHertz Waves
Zuegel, Jonathan D.
- Professor of Optics
Director, Laser and Materials Technology Division at LLE
Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- zuegel@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4425
- 278 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Interests: Solid-State Lasers; Nonlinear Optics; Electro-Optics; Laser Diagnostics