People
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Agrawal, Govind P.
- James C. Wyant Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
Senior Scientist at LLE
- gpa@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4846
- 515 Goergen Hall
Interests: Fiber Optics; Lasers; Optical Communications
Alonso, Miguel A.
- Professor of Optics
- alonso@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7227
- 213 Wilmot Building
Interests: Mathematical Models of Wave Propagation
B
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
- Associate Professor of Optics
- bentley@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1687
- 407 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Design; Engineering
Berger, Andrew J.
- Professor of Optics
Associate 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 Optics
- nbig@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8549
- 312 Bausch & Lomb
Interests: Quantum Optics; Quantum 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
- Interim Director of the Institute of Optics
- brown@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7816
- 516 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optoelectronics
C
Canavesi, Cristina
- Research Associate
- UR Center Coordinator, NSF I/UCRC Center for Freeform Optics
- c.canavesi@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4037
- 503 Goergen Hall
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
Chen, Keren
- Postdoctoral Associate
Berger Group
- kerenchen@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7481
- 403 Goergen Hall
Cheng, Fei
- Postdoctoral Associate
Quantum Nanophotonics Group / Vamivakas Lab
- fei.cheng@rochester.edu | (573) 368-8657
- 105 Wilmot Annex
D
Dadras, Siamak
- Postdoctoral Associate
Quantum Nanophotonics Group / Vamivakas Lab
- s.dadrasmarani@rochester.edu | (405) 742-7665
- 127 Wilmot Building
Davies, Kai
- Graduate Program Coordinator
- Kai.davies@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7629
- 105 Wilmot Building
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E, Yiwen
- Postdoctoral Associate
Zhang’s Terahertz Research Group
- ye2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-6924
- 415 Goergen
Eberly, Joseph H.
- Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics
Professor of Optics
- eberly@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4351
- 321 Bausch & Lomb
Interests: Theoretical Quantum Optics, including optical entanglement, cavity QED, coherence and decoherence, ultra-intense laser interactions, quantum duality, optical interpretations of the quantum-classical boundary
F
Fienup, James R.
- Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
- fienup@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8009
- 410 Wilmot Building
Interests: Image Reconstruction; Wavefront Sensing
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 and Assistant Professor of Optics
- m.giacomelli@rochester.edu | (585) 276-6260
- 5-8527 Medical Center
Interests: Multiphoton Microscopy, Surgical Imaging, Digital Pathology, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, 3D and molecular imaging
Guo, Chunlei
- Professor of Optics
- guo@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2134
- 419 Wilmot Building
Interests: Laser-Matter Interactions; Ultrafast Phenomena; Surface Functionalization; Atomic & Molecular Physics
H
Hunter, Jennifer
- Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Center for Visual Science A&S
Assistant Professor, The Institute of Optics
- jhunter@UR.Rochester.edu | (585) 273-4935
- G4111 School of Medicine and Dentistry
Interests: Retinal damage; Retinal imaging
Huo, Pengfei
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Optics
- huo@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7793
- 456 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical and theoretical chemistry; ab-initio dynamics for understanding chemistry; photo physics of solar energy conversion
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
- wknox@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 273-5520
- 507 Goergen Hall
Krauss, Todd D.
he/him/his
- Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Optics - Chair, Chemistry Department
- krauss@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5093
- 404C Hutchinson
Interests: Materials Chemistry and Physics of Colloidal Nanoscale Semiconductors ; Optics of nanoscale semiconductor materials; Quantum optics and nanoscience
Kruschwitz, Jennifer D. T.
- Assistant Professor of Optics
- 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
Leidner, Jordan
- Scientist
Marciante Group
- jordan.leidner@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7834
- 513 Goergen Hall
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
- The Nicholas George Professor of Optics and the David Williams Director of the 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 William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
- moore@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5248
- 409A Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Engineering; Lens Design & Manufacturing; Gradient-Index Optics
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Newman, Dustin
- Undergraduate Program Manager
- dustin.newman@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7764
- 106 Wilmot Building
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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
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Qian, Xiaofeng
- Research Associate
- Vamivakas Group
- xiaofeng.qian@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8533
- 215 Wilmot
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 and Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science - Director, NSF/IUCRC: Center for Freeform Optics
Director, R.E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design & Engineering
- rolland@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 752-1013
- 505 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical System Design; Optical Metrology; Instrumentation and System Engineering; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE); Head Worn Displays; Heads-up Displays
Russell, Lori
- Administrator of the Institute
- lrussell@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5048
- 115 Wilmot Building
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Snopkowski, Adrienne
- CeFO Financial Analyst
- adrienne.snopkowski@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4040
- 505a Goergen Hall
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
V
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 - Director of the 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.
- Associate Professor of Optics
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science
Associate Dean of Education and New Initiatives
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 Physics
- 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 Development and Engineering Division of LLE
Senior Scientist, LLE
- zuegel@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4425
- 278 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Interests: Solid-State Lasers; Nonlinear Optics; Electro-Optics; Laser Diagnostics