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Agrawal, Govind P.

Agrawal, Govind P.

James C. Wyant Professor of Optics

James C. Wyant Professor of Optics

Professor of Physics

LLE Distinguished Scientist

Office Location
515 Goergen Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-4846
Web Address
Website

Interests: theoretical optical physics

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Betti, Riccardo

Robert L. McCrory Professor

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Chief Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Director, Fusion Science Center of Extreme States of Matter and Fast Ignition

Office Location
212 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 274-1198

Interests: Thermonuclear plasmas; Controlled thermonuclear fusion; Magnetic and inertial confinement fusion; High-energy-density physics

Bigelow, Nicholas P.

Bigelow, Nicholas P.

Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Professor of Optics

LLE Distinguished Scientist

Director of URNano

Office Location
312 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-8549
Web Address
Website

Interests: Quantum physics; Quantum optics; Experimental atomic; Molecular and optical physics

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Bocko, Mark F.

Professor of Physics

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Director, Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences (CEIS)

Office Location
518 Computer Science Building
Telephone
(585) 275-4879

Interests: experimental condensed-matter physics

Arie Bodek

Bodek, Arie

George E. Pake Professor of Physics

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Office Location
354 Bausch & Lomb
Telephone
(585) 275-5445
Web Address
Website

Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics

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Cardenas, Jaime

Associate Professor of Optics

Assistant Professor of Physics

Office Location
226 Wilmot Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-7320
Web Address
Website

Interests: nanophotonics, integrated photonics, biophotonics, lasers, nonlinear photonics

Rip Collins

Collins, Gilbert 'Rip'

Tracy Hyde Harris Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Physics

LLE Senior Scientist

LLE Associate Director for Academics, Science and Technology

Office Location
307 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 275-0255
Web Address
Website

Interests: high energy density physics

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Dery, Hanan

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor of Physics

Office Location
411 Computer Science Building
Telephone
(585) 275-3870

Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics

Di Piazza, Antonino

Professor of Physics

Distinguished Scientist, LLE

Office Location
356 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-4380
Web Address
Website

Interests: Quantum electrodynamics in the presence of strong background electromagnetic; Properties of the quantum vacuum; Classical and quantum radiation reaction; Laser-matter interaction at high laser intensities; Quantum electrodynamics at finite temperature; Quantum electrodynamics in curved spacetimes

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Douglass, Kelly A.

Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy (Instructional)

Director C.E.K. Mees Observatory

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Office Location
425 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-5549
Web Address
Website

Interests: observational extragalactic astronomy

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Eberly, Joseph H.

Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Professor of Optics

Office Location
321 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-4576

Interests: theoretical atomic; molecular and optical physics

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Thomas Foster

Foster, Thomas H.

Professor of Imaging Sciences, Emeritus

Professor Physics

Professor of Optics

Office Location
3-5333 Medical Center
Telephone
(585) 275-1347
Web Address
Website

Interests: experimental biological physics

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Frank, Adam

Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

LLE Distinguished Scientist

Office Location
417A Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-1717
Web Address
Website

Interests: theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics

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Froula, Dustin

LLE Distinguished Scientist

LLE Director PULSE Division

Professor of Physics (Research)

Office Location
288 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Telephone
(585) 273-3212
Web Address
Website

Interests: experimental plasma physics

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Chunlei Guo

Guo, Chunlei

Professor of Optics

Professor of Physics

Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Office Location
419 Wilmot Building
Telephone
(585) 275-2134
Web Address
Website

Interests: Laser-Matter Interactions; Ultrafast Phenomena; Surface Functionalization; Atomic & Molecular Physics

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Haefner, Ralf

Associate Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Associate Professor of Physics

Office Location
313 Meliora Hall
Telephone
(585) 276-7453
Web Address
Website

Interests: computational neuroscience

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Hu, Suxing

Distinguished Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Group Leader for HEDP-Theory Group (LLE)

Professor of Physics (Research)

Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Research)

Office Location
210 Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Telephone
(585) 273-3794
Web Address
Website

Interests: Theoretical/Computational High-Energy-Density Physics; Inertial Confinement Fusion; Warm-/Hot-Dense Matter; Quantum Many-Body Physics; Quantum Computing; Intense Laser-Matter Interactions; Ultrafast Dynamics; Attosecond Physics; Computational Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Peter Knight

Knight, Peter

Professor of Physics (Research)

Office Location
Imperial College London
Telephone
+44 (207) 594-7727
Web Address
Website

Interests: theoretical atomic; molecular and optical physics

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Landi, Gabriel

Associate Professor of Physics

Office Location
317 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-2418
Web Address
Website

Interests: Theory of open quantum systems. Quantum stochastic processes. Quantum thermodynamics. Quantum information theory. Quantum metrology.

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Kevin McFarland

McFarland, Kevin S.

Dr. Steven Chu Professor in Physics

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Vice Provost Faculty Affairs

Office Location
416 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-7076
Web Address
Website

Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics

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Murray, Lee

Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Office Location
479 Hutchison
Telephone
(585) 275-2077
Web Address
Website

Interests: climate science; physics and chemistry of Earth's atmosphere

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Nakajima, Miki

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Office Location
224D Hutchison Hall
Telephone
(585) 276-6617
Web Address
Website

Interests: Dynamics of planetary impacts; Evolution of planetary interiors; Planet formation and evolution; Early Earth, Earth-Moon formation; Modeling Enceladus plumes; Origin of the Martian moons; Exomoon formation; Space missions

John Nichol

Nichol, John M.

Associate Professor of Physics

Office Location
158 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-4396
Web Address
Website

Interests: experimental quantum information processing and condensed-matter physics

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Lynne Orr

Orr, Lynne H.

C. E. Kenneth Mees Professor

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Office Location
451 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-8528

Interests: theoretical elementary-particle physics; financial physics

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Ren, Chuang

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Physics

Office Location
214 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 275-2048

Interests: theoretical plasma physics

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Rinderknecht, Hans

LLE Staff Scientist

Assistant Professor of Physics (Research)

Office Location
272C Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Telephone
(585) 273-2625

Interests: Experimental plasma physics

Ryan Rygg

Rygg, Ryan

LLE Senior Scientist

Assistant Professor of Physics (Research)

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Research)

APS Fellow

Office Location
307 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 475-1549

Interests: high energy density physics

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Adam Sefkow

Sefkow, Adam

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor of Physics

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) Senior Scientist

Office Location
205 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 276-4130
Web Address
Website

Interests: Inertial confinement fusion; magneto-inertial fusion; high energy density physics; laser-plasma interaction; computational physics; magnetohydrodynamics; particle-in-cell simulations

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Shaw, Jessica

LLE Staff Scientist

Assistant Professor of Physics (Research)

Office Location
286 Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Telephone
(585) 273-5174

Interests: experimental short-pulse laser-plasma interactions

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John Tarduno

Tarduno, John A.

Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

LLE Distinguished Scientist

Dean for Research in Arts, Sciences and Engineering

Office Location
227 Hutchison Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-5713
Web Address
Website

Interests: experimental geodynamics; planetary science and astrophysics

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Nick Vamivakas

Vamivakas, Nickolas A.

Marie C. Wilson and Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Optical Physics

Professor of Optics

Professor of Physics

Dean of Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs

Office Location
101 Wilmot Annex
Telephone
(585) 275-2089
Web Address
Website

Interests: Quantum Optics; Quantum Physics

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Dan Watson

Watson, Dan M.

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

LLE Senior Scientist

Office Location
418 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Telephone
(585) 275-8576
Web Address
Website

Interests: astrophysics; observational astronomy

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Wu, Stephen

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor of Physics

Office Location
610 Computer Studies Building
Telephone
(585) 275-4349
Web Address
Website

Interests: Experimental condensed-matter physics

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Xi-Cheng Zhang

Zhang, Xi-Cheng

M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics

Professor of Optics

Professor of Physics

Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Office Location
415 Goergen Building
Telephone
(585) 275-0333
Web Address
Website

Interests: Ultrafast Photonics; Nonlinear Optics; Laser Physics; TeraHertz Waves