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Agrawal, Govind P.
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
Ahrens, Thomas
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Akbar, Faiza
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- Fermilab
Akinyemi, Olayinka
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor David Mathews
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor David Mathews
- Research Group: Computational Biology
- Office Location
- 3-8809 Medical Center
Albattal, Abdulziz Faisal
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Alex, Nimmy
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Kevin McFarland
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Kevin McFarland
- Office Location
- 257 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Alford, Wynter
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 304 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Anand, Atma
PhD Student, PASSAGE Treasurer
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Jonathan Carrol-Nellenback
- PhD Student, PASSAGE Treasurer
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Jonathan Carrol-Nellenback
- Research Group: Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 453 Bausch and Lomb
Armstrong, Abigail
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Petros Tzeferacos
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Petros Tzeferacos
- Research Group: Computational Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Arnold, Brennan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Suxing Hu
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Suxing Hu
- Research Group: High Energy Density Physics
- Office Location
- 309 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Arroyo-Rivera, Edgar Samuel
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Robert Boyd
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Robert Boyd
- Research Group: Optics
- Office Location
- Wilmot Building
B
Bachmann, Tristan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Petros Tzeferacos
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Petros Tzeferacos
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Bachmann, Aidan
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Banerjee, Soham
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 304 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Barfield, Zachariah
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dustin Froula
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Dustin Froula
- Research Group: Plasma Physics
- Office Location
- 286B Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Beaulieu, Michelle
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Doug Kelley
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Doug Kelley
- Research Group: Experimental Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- 306 Hopeman
BenZvi, Segev Y.
Associate Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 405 Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7172
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental astroparticle physics
Bergstralh, Dan T.
Assistant Professor (Research)
- Office Location
- Offsite
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Cell biology and experimental biological physics
Bessidskaia Bylund, Olga
Research Associate
- Office Location
- CERN
- olga.bylund@cern.ch
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
Bhatt, Binod
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Gourab Ghoshal
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Gourab Ghoshal
- Office Location
- 474 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Bhatt Dinesha, Dhanush
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Bob Boyd
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Professor Bob Boyd
- Research Group: Optics
- Office Location
- 306 Wilmot
Bigelow, Nicholas P.
Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Optics
LLE Distinguished Scientist
- Office Location
- 312 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8549
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Quantum physics; Quantum optics; Experimental atomic; Molecular and optical physics
Billings, Virginia
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Bishel, David
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professors Rip Collins and Ryan Rygg
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professors Rip Collins and Ryan Rygg
- Research Group: High Energy Density Physics
- Office Location
- 200C Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Blackman, Eric G.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
LLE Distinguished Scientist
- Office Location
- 417 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0537
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics
Blok, Machiel
Assistant Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 420 Bausch and Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5389
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: quantum information processing with superconducting circuits
Blyth, Matthew
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
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
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
Bohner, Gabrielle
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Boucher, Adam
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Boyd, Robert W.
M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 308 Wilmot
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2329
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental atomic; molecular and optical physics
Brown, Zachery
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Regina Demina
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Regina Demina
- Research Group: Cosmology
- Office Location
- 366 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Brown, Peter
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Budd, Howard S.
Senior Scientist and Senior Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- MS 309 Fermilab
- Telephone
- (630) 840-6030
- hbudd@fnal.gov
- Web Address
- Website
Burrows, Bill
Financial Manager
- Office Location
- 207A Bausch and Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4352
C
Cai, Xinxin
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 756-4800
Calos, Samuel
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
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
Carpenter, Margaret
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Carroll-Nellenback, Jonathan
CIRC Computational Scientist
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Office Location
- 455A Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- ((585) ) 275-8557
Interests: Formation and evolution of molecular clouds and cores
Case, Linda
Graduate Coordinator
- Office Location
- 211 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6679
Chakraborty, Abhishek
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Andrew Jordan
- Research Group: Theoretical Quantum Optics
- Office Location
- Offsite
Champion, Elizabeth
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Machiel Blok
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Machiel Blok
- Research Group: Quantum Information Science
- Office Location
- 453A Bausch & Lomb Hall
Chandrasekharan, Gaayatri
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Office Location
- 324 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Chang, Victor
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Changar, Evan
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Chng, Benjamin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Pengfei (Frank) Huo
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Pengfei (Frank) Huo
- Research Group: Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- Office Location
- 431 Hutchison Hall
Choi, Gwyneth
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 304 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Cline, Douglas
Professor of Physics (Research)
- Office Location
- 203D Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4934
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental nuclear physics
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
Confer, Christine
Office Assistant
- Office Location
- 206 Bausch and Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4351
Converse, Marcus
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Frank Wolfs
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Frank Wolfs
- Research Group: Astroparticle Physics
- Office Location
- 203G Bausch and Lomb
Cook, Walter
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Culver, Myron W.
Sr. Lab Engineer & Bldg. Manager
- Office Location
- 152 Bausch & Lomb
- Office Location
- cell
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4362
- Telephone
- (585) 472-0689
Cummins, Delaney
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Czupryniak, Robert
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Professor Andrew Jordan
- Research Group: theoretical quantum optics
- Office Location
- 325 Bausch and Lomb Hall
D
D'Souza, Justin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Shuai Zhang
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Shuai Zhang
- Research Group: High Energy Density Physics Theory
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Danly, Christopher
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Riccardo Betti
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Riccardo Betti
- Research Group: Plasma and Lasers
- Office Location
- Offsite
Das, Ashok
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical elementary-particle physics
De Barbaro, Pawel
Senior Scientist and Senior Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- CERN
- Telephone
- +41 (227) 671-527
- Web Address
- Website
Degenkolb, Tanner
Sr. Analyst/Programmer
- Office Location
- 470 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4825
Demina, Regina
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 367 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7357
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics
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
Dhami, Lokendra Singh
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 304 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Dias, Ranga
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 220 Hopeman
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4112
- rdias@rochester.edu
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental condensed matter physics
DiMino, Tony
Lab Technician
- Office Location
- 153 Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3689
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
Dong, Xue
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Will Renninger
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Will Renninger
- Research Group: Optics
- Office Location
- 224 Wilmot Building
Doran, Sean
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Douglass, Kelly A.
Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy (Instructional)
Director C.E.K. Mees Observatory
- Office Location
- 425 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5549
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: observational extragalactic astronomy
Drakeley, Lewis
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Druszkiewicz, Eryk
Research Engineer
- Office Location
- 203F Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4943
Duan, Jiheng
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Dulemba, Joseph
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Regina Demina
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2015
- Advisor: Professor Regina Demina
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- CERN
- Telephone
- +41 (227) 677-897
Durazo, Anna
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Durkee, Dylan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Prof. Suxing Hu
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Prof. Suxing Hu
- Research Group: High Energy Density Physics Theory
- Office Location
- Offsite
E
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
Ehrenreich, Rianna
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Elias, Joel
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Kevin McFarland
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Kevin McFarland
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- 259 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Ellaboudy, Ammar
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor John Nichol
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor John Nichol
- Research Group: Experimental Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Elliott, Amanda
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Erez, Irem Nesli
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Pierre Gourdain
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Professor Pierre Gourdain
- Research Group: Plasma Physics
- Office Location
- 471 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Evans, Matthew
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Pierre Gourdain
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2015
- Advisor: Pierre Gourdain
- Research Group: Plasma Physics
- Office Location
- 471 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Evert, Alexander
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2023
F
Fan, Jonathan
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Fang, Yinqi
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Fiusa, Guilherme
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 304 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Forrest, William J.
Professor of Astronomy (Research)
- Office Location
- 419 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4343
Interests: astrophysics; observational astronomy
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
Franco, Ignacio
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Physics
Leonard Mandel Faculty Fellow
- Office Location
- 454 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8209
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics
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
- afrank27@gmail.com
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics
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
G
Gaffney, Fiona
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Gao, Yongli
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 473 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8574
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental condensed-matter physics
Gao, Zhigong
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2023
Garcia-Bellido, Aran
Associate Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 406 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3422
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics
Gashinsky, Joseph
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Ghoshal, Gourab
Professor of Physics
Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Office Location
- 464 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7748
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics and data science
Glichowski, Joseph
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Gomez Ramirez, Sara
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 304 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Goshadze, Rati
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Valentin Karasev
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Valentin Karasev
- Research Group: Theoretical Plasma/Laser Physics
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Gourdain, Pierre-Alexandre
Associate Professor of Physics
LLE Staff Scientist
- Office Location
- 456 Bausch and Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3089
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3060
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental plasma physics
Griswold, Spencer
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Segev BenZvi
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Segev BenZvi
- Research Group: Astroparticle Physics
- Office Location
- 458 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Guo, Chunlei
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
LLE Senior Scientist
- Office Location
- 419 Wilmot Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2134
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental condensed-matter and optical physics
H
Haber, Elisha
PhD Student, Received NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Nick Bigelow
- PhD Student, Received NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Nick Bigelow
- Research Group: Experimental Quantum Optics
- Office Location
- 170 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Haberberger, Daniel
LLE Staff Scientist
Physics Research Scientist
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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
Hagen, Carl R.
Professor of Physics (Research)
Interests: theoretical elementary-particle physics
Hainsworth, Liam
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2023
Hamilton, Danielle
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Hannan, Nafiz
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Timothy Baran
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Timothy Baran
- Research Group: Biological Physics
- Office Location
- Med Center
Hansen, Edward
Advanced Researcher
- Office Location
- 371 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (607) 341-6126
Hare, Honor
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Aran Garcia-Bellido
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Aran Garcia-Bellido
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- 352 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Harris, Deborah
Visiting Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Office Location
- MS 309 Fermilab
- Telephone
- (630) 840-4545
- deborahh@yorku.ca
Hase, Baker
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Hegde, Abhay Seetaram
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Gabriel Landi
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Gabriel Landi
- Office Location
- 324 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Hendricks, Connie
Senior Accountant
- Office Location
- 207 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7766
Herrera Flor, Alan Yuseth
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Regina Demina
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Regina Demina
- Research Group: High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- CERN
Hindrichs, Otto
Research Associate
- Office Location
- CERN
Hinz, Joshua
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2016
- Advisor(s)
- Valentin Karasev, Sr. Scientist at the LLE
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2016
- Advisor: Valentin Karasev, Sr. Scientist at the LLE
- Research Group: Theoretical Plasma/Laser Physics
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0339
Hioe, Foek T.
Adj. Sr. Research Associate (Professor of Physics St. John Fisher College) of Theoretical Quantum Optics
- Office Location
- 319 Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8535
- fhioe@sjfc.edu
Hoang, Nhat Bin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Dr. Jianhui Zhong
- Dr. Gionvanni Schifitto
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Dr. Jianhui Zhong; Dr. Gionvanni Schifitto
- Research Group: Biological Physics
- Office Location
- 5.7425A UR Medicine Neurology Building
Holmes, Kurt
Superintendent C.E.K. Mees Observatory
- Office Location
- Mees Observatory
- Telephone
- (585) 374-2433
- Telephone
- (315) 79-1078
- Telephone
- (585) 281-9224
Howard, Henry
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Howell, Ryan
PhD Candidate, Awarded DOE SCGSR - 2019
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Steve Manly
- PhD Candidate, Awarded DOE SCGSR - 2019
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Steve Manly
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- 259 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Hraki, Jenna
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 471 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Hraki, Jenna
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
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
Hu, Le
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Andrew Jordan
- Research Group: Theoretical Quantum Optics
- Office Location
- Offsite
Huang, Irwin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Office Location
- Offsite
Huang, Tianyu
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2023
J
Jenick, Jessica
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Nicholas Bigelow
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Nicholas Bigelow
- Office Location
- 314 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Jin, Yunkai
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Jones, Connie
Administrative Assistant
- Office Location
- 253 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5306
Jones, Jeffery W.
POA Library Section Supervisor
- Office Location
- 374 Bausch and Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4469
Jordan, Andrew N.
Professor of Physics (Research)
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics
Jung, KiYoung
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 304 Bausch & Lomb Hall
K
Kaldawi, Thomas
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Riccardo Betti
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Riccardo Betti
- Office Location
- 2650 Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Kandel, Yadav (Yaad)
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor John Nichol
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor John Nichol
- Research Group: Experimental Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- B09 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Karmakar, Tathagata
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Andrew Jordan
- Research Group: Theoretical Quantum Optics
- Office Location
- Offsite
- Web Address
- Website
Kelty, Sean
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2016
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Gourab Ghoshal
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2016
- Advisor: Professor Gourab Ghoshal
- Research Group: Theoretical Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- 474 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Khaitan, Dev Ashish
Advanced Researcher
- Office Location
- 261 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Khukhunaishvili, Aleko
Research Associate
- Office Location
- CERN
- Telephone
- +41 (227) 674-490
Kim, Hakhyeon
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Kim, Jaesung
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- Fermilab
- Telephone
- (331) 230-9296
Kish, Ayden
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Adam Sefkow
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Adam Sefkow
- Research Group: Plasma/Laser Physics
- Office Location
- Hopeman
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
Knox, Robert S.
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical biological physics
Korjenevski, Sergey
Research Engineer
- Office Location
- 314A Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8550
Kotorashvili, Ketevan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Eric Blackman
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Eric Blackman
- Research Group: Theoretical Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 454 Bausch & Lomb Hall
L
Labarca, Anthony
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Labelle, Isabelle
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Lachat, Mitchell
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Steven Manly
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Steven Manly
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- 260 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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.
Last, David
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 262 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Latta, Carol E.
Mees Associate
Lawrence, Nicholas
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2024
Lee, Claire
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Lherm, Victor
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 309 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Lin, Zihao
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Lin, Zihao
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Liu, Baowei
Computational Scientist of Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 455A Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4105
Liu, Mingrui
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Lovan, Taryn
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Luniewski, Stephen
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Alice Quillen
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Alice Quillen
- Office Location
- 427 Bausch & Lomb Hall
M
Mack, Lavonne
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Madathil, Joseph
Senior Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- 160 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4050
Mager, Daniel F.
Senior Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- 108 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3060
Manly, Steven L.
Professor of Physics
Chair, Physics and Astronomy Department
- Office Location
- 206 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4344
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics
Marcello, Nicholas
Financial Accountant
- Office Location
- 206D Bausch and Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7725
Markland, Hunter
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Dustin Froula
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Dustin Froula
- Office Location
- 2224 Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Markowski, Jake
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Markwick, Robert
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Adam Frank
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Adam Frank
- Research Group: Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 453 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Marshall, Christopher
Assistant Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 310 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0538
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: High Energy Physics
McCarthy, Morgan Elise
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Frank Wolfs
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Professor Frank Wolfs
- Research Group: Astroparticle Physics
- Office Location
- 203G Bausch and Lomb Hall
McCrory, Robert L.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics, Emeritus
- Office Location
- 343 Hopeman
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4973
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical plasma physics and laser physics
McFarland, Kevin S.
Dr. Steven Chu Professor in Physics
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Office Location
- 416 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7076
- kevin@rochester.edu
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics
McGaffigan, Sonia
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2023
McGowan, Aaron M.
Senior Lecturer of Physics at RIT, Visiting Scientist
- Office Location
- R.I.T: ORN 13-1331
- Telephone
- (585) 475-7689
- Web Address
- Website
McIntyre, Brian L.
Technical Manager, URNANO
- Office Location
- 202 Wilmot
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3058
McMillen, Kyle
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dustin Froula and Jessica Shaw
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Dustin Froula and Jessica Shaw
- Research Group: Relativistic Laser-Plasma Experiments
- Office Location
- 290B Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
McMullan, Mary
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Petros Tzeferacos
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Petros Tzeferacos
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch & Lomb Hall
McMurtry, Craig W.
Senior Research Engineer
- Office Location
- 423 Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4389
Medahinne Gedara, Chandema Mihirangi Kumari
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Machiel Blok
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Professor Machiel Blok
- Research Group: Quantum Information Science
- Office Location
- 459 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Mei, Yuhan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Jaime Cardenas
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Jaime Cardenas
- Research Group: Theoretical Quantum Optics
- Office Location
- 203 Wilmot
Michta, David
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 369 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (925) 234-1925
Milonni, Peter W.
Professor of Physics (Research)
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4344
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical atomic; molecular and optical physics
Minarich, Mark
Tour Director, Mees Observatory Summer Tours
- Telephone
- (585) 261-5666
Mitchell, Benjamin R.
POA Librarian
- Office Location
- 374 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6882
Mohamed, Ahmed
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Mohapatra, Ananya
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Petros Tzeferacos
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Petros Tzeferacos
- Research Group: Computational Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Moon, Jacqueline
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Morad, Ethan
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
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
N
Nagasako, Jessica
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
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
Neiderbach, Max
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Nguyen, Quang
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Nick Vamivakas
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Nick Vamivakas
- Research Group: Experimental Quantum Optics and Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- 103 Wilmot Annex
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4001
Nguyen, Long Duc
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Bob Boyd
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Professor Bob Boyd
- Research Group: Optics
- Office Location
- 307 Wilmot
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
Nichols, Katarina
PhD Student - - Strickland Fellowship Winner
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Suxing Hu
- PhD Student - - Strickland Fellowship Winner
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Suxing Hu
- Research Group: High Energy Density Physics
- Office Location
- 200S Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Nyibule, Sheth
Assistant Professor of Physics (Instructional)
- Office Location
- 360 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: Experimental nuclear physics
O
O'Brient, Luke
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Oliver, Jenni
Grant & Data Manager
- Office Location
- 206A Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4405
Ollis, Trevor
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Nick Vamivakas
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Nick Vamivakas
- Research Group: Experimental Quantum Optics and Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- 104 Wilmot Annex
Orio, Cooper
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Orr, Lynne H.
C. E. Kenneth Mees Professor
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Director of Graduate Studies
- Office Location
- 451 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8528
Interests: theoretical elementary-particle physics; financial physics
P
Panjwani, Aliza
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Pantell, Hadley
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professors Rip Collins and Ryan Rygg
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professors Rip Collins and Ryan Rygg
- Research Group: High Energy Density Physics
- Office Location
- 200C Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Paramanick, Shubhonkar
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Eric G. Blackman
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Eric G. Blackman
- Research Group: Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 454 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Web Address
- Website
Parker, Rayleigh
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Machiel Blok
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Professor Machiel Blok
- Research Group: Quantum Information Science
- Office Location
- 459 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Parmar, Nukulsinh
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Aran Garcia-Bellido
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Aran Garcia-Bellido
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- CERN
Paz, Angel
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
- apaz@u.rochester.edu
Peng, Yinglei
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Poudyal, Bibandhan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Gourab Ghoshal
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Gourab Ghoshal
- Research Group: Theoretical Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- 474 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Prichard, Everett
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Q
Qie, Yufan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Frank Wolfs
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Frank Wolfs
- Research Group: Astroparticle Physics
- Office Location
- 203G Bausch & Lomb Hall
Quillen, Alice C.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
LLE Senior Scientist
- Office Location
- 424 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9625
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy
R
Rahim, Aliya Abdul
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2023
Rahman, Reshad
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Antonino Di Piazza
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Antonino Di Piazza
- Office Location
- 303 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Rajeev, Sarada G.
Professor of Physics
Professor of Mathematics
- Office Location
- 351 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4796
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics
Ravi, Nitya
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Segev BenZvi
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Segev BenZvi
- Office Location
- 427 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Reilly, Nicholas
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dan Watson
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2015
- Advisor: Professor Dan Watson
- Research Group: Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 426 Bausch and Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3842
Ren, Chuang
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 214 Hopeman
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2048
Interests: theoretical plasma physics
Renninger, William
Associate Professor of Optics
Associate Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 214 Wilmot
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3709
- Web Address
- Website
Reyes, Adam
Advanced Researcher
- Office Location
- 369 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Rincon, Hernan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Segev BenZvi
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Segev BenZvi
- Research Group: Astroparticle Physics/Cosmology
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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
Ringhand, Kristin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dan Watson
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Dan Watson
- Research Group: Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 426 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Rothberg, Lewis
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 462 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4725
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental condensed-matter physics
Rubinstein, Adam
PhD Student, PASSAGE VP of Outreach
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dan Watson
- PhD Student, PASSAGE VP of Outreach
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Dan Watson
- Research Group: Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 427 Bausch and Lomb
Ruterbories, Daniel
Research Associate
- Office Location
- MS 309 Fermilab
- Telephone
- (630) 840-3872
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
S
Sahu, Manas Ranjan
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- B09 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Sam, Akza
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 304 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Saporito, Jim
Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- 154 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Sartalis, Nicole
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Schenk, Pamela
Office Manager
- Office Location
- 206B Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4344
Schroeder, Wolf-Udo
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 466 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8263
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental nuclear physics
Schulman, Spencer
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Schunke, Austin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Schwartz, Andrew
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Scuderi, Laura J.
Administrator
- Office Location
- 255 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4840
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
Shah, Stuti
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Shapir, Yonathan
Professor of Physics
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Mathematics
Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics
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
Shen, Kun
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Siam, Uzair Tahamid
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Signor, Matthew
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Rip Collins
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Rip Collins
- Research Group: High Energy Density Physics
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Simmons, Daniel
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Class of 2023
Simpson, Tanner
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dustin Froula
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Dustin Froula
- Research Group: Plasma Physics
- Office Location
- 246B Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Singh, Alok
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Andrew Jordan
- Research Group: Theoretical Quantum Optics
- Office Location
- Offsite
Skerrett, Nathan
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Skulski, Wojtek
Visiting Senior Scientist
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4939
Slattery, Paul F.
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Emeritus
Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics
Smedley, Jack
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Chris Marshall
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Chris Marshall
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- Fermilab
Smiga, Joseph
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 316 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3288
Smith, Ethan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Rip Collins
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Rip Collins
- Research Group: High Energy Density Physics
- Office Location
- 309 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Smith, Trevor
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Sobolewski, Roman
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 425 Computer Sciences Building
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1551
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental condensed-matter physics
Sowinski, Damian
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 466 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Spielman, Rick
LLE Senior Scientist
Professor of Physics (Research)
- Office Location
- 218 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- Telephone
- (585) 715-0416
Sprowal, Zaire
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professors Rip Collins and Ryan Rygg
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professors Rip Collins and Ryan Rygg
- Research Group: High Energy Density Physics
- Office Location
- 200C Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0339
Stromswold, Rachel
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Nicholas Bigelow
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor Nicholas Bigelow
- Office Location
- 314 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Stroud, Carlos R.
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 312 Wilmot
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2598
Interests: theoretical and experimental atomic; molecular and optical physics
Stroud, Lara
- Degree and Major: BA in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Sultana, Mehreen
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Kevin McFarland
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2015
- Advisor: Kevin McFarland
- Research Group: High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- Fermilab
Suo, Bingcheng
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
- bsuo@u.rochester.edu
T
Tan, Chin Lung (Keane)
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Aran Garcia-Bellido
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Aran Garcia-Bellido
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- Fermilab
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0339
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
Tariq, Maida
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Regina Demina
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Regina Demina
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- 352 Bausch and Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0339
Taus, Rhys
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Arie Bodek
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2015
- Advisor: Professor Arie Bodek
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- CERN
- Telephone
- +41 (227) 674-490
- Web Address
- Website
Teitel, Stephen L.
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 455B Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4039
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics
Thapa Magar, Suraj
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor John Nichol
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2021
- Advisor: Professor John Nichol
- Research Group: Experimental Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- B09 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Thomas, John H.
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences, and Astronomy, Emeritus
- Office Location
- 223 Hopeman
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4083
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical astrophysics
Tirumala, Sarat Chandra Kant
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Will Renninger
- PhD Candidate
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Will Renninger
- Research Group: Optics
- Office Location
- 316 Wilmot
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2328
Tiwari, Shivanshi
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- 304 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Tiwari, Vashisth
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Tranchant, Victor
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 371 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Tzeferacos, Petros
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
LLE Senior Scientist
- Office Location
- 370 Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6751
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: computational astrophysics
U
Utaegbulam, Hilary
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2023
- Office Location
- FermiLab
Uzun, Yavuz
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Krishnan Padmanabhan
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Krishnan Padmanabhan
- Research Group: Computational Biology
- Office Location
- G.9816 URMC
V
Vaidya, Vipul
Software Engineer
- Office Location
- 371 Bausch and Lomb Hall
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
Van Horn, Hugh M.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Emeritus
Interests: theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics
Verostek Jr., Michael
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Profess Steve Manly and Ben Zwickl (RIT)
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Profess Steve Manly and Ben Zwickl (RIT)
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- Bausch & Lomb Hall
Veyrat, Dahlia
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 366 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Vislosky, Ethan
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics & Astronomy
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Vizarreta, Renzo
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Chris Marshall
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Chris Marshall
- Office Location
- Fermilab
Vuong, Quynh Huong
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Chris Marshall
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Chris Marshall
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- 257 Bausch & Lomb Hall
W
Wade, Lysa
Undergraduate Coordinator
- Office Location
- 210 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4356
Wadhurawa Mudiyanselage, Hiranya Pasan Vindana
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Prof. Gilbert Collins
- Prof. Ryan Rygg
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Prof. Gilbert Collins; Prof. Ryan Rygg
- Research Group: Experimental Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- 123 Hopeman
Walelign, Habitamu
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor John Nichol
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor John Nichol
- Research Group: Experimental Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Wang, Zihao
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Machiel Blok
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Machiel Blok
- Research Group: Quantum Information Science
- Office Location
- 453A Bausch & Lomb Hall
Wang, Junjie
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2023
Wang, Jiaxin
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Wang, Ledi
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
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
Watson, Carla (Clay)
they/them/theirs
PhD Student, PASSAGE President, Awarded NSF GRFP - 2019
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Stephen Wu
- PhD Student, PASSAGE President, Awarded NSF GRFP - 2019
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Stephen Wu
- Research Group: Experimental Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- 609 Computer Science Building
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4001
Weight, Braden
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Pengfei “Frank” Huo
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Pengfei “Frank” Huo
- Research Group: Non-adiabatic Quantum Evolution of Many-Body Systems and Light-Matter Interactions
- Office Location
- 430 Hutchison Hall
- Web Address
- Website
Whitmoyer, Rachel
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Wolfs, Frank L. H.
Professor of Physics
Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Office Location
- 203A Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4937
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental astroparticle physics
Wolfs, Jean
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Chris Marshall
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Chris Marshall
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics
- Office Location
- 260 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Web Address
- Website
Wu, Stephen
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 610 Computer Studies Building
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4349
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Experimental condensed-matter physics
Wu, Cynthia
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Wu, Xinyue
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Wyatt, Benjamin
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
X
Xie, Songbo
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Joseph Eberly
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Professor Joseph Eberly
- Research Group: Theoretical Quantum Optics
- Office Location
- 322 Bausch and Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8543
- Web Address
- Website
Xu, Yang
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Robert Boyd
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Robert Boyd
- Research Group: Optics
- Office Location
- 306 Wilmot
Y
Yanik, Kagan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Andrew Jordan
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2022
- Advisor: Andrew Jordan
- Office Location
- 325 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Ye, Feiyang
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor John Nichol
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor John Nichol
- Research Group: Experimental Condensed Matter
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Yeltokov, Alikhan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Dan Bergstralh
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Dan Bergstralh
- Research Group: Biological Physics
- Office Location
- Offsite
Young, James
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Pierre Gourdain
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2018
- Advisor: Professor Pierre Gourdain
- Research Group: Plasma physics
- Office Location
- 471 Bausch and Lomb
Younis, Daniel H.
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Joseph Eberly
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2019
- Advisor: Professor Joseph Eberly
- Research Group: theoretical quantum optics
- Office Location
- 322 Bausch and Lomb
Youssef, Ebram Adel
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023
Yu, Yu-Heng
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Regina Demina
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2020
- Advisor: Professor Regina Demina
- Research Group: Experimental High Energy Physics/Cosmology
- Office Location
- CERN
Z
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
Zheng, Wuming
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Undergrad class of 2024
Zhong, Jianhui
Professor of Imaging Sciences
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 2A 215A Medical Annex
- Telephone
- (585) 273-4518
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental biological physics
Zou, Yangyuxin (Amy)
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Petros Tzeferacos
- PhD Student
- Entry Year:2017
- Advisor: Petros Tzeferacos
- Research Group: Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Zweifel, Jacob
- Degree and Major: BS in Physics
- Year: Class of 2023