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![Agrawal, Govind P.](faculty/agrawal_govind/assets/images/Agrawal_Govind_P.jpg)
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
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Ahrens, Thomas
![Faiza Akbar](postdoctoral-associates/akbar-faiza/assets/images/akbar_faiza.jpg)
Akbar, Faiza
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- Fermilab
![Olayinka Akinyemi Pic](grad-students/akinyemi_olayinka/assets/images/akinyemi_olayinka_2018.jpg)
Akinyemi, Olayinka
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor David Mathews
Computational Biology Group
- Office Location
- 3-8809 Medical Center
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Albattal, Abdulziz Faisal
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Alex, Nimmy
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Kevin McFarland
- Office Location
- Fermilab
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Alford, Wynter
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Gabriel Landi
- Office Location
- 324 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Atma Anand](grad-students/anand_atma/assets/images/anand_atma.jpg)
Anand, Atma
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Jonathan Carrol-Nellenback
Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 453 Bausch and Lomb
![cj](grad-students/armstrong_abigail/assets/images/armstrong_abigail_square.jpg)
Armstrong, Abigail
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Petros Tzeferacos
Computational Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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Arnold, Brennan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Suxing Hu
High Energy Density Physics Group
- Office Location
- 309 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![arroyo rivera edgar samuel](grad-students/arroyo-rivera-edgar-samuel/assets/images/Arroyo-Rivera_Samuel_2017.jpg)
Arroyo-Rivera, Edgar Samuel
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Robert Boyd
Optics Group
- Office Location
- Wilmot Building
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Bachmann, Tristan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Petros Tzeferacos
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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Bachmann, Aidan
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Banerjee, Soham
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Hans Rinderknecht
![Zachariah Barfield](grad-students/barfield_zach/assets/images/barfield_zach_pic.jpg)
Barfield, Zachariah
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dustin Froula
Plasma Physics Group
- Office Location
- 286B Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
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Beaulieu, Michelle
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Doug Kelley
Experimental Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- 306 Hopeman
![Segev BenZvi](faculty/benzvi_segev/assets/images/BenZvi Segev 72web.jpg)
BenZvi, Segev Y.
Associate Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 405 Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7172
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental astroparticle physics
![Person's Photo](faculty/bergstralh_dan/assets/images/bergstralh_dan.jpeg)
Bergstralh, Dan T.
Assistant Professor (Research)
- Office Location
- Offsite
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Cell biology and experimental biological physics
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Bessidskaia Bylund, Olga
Research Associate
- Office Location
- CERN
- olga.bylund@cern.ch
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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
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Bhatt, Binod
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Chunlei Guo
- Office Location
- 474 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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Bhatt Dinesha, Dhanush
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Bob Boyd
Optics Group
- Office Location
- 306 Wilmot
![Bigelow, Nicholas P.](faculty/bigelow_nicholas/assets/images/Bigelow_Nicholas_P.jpg)
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
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Billings, Virginia
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Nick Bigelow
- Office Location
- 314 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![David Bishel](grad-students/bishel_david/assets/images/bishel_david.jpg)
Bishel, David
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professors Rip Collins and Ryan Rygg
High Energy Density Physics Group
- Office Location
- 200C Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
![Blackman, Eric G.](faculty/blackman_eric/assets/images/blackman.jpg)
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
![Photo of Machiel Blok](faculty/blok_machiel/assets/blok_machiel.jpg)
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
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Blyth, Matthew
![Person's Photo](faculty/bocko_mark/assets/images/Bocko_Mark_F.jpg)
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](faculty/bodek_arie/assets/images/Bodek_Arie.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/bohner-gabrielle/assets/images/bohnergabrielle.jpg)
Bohner, Gabrielle
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Boucher, Adam
![Person's Photo](faculty/boyd_robert/assets/images/Boyd_Robert_W.jpg)
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
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Brown, Zachery
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Regina Demina
Cosmology Group
- Office Location
- 366 Bausch and Lomb Hall
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Brown, Peter
![Person's Photo](senior-scientists/budd_howard/assets/images/Budd_Howard_S.jpg)
Budd, Howard S.
Senior Scientist and Senior Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- MS 309 Fermilab
- Telephone
- (630) 840-6030
- hbudd@fnal.gov
- Web Address
- Website
![Person's Photo](admin/burrows_bill/assets/images/billburrows.jpg)
Burrows, Bill
Financial Manager
- Office Location
- 207A Bausch and Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4352
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Cai, Xinxin
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 756-4800
![](undergrad-students/calos-samuel/assets/images/calossamuel.jpg)
Calos, Samuel
![Person's Photo](faculty/cardenas_jaime/assets/cardenas_jaime.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/carpenter-margaret/assets/images/carpenter_margaret_2023.jpeg)
Carpenter, Margaret
![Johnathon Carroll-Nellenback](faculty/carroll-nellenback_jonathon/assets/images/carroll-nellenback_jonathan.jpg)
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
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Case, Linda
Graduate Coordinator
- Office Location
- 211 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6679
![](grad-students/chakraborty-abhishek/assets/images/abishek.jpg)
Chakraborty, Abhishek
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
Theoretical Quantum Optics Group
- Office Location
- Offsite
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Champion, Elizabeth
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Machiel Blok
Quantum Information Science Group
- Office Location
- 453A Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](undergrad-students/chang-victor/assets/images/chang_victor_2023.jpeg)
Chang, Victor
![](undergrad-students/changar-evan/assets/images/changarevan.jpg)
Changar, Evan
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Chng, Benjamin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Pengfei (Frank) Huo
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Group
- Office Location
- 431 Hutchison Hall
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Choi, Gwyneth
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Steven Manly
- Office Location
- 257 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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Cline, Douglas
Professor of Physics (Research)
- Office Location
- 203D Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4934
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental nuclear physics
![Rip Collins](faculty/collins_rip/assets/images/collins_rip.jpg)
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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Confer, Christine
Department Coordinator
- Office Location
- 206 Bausch and Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4351
![](grad-students/converse_marcus/assets/images/converse_marcus_2018.jpg)
Converse, Marcus
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Frank Wolfs
Astroparticle Physics Group
- Office Location
- 203G Bausch and Lomb
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Cook, Walter
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Segev BenZvi
- Office Location
- 361 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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Culver, Myron W.
Sr. Lab Engineer & Bldg. Manager
- Office Location
- 152 Bausch & Lomb
- Office Location
- cell
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4362
- Telephone
- (585) 472-0689
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Cummins, Delaney
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Czupryniak, Robert
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
theoretical quantum optics Group
- Office Location
- 325 Bausch and Lomb Hall
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D'Souza, Justin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Shuai Zhang
High Energy Density Physics Theory Group
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
![Christopher Danly](grad-students/danly_christopher/assets/images/danly_christopher_2018.jpeg)
Danly, Christopher
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Riccardo Betti
Plasma and Lasers Group
- Office Location
- Offsite
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Das, Ashok
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical elementary-particle physics
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De Barbaro, Pawel
Senior Scientist and Senior Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- CERN
- Telephone
- +41 (227) 671-527
- Web Address
- Website
![Person's Photo](technical-staff/degenkolb-tanner/assets/images/tanner-degenkolb.png)
Degenkolb, Tanner
Sr. Analyst/Programmer
- Office Location
- 470 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4825
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Demina, Regina
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 367 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7357
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental elementary-particle 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
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Dhami, Lokendra Singh
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- John Nichol
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Ranga Dias](faculty/dias_ranga/assets/images/dias_ranga_pic.jpg)
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
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DiMino, Tony
Lab Technician
- Office Location
- 153 Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3689
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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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Doran, Sean
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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
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Drakeley, Lewis
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Druszkiewicz, Eryk
Research Engineer
- Office Location
- 203F Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4943
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Duan, Jiheng
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- John Nichol
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Joseph Dulemba](grad-students/dulemba_joseph/assets/images/dulemba_joseph.jpeg)
Dulemba, Joseph
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Regina Demina
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- CERN
- Telephone
- +41 (227) 677-897
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Durazo, Anna
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Durkee, Dylan
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Prof. Suxing Hu
High Energy Density Physics Theory Group
- Office Location
- Offsite
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![Person's Photo](faculty/eberly_joseph/assets/images/Eberly_Joseph_H.jpg)
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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Ehrenreich, Rianna
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Elias, Joel
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Kevin McFarland
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- 259 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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Ellaboudy, Ammar
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
Experimental Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- 303 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](grad-students/elliott_amanda/assets/images/elliott_amanda_2023.jpg)
Elliott, Amanda
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Dustin Froula
- Office Location
- 4304-11 LLE
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Erez, Irem Nesli
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Pierre Gourdain
Plasma Physics Group
- Office Location
- 471 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![Matthew Evans](grad-students/evans_matthew/assets/images/Evans Matt 72web.jpg)
Evans, Matthew
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Pierre Gourdain
Plasma Physics Group
- Office Location
- 471 Bausch and Lomb Hall
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Evert, Alexander
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Fan, Jonathan
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Fang, Yinqi
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Fiusa, Guilherme
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Gabriel Landi
- Office Location
- 324 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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Forrest, William J.
Professor of Astronomy (Research)
- Office Location
- 419 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4343
Interests: astrophysics; observational astronomy
![Thomas Foster](faculty/foster_thomas/assets/images/Foster_Thomas_H.jpg)
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
![Ignacio Franco](faculty/franco_ignacio/assets/images/franco.jpg)
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
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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
- afrank27@gmail.com
- 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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Gaffney, Fiona
![Yongli Gao](faculty/gao_yongli/assets/images/Gao_Yongli.jpg)
Gao, Yongli
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 473 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8574
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: experimental condensed-matter physics
![](undergrad-students/gao-zhigong/assets/images/gaozhingong.jpg)
Gao, Zhigong
![Aran Garcia-Bellido](faculty/garcia_bellido_aran/assets/images/garcia-bellido_aran.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/gashinsky-joseph/assets/images/gashinsky_joseph_2023.jpeg)
Gashinsky, Joseph
![Gourab Ghoshal](faculty/ghoshal_gourab/assets/images/GGhoshal.jpeg)
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
![](undergrad-students/glichowski-joseph/assets/images/glichowski_joseph_2023.jpeg)
Glichowski, Joseph
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Gomez Ramirez, Sara
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Adam Sefkow
- Office Location
- 4008-10 LLE
![rati pic](grad-students/goshadze_rati/assets/images/goshadze_rati.jpeg)
Goshadze, Rati
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Valentin Karasev
Theoretical Plasma/Laser Physics Group
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
![Pierre Alexandre Gourdain](faculty/gourdain_pierre/assets/images/gourdain-sm.jpg)
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](grad-students/griswold-spencer/assets/images/Griswold_Spencer.jpg)
Griswold, Spencer
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Segev BenZvi
Astroparticle Physics Group
- Office Location
- 458 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![Chunlei Guo](faculty/guo_chunlei/assets/images/guo_chunlei.jpg)
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
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![haber elisha](grad-students/haber-elisha/assets/images/Haber_Elisha.jpg)
Haber, Elisha
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Nick Bigelow
Experimental Quantum Optics Group
- Office Location
- 170 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![Person's Photo](research-associates-fellows-visiting-scientist/haberberger-daniel/assets/images/haberberger.jpg)
Haberberger, Daniel
LLE Staff Scientist
Physics Research Scientist
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics
![Person's Photo](faculty/haefner_ralf/assets/images/haefner_ralf.jpeg)
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
![Person's Photo](faculty/hagen_carl/assets/images/Hagen_2009.jpg)
Hagen, Carl R.
Professor of Physics (Research)
Interests: theoretical elementary-particle physics
![](undergrad-students/hainsworth-liam/assets/images/hainsworth_liam_2023.jpeg)
Hainsworth, Liam
![](grad-students/hamilton_danielle/assets/images/hamilton_danielle_2023.jpeg)
Hamilton, Danielle
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Riccardo Betti/Varchas Gopalaswamy
- Office Location
- 1414B LLE
![](grad-students/hannan-nafiz/assets/images/hannan_nafi.jpeg)
Hannan, Nafiz
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Timothy Baran
Biological Physics Group
- Office Location
- Med Center
![Person's Photo](research-associates-fellows-visiting-scientist/hansen-edward/assets/images/hansen_eddie-crop.jpg)
Hansen, Edward
Advanced Researcher
- Office Location
- 371 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (607) 341-6126
![](grad-students/hare-honor/assets/images/hare_honor_2021.jpeg)
Hare, Honor
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Aran Garcia-Bellido
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- Fermilab
![Person's Photo](../assets/images/facultystaffpics/harris_deborah.jpeg)
Harris, Deborah
Visiting Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Office Location
- MS 309 Fermilab
- Telephone
- (630) 840-4545
- deborahh@yorku.ca
![](undergrad-students/hase-baker/assets/images/hasebaker.jpg)
Hase, Baker
![](grad-students/hegde-abhay/assets/images/hegdea.jpg)
Hegde, Abhay Seetaram
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Gabriel Landi
- Office Location
- 324 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![photo of staff person](admin/hendricks_connie/assets/images/CHendricks.jpg)
Hendricks, Connie
Senior Accountant
- Office Location
- 207 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7766
![Alan Herrera Flor Pic](grad-students/herrera_alan/assets/images/herrera_flor_alan.jpeg)
Herrera Flor, Alan Yuseth
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Regina Demina
High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- CERN
![](research-associates-fellows-visiting-scientist/hindrichs_otto/assets/images/ottohindrichs.png)
Hindrichs, Otto
Research Associate
- Office Location
- CERN
![Joshua Hinz](grad-students/hinz_joshua/assets/images/hinz_joshua_2016.jpg)
Hinz, Joshua
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2016
- Advisor(s)
- Valentin Karasev, Sr. Scientist at the LLE
Theoretical Plasma/Laser Physics Group
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0339
![Person's Photo](senior-scientists/hioe_foek/assets/images/Hioe_Foek.jpeg)
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
![bin hoang picture](grad-students/hoang_nhat/assets/images/hoang_bin.jpg)
Hoang, Nhat Bin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Dr. Jianhui Zhong
- Dr. Gionvanni Schifitto
Biological Physics Group
- Office Location
- 5.7425A UR Medicine Neurology Building
![Person's Photo](technical-staff/holmes_kurt/assets/images/Holmes_Kurt.jpeg)
Holmes, Kurt
Superintendent C.E.K. Mees Observatory
- Office Location
- Mees Observatory
- Telephone
- (585) 374-2433
- Telephone
- (315) 79-1078
- Telephone
- (585) 281-9224
![](undergrad-students/howard-henry/assets/images/howardhenry.jpg)
Howard, Henry
![howell ryan](grad-students/howell-ryan/assets/images/Howell_Ryan_2017.jpg)
Howell, Ryan
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Steve Manly
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- 259 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![](grad-students/hraki_jenna/assets/images/hraki_jenna_2023.jpeg)
Hraki, Jenna
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Pierre Gourdain
- Office Location
- 471 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](undergrad-students/hraki-jenna/assets/images/hraki_jenna_2023.jpeg)
Hraki, Jenna
![Person's Photo](faculty/hu-suxing/assets/images/suxinghu.jpg)
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
![Le Hu pic](grad-students/hu_le/assets/images/hu_le_2018.jpeg)
Hu, Le
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
Theoretical Quantum Optics Group
- Office Location
- Offsite
![](grad-students/huang-irwin/assets/images/huang_irwin_2021.jpeg)
Huang, Irwin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Office Location
- Offsite
![](undergrad-students/huang-tianyu/assets/images/huang.jpg)
Huang, Tianyu
J
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Jenick, Jessica
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Nicholas Bigelow
- Office Location
- 314 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](undergrad-students/jin-yunkai/assets/images/jinyunkai.jpg)
Jin, Yunkai
![photo of staff person](admin/jones_connie/assets/images/ConnieJones.jpg)
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
![Andrew Jordan](faculty/jordan_andrew/assets/images/Jordan_Andrew_N_v3.jpg)
Jordan, Andrew N.
Professor of Physics (Research)
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics
![](grad-students/jung_kiyoung/assets/images/jung_kiyoung_2023.jpeg)
Jung, KiYoung
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Chris Marshall
- Office Location
- 352 Bausch & Lomb Hall
K
![](grad-students/kaldawi-thomas/assets/images/kaldawit.jpg)
Kaldawi, Thomas
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Riccardo Betti
- Office Location
- 2650 Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
![](grad-students/karmakar_tathagata/assets/images/karmakar_tathagata.jpg)
Karmakar, Tathagata
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
Theoretical Quantum Optics Group
- Office Location
- Offsite
- Web Address
- Website
![Sean Kelty](grad-students/kelty_sean/assets/images/kelty_sean_2016.jpg)
Kelty, Sean
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2016
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Gourab Ghoshal
Theoretical Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- 474 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![Pic of Dev Ashish Khaitan](research-associates-fellows-visiting-scientist/khaitan_dev/assets/images/khaitan_dev_2012.jpg)
Khaitan, Dev Ashish
Advanced Researcher
- Office Location
- 261 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Person's Photo](research-associates-fellows-visiting-scientist/khukhunaishvili-aleko/assets/images/aleko.jpg)
Khukhunaishvili, Aleko
Research Associate
- Office Location
- CERN
- Telephone
- +41 (227) 674-490
![](grad-students/kim_hakhyeon/assets/images/kim_hakhyeon_2023.jpeg)
Kim, Hakhyeon
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Rip Collins
- Office Location
- 4008 LLE
![](postdoctoral-associates/kim-jaesung/assets/images/kim_jaesung.jpg)
Kim, Jaesung
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- Fermilab
- Telephone
- (331) 230-9296
![](grad-students/kish_ayden/assets/images/kish_ayden.jpg)
Kish, Ayden
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Adam Sefkow
Plasma/Laser Physics Group
- Office Location
- Hopeman
![Peter Knight](faculty/knight_peter/assets/images/Peter_Knight.jpg)
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
![Robert Knox](faculty/knox_robert/assets/images/Knox_Robert_S.jpg)
Knox, Robert S.
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical biological physics
![Person's Photo](technical-staff/korjenevski_sergey/assets/images/Korjenevski_Sergey.jpeg)
Korjenevski, Sergey
Research Engineer
- Office Location
- 314A Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8550
![](grad-students/kotorashvili-ketevan/assets/images/kotorashvili_ketevan_2021.jpeg)
Kotorashvili, Ketevan
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Eric Blackman
Theoretical Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 454 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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Labarca, Anthony
![](grad-students/labelle_isabelle/assets/images/labelle_isabelle_2023.jpg)
Labelle, Isabelle
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Dustin Froula
![](grad-students/lachat-mitchell/assets/images/lachat_mitchell_2021.jpeg)
Lachat, Mitchell
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Steven Manly
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- Fermilab
![Person's Photo](faculty/landi-gabriel/assets/images/landi.jpg)
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.
![Person's Photo](postdoctoral-associates/last-david/assets/images/lastdavid.jpg)
Last, David
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 262 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![photo of staff person](admin/latta_carol/assets/images/Carol-Latta.jpg)
Latta, Carol E.
Mees Associate
![](undergrad-students/lawrence-nicholas/assets/images/lawrence_nicholas_2023.jpeg)
Lawrence, Nicholas
![](undergrad-students/lee-claire/assets/images/leeclaire.jpg)
Lee, Claire
![](postdoctoral-associates/lherm-victor/assets/images/lhermvictor.jpg)
Lherm, Victor
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 309 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](grad-students/lin_zihao/assets/images/lin_zihao_2023.jpeg)
Lin, Zihao
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Kevin McFarland
- Office Location
- 260 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](undergrad-students/lin-zihao/assets/images/lin_zihao_2023.jpeg)
Lin, Zihao
![Baowei Liu](technical-staff/liu_baowei/assets/images/BaoweiLiu.jpg)
Liu, Baowei
Computational Scientist of Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Office Location
- 455A Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4105
![](undergrad-students/liu-mingrui/assets/images/liumingrui.jpg)
Liu, Mingrui
![](undergrad-students/lovan-taryn/assets/images/lovantaryn.jpg)
Lovan, Taryn
![](grad-students/luniewski-stephen/assets/images/luniewskis.jpg)
Luniewski, Stephen
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Alice Quillen
- Office Location
- 427 Bausch & Lomb Hall
M
![](grad-students/mack_lavonne/assets/images/mack_lavonne_2023.jpg)
Mack, Lavonne
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Dustin Froula
![](technical-staff/madathil-joe/assets/images/universitylogoforcascade.png)
Madathil, Joseph
Senior Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- 160 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4050
![Dan Mager](technical-staff/mager_daniel/assets/images/mager_daniel.jpg)
Mager, Daniel F.
Senior Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- 108 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3060
![Steve Manly](faculty/manly_steven/assets/images/manly.jpg)
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
![Person's Photo](admin/marcello-nick/assets/images/universitylogoforcascade.png)
Marcello, Nicholas
Financial Accountant
- Office Location
- 206D Bausch and Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7725
![](grad-students/markland-hunter/assets/images/marklandh.jpg)
Markland, Hunter
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Dustin Froula
- Office Location
- 2224 Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
![](grad-students/markowski_jake/assets/images/markowski_jake_2023.jpeg)
Markowski, Jake
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- John Nichol
- Office Location
- B09 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Robert Markwick Pic](grad-students/markwick_robert/assets/images/markwick_robert_2019.jpg)
Markwick, Robert
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Adam Frank
Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 453 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![Picture of Chris Marshall](faculty/marshall_christopher/assets/images/marshall_chris.jpg)
Marshall, Christopher
Assistant Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 310 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0538
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: High Energy Physics
![](grad-students/mccarthy_elise/assets/images/mccarthy_elise.jpeg)
McCarthy, Morgan Elise
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Frank Wolfs
Astroparticle Physics Group
- Office Location
- 203G Bausch and Lomb Hall
![Robert McCrory](faculty/mccrory_robert/assets/images/McCrory_Robert_L.jpg)
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
![Kevin McFarland](faculty/mcfarland_kevin/assets/images/mcfarland_kevin.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/mcgaffigan-sonia/assets/images/mcgaffigansonia.jpg)
McGaffigan, Sonia
![Person's Photo](research-associates-fellows-visiting-scientist/mcgowan_aaron/assets/images/McGowan_Aaron.jpeg)
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
![Brian McIntyre](technical-staff/mcintyre_brian/assets/images/mcintyre_brian.jpg)
McIntyre, Brian L.
Technical Manager, URNANO
- Office Location
- 202 Wilmot
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3058
![](grad-students/mcmillen_kyle/assets/images/mcmillen_kyle_2020.jpeg)
McMillen, Kyle
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dustin Froula and Jessica Shaw
Relativistic Laser-Plasma Experiments Group
- Office Location
- 290B Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
![](grad-students/mcmullan-mary/assets/images/mcmullanm.jpg)
McMullan, Mary
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Petros Tzeferacos
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Person's Photo](technical-staff/mcmurtry_craig/assets/images/CMcMurtry.jpg)
McMurtry, Craig W.
Senior Research Engineer
- Office Location
- 423 Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4389
![](grad-students/medahinne_mihirangi/assets/images/medahinne_mihi.jpeg)
Medahinne Gedara, Chandema Mihirangi Kumari
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Machiel Blok
Quantum Information Science Group
- Office Location
- 459 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![](grad-students/mei_yuhan/assets/images/mei_yuhan.jpg)
Mei, Yuhan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Jaime Cardenas
Theoretical Quantum Optics Group
- Office Location
- 203 Wilmot
![Person's Photo](postdoctoral-associates/michta-david/assets/images/michta_david.jpg)
Michta, David
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 369 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (925) 234-1925
![Person's Photo](faculty/milonni_peter/assets/images/Peter Milonni.jpg)
Milonni, Peter W.
Professor of Physics (Research)
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4344
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical atomic; molecular and optical physics
![Person's Photo](admin/minarich-mark/assets/images/minaric.jpg)
Minarich, Mark
Tour Director, Mees Observatory Summer Tours
- Telephone
- (585) 261-5666
![Person's Photo](admin/mitchell-benjamin/assets/images/ben-mitchell.jpg)
Mitchell, Benjamin R.
POA Librarian
- Office Location
- 374 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6882
![](grad-students/mohamed_ahmed/assets/images/mohamed_ahmed_2023.jpeg)
Mohamed, Ahmed
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Machiel Blok
![](grad-students/mohapatra-ananya/assets/images/mohapatra_ananya_2021.jpeg)
Mohapatra, Ananya
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Petros Tzeferacos
Computational Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](undergrad-students/moon-jacqueline/assets/images/moon_jacqueline_2023.jpeg)
Moon, Jacqueline
![](undergrad-students/morad-ethan/assets/moradethanedited.png)
Morad, Ethan
![Person's Photo](faculty/murray_lee/assets/images/murray_lee_image.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/nagasako-jessica/assets/images/nagasakojessica.jpg)
Nagasako, Jessica
![Profile Image](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/ees/people/faculty/nakajima_miki/assets/images/mikinakajima.png)
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
![](undergrad-students/neiderbach-max/assets/images/neiderbachmax.jpg)
Neiderbach, Max
![nguyen quang](grad-students/nguyen-quang/assets/images/Nguyen_Quang_2017.jpg)
Nguyen, Quang
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Nick Vamivakas
Experimental Quantum Optics and Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- 103 Wilmot Annex
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4001
![](grad-students/nguyen_long/assets/images/nguyen_long.jpeg)
Nguyen, Long Duc
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Bob Boyd
Optics Group
- Office Location
- 307 Wilmot
![John Nichol](faculty/nichol_john/assets/images/Nichol John 72web.jpg)
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
![](grad-students/nichols_katarina/assets/images/nichols_katarina.jpg)
Nichols, Katarina
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Suxing Hu
High Energy Density Physics Group
- Office Location
- 200S Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
![](faculty/nyibule-sheth/assets/images/nyibulecrop.jpg)
Nyibule, Sheth
Assistant Professor of Physics (Instructional)
- Office Location
- 360 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: Experimental nuclear physics
O
![](undergrad-students/obrient-luke/assets/images/obrientluke.jpg)
O'Brient, Luke
![Jenni Oliver](admin/oliver_jenni/assets/images/Oliver Jenni 72web.jpg)
Oliver, Jenni
Grant & Data Manager
- Office Location
- 206A Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4405
![](grad-students/ollis-trevor/assets/images/ollis_trevor_2021.jpeg)
Ollis, Trevor
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Nick Vamivakas
Experimental Quantum Optics and Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- 104 Wilmot Annex
![](undergrad-students/orio-cooper/assets/images/orio_cooper_2023.jpeg)
Orio, Cooper
![Lynne Orr](faculty/orr_lynne/assets/images/orr_lynne.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/panjwani-aliza/assets/images/panjwani_aliza_2023.jpeg)
Panjwani, Aliza
![Heather Pantell pic](grad-students/pantell_hadley/assets/images/pantell_heatherpic.jpg)
Pantell, Hadley
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professors Rip Collins and Ryan Rygg
High Energy Density Physics Group
- Office Location
- 200C Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
![](grad-students/paramanick-shubhonkar/assets/images/sp.png)
Paramanick, Shubhonkar
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Eric G. Blackman
Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 454 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Web Address
- Website
![Pic of Rayleigh Parker](grad-students/parker_rayleigh/assets/images/parker_rayleigh_pic.jpg)
Parker, Rayleigh
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Machiel Blok
Quantum Information Science Group
- Office Location
- 459 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![](grad-students/parmar-nukulsinh/assets/images/parmar_nukulsinh_2021.jpeg)
Parmar, Nukulsinh
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Aran Garcia-Bellido
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- CERN
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Paz, Angel
- apaz@u.rochester.edu
![](undergrad-students/peng-yinglei/assets/images/pengyinglei.jpg)
Peng, Yinglei
![](grad-students/poudyal_bibandhan/assets/images/poudyal_bibandhan.jpg)
Poudyal, Bibandhan
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Gourab Ghoshal
Theoretical Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- 474 Bausch & Lomb Hall
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Prichard, Everett
Q
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Qie, Yufan
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Frank Wolfs
Astroparticle Physics Group
- Office Location
- 203G Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Person's Photo](faculty/quillen_alice/assets/images/Alice Quillen.jpg)
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
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Rahim, Aliya Abdul
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Rahman, Reshad
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Antonino Di Piazza
- Office Location
- 303 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Sarada Rajeev](faculty/rajeev_sarada/assets/images/Rajeev_Sarada_G.jpg)
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
![](grad-students/ravi-nitya/assets/images/ravin.jpg)
Ravi, Nitya
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Segev BenZvi
- Office Location
- 427 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Nicholas Reilly](grad-students/reilly_nicholas/assets/images/Reilly Nick 72web.jpg)
Reilly, Nicholas
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dan Watson
Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 426 Bausch and Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3842
![Person's Photo](faculty/ren_chuang/assets/images/Ren_Chuang.jpg)
Ren, Chuang
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 214 Hopeman
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2048
Interests: theoretical plasma physics
![Person's Photo](faculty/renninger-william/assets/images/renningerpicture.jpg)
Renninger, William
Associate Professor of Optics
Associate Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 214 Wilmot
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3709
- Web Address
- Website
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Reyes, Adam
Advanced Researcher
- Office Location
- 369 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](grad-students/rincon-hernan/assets/images/rincon_hernan_2021.jpeg)
Rincon, Hernan
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Segev BenZvi
Astroparticle Physics/Cosmology Group
- Office Location
- 476 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Person's Photo](faculty/rinderknecht-hans/assets/images/hansrinderknecht.jpg)
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
![](grad-students/ringhand_kristin/assets/images/ringhand_kristin_2020.jpeg)
Ringhand, Kristin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dan Watson
Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 426 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Person's Photo](faculty/rothberg_lewis/assets/images/Rothberg_Lewis.jpg)
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
![Adam Rubinstein](grad-students/rubinstein_adam/assets/images/rubinstein_adam.jpg)
Rubinstein, Adam
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Dan Watson
Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 427 Bausch and Lomb
![Person's Photo](research-associates-fellows-visiting-scientist/ruterbories-dan/assets/images/ruterbories.png)
Ruterbories, Daniel
Research Associate
- Office Location
- MS 309 Fermilab
- Telephone
- (630) 840-3872
![Ryan Rygg](faculty/rygg_ryan/assets/images/rygg_ryan_pic.jpg)
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
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Sahu, Manas Ranjan
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- B09 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](grad-students/sam_akza/assets/images/sam_akza_2023.jpeg)
Sam, Akza
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Segev BenZvi
- Office Location
- 361 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Person's Photo](technical-staff/saporito-jim/assets/images/saporito.jpg)
Saporito, Jim
Laboratory Engineer
- Office Location
- 154 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](undergrad-students/sartalis-nicole/assets/images/sartalis_nicole_2023.jpeg)
Sartalis, Nicole
![](admin/schenk_pamela/assets/pams-photo.jpg)
Schenk, Pamela
Administrator, Faculty Affairs
- Office Location
- 206B Bausch & Lomb
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4344
![Person's Photo](faculty/schroeder_wolf_udo/assets/images/Schroeder_Wolf-Udo.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/schulman-spencer/assets/images/schulmanspencer.jpg)
Schulman, Spencer
![](grad-students/schunke_austin/assets/images/schunke_austin_2023.jpeg)
Schunke, Austin
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Rip Collins
- Office Location
- 4008-13 LLE
![](grad-students/schwartz_andrew/assets/images/schwartz_andrew_2023.jpeg)
Schwartz, Andrew
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Gabriel Landi
- Office Location
- 324 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![photo of staff person](admin/scuderi_laura/assets/images/LauraScuderi.jpg)
Scuderi, Laura J.
Administrator
- Office Location
- 255 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4840
![Adam Sefkow](faculty/sefkow_adam/assets/images/sefkow_adam.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/shah-stuti/assets/images/shahstuti.jpg)
Shah, Stuti
![Person's Photo](faculty/shapir_yonathan/assets/images/Shapir_Yonathan.jpg)
Shapir, Yonathan
Professor of Physics
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Mathematics
Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics
![Person's Photo](faculty/shaw-jessica/assets/images/shawjess.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/shen-kun/assets/images/shenkun.jpg)
Shen, Kun
![](undergrad-students/siam-uzair/assets/images/siam_uzair_tahamid_2023.jpeg)
Siam, Uzair Tahamid
![](grad-students/signor-matthew/assets/images/signor_matthew_2021.jpeg)
Signor, Matthew
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Rip Collins
High Energy Density Physics Group
- Office Location
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
![](undergrad-students/simmons-daniel/assets/images/simmons_daniel_2023.jpeg)
Simmons, Daniel
![](grad-students/singh-alok/assets/images/singh_alok_2021.jpeg)
Singh, Alok
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Andrew Jordan
Theoretical Quantum Optics Group
- Office Location
- Offsite
![](undergrad-students/skerrett-nathan/assets/images/skerrett_nathan.jpg)
Skerrett, Nathan
![Person's Photo](senior-scientists/skulski_wojtek/assets/images/Skulski_Wojtek.jpeg)
Skulski, Wojtek
Visiting Senior Scientist
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4939
![Person's Photo](faculty/slattery_paul/assets/images/Slattery_Paul_F.jpg)
Slattery, Paul F.
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Emeritus
Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics
![](grad-students/smedley_jack/assets/images/smedly_jack.jpg)
Smedley, Jack
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Chris Marshall
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- Fermilab
![Person's Photo](postdoctoral-associates/smiga-joseph/assets/images/smigajoey.jpg)
Smiga, Joseph
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 316 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3288
![](grad-students/smith_ethan/assets/images/smith_ethan_2020.jpeg)
Smith, Ethan
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Rip Collins
High Energy Density Physics Group
- Office Location
- 309 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](undergrad-students/smith-trevor/assets/images/smith_trevor_2023.jpeg)
Smith, Trevor
![Roman Sobolewski](faculty/sobolewski_roman/assets/images/Sobolewski_Roman.jpg)
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
![Person's Photo](postdoctoral-associates/sowinski-damian/assets/images/universitylogoforcascade.png)
Sowinski, Damian
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 466 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](faculty/spielman-rick/assets/images/spielman.jpg)
Spielman, Rick
LLE Senior Scientist
Professor of Physics (Research)
- Office Location
- 218 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- Telephone
- (585) 715-0416
![sprowal zaire](grad-students/sprowal-zaire/assets/images/Sprowal_Zaire_2017.jpg)
Sprowal, Zaire
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professors Rip Collins and Ryan Rygg
High Energy Density Physics Group
- Office Location
- 200C Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0339
![](grad-students/stromswold-rachel/assets/images/stromswold_rachel_2021.jpeg)
Stromswold, Rachel
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Nicholas Bigelow
- Office Location
- 314 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![Person's Photo](faculty/stroud_carlos/assets/images/Stroud_Carlos_R.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/stroud-lara/assets/images/stroudlara.jpg)
Stroud, Lara
![Mehreen Sultana](grad-students/sultana_mehreen/assets/images/Sultana Mehreen 72web.jpg)
Sultana, Mehreen
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Kevin McFarland
High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- Fermilab
![](undergrad-students/suo-bingcheng/assets/images/suobingcheng.jpg)
Suo, Bingcheng
- bsuo@u.rochester.edu
T
![tan keane](grad-students/tan-chin-lung/assets/Tan_Chin_Lung_2017.jpg)
Tan, Chin Lung (Keane)
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Aran Garcia-Bellido
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- Fermilab
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0339
![John Tarduno](faculty/tarduno_john/assets/images/Tarduno_John_A.jpg)
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
![Person's Photo](postdoctoral-associates/tariq-maida/assets/images/maida.jpg)
Tariq, Maida
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- Offsite
Taus, Rhys
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2015
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Arie Bodek
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- CERN
- Telephone
- +41 (227) 674-490
- Web Address
- Website
![Person's Photo](faculty/teitel_stephen/assets/images/Teitel_Stephen_L.jpg)
Teitel, Stephen L.
Professor of Physics
- Office Location
- 455B Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4039
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: theoretical condensed-matter physics
![](grad-students/thapamagar-suraj/assets/images/thapa_magar_suraj_2021.jpeg)
Thapa Magar, Suraj
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2021
- Advisor(s)
- Professor John Nichol
Experimental Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- B09 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![Person's Photo](faculty/thomas_john/assets/images/jackthomas.jpg)
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 carat](grad-students/tirumala-sarat-chandra-kant/assets/images/tirumala_sarat_pic.jpg)
Tirumala, Sarat Chandra Kant
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Will Renninger
Optics Group
- Office Location
- 316 Wilmot
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2328
![](grad-students/tiwari_shivanshi/assets/images/tiwari_shivanshi_2023.jpeg)
Tiwari, Shivanshi
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Advisor(s)
- Chris Marshall
- Office Location
- 352 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](undergrad-students/tiwari-vashisth/assets/images/tiwari_vashisth_2023.jpeg)
Tiwari, Vashisth
![Person's Photo](postdoctoral-associates/tranchant-victor/assets/images/tranchant.jpg)
Tranchant, Victor
Postdoctoral Associate
- Office Location
- 371 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![tzeferacos_petros_pic](faculty/tzeferacos_petros/assets/images/tzeferacos-petros-2017.jpg)
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
![](grad-students/utaegbulam_hilary/assets/images/utaebulam_hilary_2023.jpg)
Utaegbulam, Hilary
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2023
- Office Location
- FermiLab
![yavuz uzun pic](grad-students/uzun_yavuz/assets/images/uzun_yavuz.jpg)
Uzun, Yavuz
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Krishnan Padmanabhan
Computational Biology Group
- Office Location
- G.9816 URMC
V
![Person's Photo](technical-staff/vaidya-vipul/assets/images/universitylogoforcascadeping.png)
Vaidya, Vipul
Software Engineer
- Office Location
- 371 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![Nick Vamivakas](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/vamivakas_nick/assets/images/vamivakas.jpg)
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
![](grad-students/vandusen-gross_matthew/assets/images/vandusen-gross_matthew_2020.jpeg)
VanDusen-Gross, Matthew
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Dustin Froula
![Hugh Van Horn](faculty/van_horn_hugh/assets/images/Van_Horn_Hugh_M.jpg)
Van Horn, Hugh M.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Emeritus
Interests: theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics
![](undergrad-students/vislosky-ethan/assets/images/visloskyethan.jpg)
Vislosky, Ethan
![](grad-students/vizarreta-renzo/assets/images/vizarretar.jpg)
Vizarreta, Renzo
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Chris Marshall
- Office Location
- Fermilab
![quynh_huong_pic](grad-students/vuong_quynh/assets/images/vuong_quynh.jpeg)
Vuong, Quynh Huong
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Chris Marshall
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- 257 Bausch & Lomb Hall
W
![photo of staff person](admin/wade_lysa/assets/images/wade_lysa_web_pic.jpg)
Wade, Lysa
Undergraduate Coordinator
- Office Location
- 210 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4356
![hiranya wadhurawa pic](grad-students/wadhurawa_hiranya/assets/images/hiranya_wadhurawa.jpeg)
Wadhurawa Mudiyanselage, Hiranya Pasan Vindana
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2019
- Advisor(s)
- Prof. Gilbert Collins
- Prof. Ryan Rygg
Experimental Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- 123 Hopeman
![](grad-students/walelign_habitamu/assets/images/walelign_habitamu.jpg)
Walelign, Habitamu
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor John Nichol
Experimental Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch and Lomb Hall
![](grad-students/wang_zihao/assets/wang_zihao_2020.jpg)
Wang, Zihao
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Machiel Blok
Quantum Information Science Group
- Office Location
- 453A Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](undergrad-students/wang-junjie/assets/images/wangjunjie.jpg)
Wang, Junjie
![](undergrad-students/wang-jiaxin/assets/images/wangjiaxin.jpg)
Wang, Jiaxin
![](undergrad-students/wang-ledi/assets/images/wangledi.jpg)
Wang, Ledi
![Dan Watson](faculty/watson_dan/assets/images/Watson_Dan_M.jpg)
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](grad-students/watson-clay/assets/images/watson_carla_clay_2017.jpg)
Watson, Carla (Clay)
they/them/theirs
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Stephen Wu
Experimental Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- 609 Computer Science Building
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4001
![braden weight pic](grad-students/weight_braden/assets/images/weight_braden_pic.jpg)
Weight, Braden
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Pengfei “Frank” Huo
Non-adiabatic Quantum Evolution of Many-Body Systems and Light-Matter Interactions Group
- Office Location
- 430 Hutchison Hall
- Web Address
- Website
![](undergrad-students/whitmoyer-rachel/assets/images/whitmoyerrachel.jpg)
Whitmoyer, Rachel
![Frank Wolfs](faculty/wolfs_frank/assets/images/Wolfs_Frank_L_H.jpg)
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
![](grad-students/wolfs_jean/assets/images/wolfs_jean.jpeg)
Wolfs, Jean
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Chris Marshall
Experimental High Energy Physics Group
- Office Location
- 260 Bausch & Lomb Hall
- Web Address
- Website
![Person's Photo](faculty/wu-stephen/assets/images/wu_stephen2.jpg)
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
![](undergrad-students/wu-cynthia/assets/images/wucynthia.jpg)
Wu, Cynthia
![](undergrad-students/wu-xinyue/assets/images/wuxinyue.jpg)
Wu, Xinyue
![](undergrad-students/wyatt-benjamin/assets/images/wyatt_benjamin_2023.jpeg)
Wyatt, Benjamin
X
![Yang Xu Picture](grad-students/xu_yang/assets/images/xu_yang.png)
Xu, Yang
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Robert Boyd
Optics Group
- Office Location
- 306 Wilmot
Y
![](grad-students/yanik-kagan/assets/images/yanikk.jpg)
Yanik, Kagan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2022
- Advisor(s)
- Andrew Jordan
- Office Location
- Offsite
![](grad-students/ye_feiyang/assets/images/ye_feiyang.jpg)
Ye, Feiyang
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor John Nichol
Experimental Condensed Matter Group
- Office Location
- B08 Bausch & Lomb Hall
![](grad-students/yeltokov_alikhan/assets/images/yeltokov_alikhan.jpg)
Yeltokov, Alikhan
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Dan Bergstralh
Biological Physics Group
- Office Location
- Offsite
![](grad-students/young_james/assets/images/young_james_2018.jpeg)
Young, James
PhD Candidate
- Entry Year
- 2018
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Pierre Gourdain
Plasma physics Group
- Office Location
- 471 Bausch and Lomb
![](undergrad-students/youssef-ebram/assets/images/youssef_ebram_2023.jpeg)
Youssef, Ebram Adel
![yu_heng_pic](grad-students/yu_yuheng/assets/images/yu_yuheng.jpg)
Yu, Yu-Heng
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2020
- Advisor(s)
- Professor Regina Demina
Experimental High Energy Physics/Cosmology Group
- Office Location
- CERN
Z
![Xi-Cheng Zhang](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/zhang_xi-cheng/assets/images/Zhang.jpg)
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
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Zheng, Wuming
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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
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Zou, Yangyuxin (Amy)
PhD Student
- Entry Year
- 2017
- Advisor(s)
- Petros Tzeferacos
Astrophysics Group
- Office Location
- 373 Bausch and Lomb Hall
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