Directory
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![Govind P. Agrawal](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/agrawal_govind/assets/images/agrawal.jpg)
Agrawal, Govind P.
- Dr. James C. Wyant Professor of Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics - Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- gpa@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4846
- 515 Goergen Hall
Interests: Fiber Optics; Lasers; Optical Communications
![Profile photo](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/me/people/faculty/askari_hesam/assets/images/Hesam Askari.jpg)
Askari, Hesam
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- askari@rochester.edu
- 223 Hopeman
Interests: Mechanics of Solids and soft matter; Granular systems; Stocahstic response ; Manufacturing techniques
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![Mishkat Bhattacharya](https://www.rochester.edu/ccqo/people/members/bhattacharya_mishkat/assets/images/mishkatul_bhattacharya.jpg)
Bhattacharya, Mishkat
- Assistant Professor of Physics, Rochester Institute of Technology
- mxbsps@rit.edu | (585) 475-6151
- CAR 3144
Interests: Atomic physics; Nanomechanics; Superconductivity
![Bigelow, Nicholas P.](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/pas/people/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 - Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- nbig@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8549
- 312 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: Quantum physics; Quantum optics; Experimental atomic; Molecular and optical physics
![Photo of Machiel Blok](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/pas/people/faculty/blok_machiel/assets/blok_machiel.jpg)
Blok, Machiel
- Assistant Professor of Physics
- machielblok@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5389
- 420 Bausch and Lomb
Interests: quantum information processing with superconducting circuits
![Robert Boyd](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/boyd_robert/assets/images/boyd.jpg)
Boyd, Robert
- Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
- boyd@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2329
- 308 Wilmot Building
Interests: Nonlinear Optics
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![Jaime Cardenas](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/cardenas_jaime/assets/images/cardenas_jaime.jpg)
Cardenas, Jaime
- Associate Professor of Optics
- jaime.cardenas@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7320
- 226 Wilmot
Interests: Nanophotonics; Integrated Photonics; Biophotonics; Lasers; Nonlinear Photonics
![Rip Collins](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/pas/people/faculty/collins_rip/assets/images/collins_rip.jpg)
Collins, Gilbert 'Rip'
- Tracy Hyde Harris Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics
LLE Senior Scientist
LLE Associate Director for Academics, Science and Technology
- gcollins@lle.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0255
- 307 Hopeman
Interests: high energy density physics
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![Hanan Dery](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/ece/people/faculty/dery_hanan/assets/images/dery_2023.jpg)
Dery, Hanan
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- hanan.dery@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3870
- 410 Computer Studies Building
![Profile Photo](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/me/people/faculty/dias-ranga/assets/images/ranga-dias.jpg)
Dias, Ranga
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- rdias@rochester.edu | (585) 276-4112
- 220 Hopeman
Interests: High Temperature superconductivity; Quantum phase transitions; Dynamic response of solids; Novel material synthesis; High pressure NV optical magnetometry; High energy density physics
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![Person's Photo](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/pas/people/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
- eberly@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4576
- 321 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: theoretical atomic; molecular and optical physics
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![Faculty Profile Image](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/chm/people/faculty/franco-ignacio/assets/images/franco1.jpg)
Franco, Ignacio
he/him/his
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Physics
Leonard Mandel Faculty Fellow
- ignacio.franco@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8209
- 454 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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![Faculty Profile Image](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/chm/people/faculty/huo-pengfei/assets/images/huo1.jpg)
Huo, Pengfei
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Optics
- huo@chem.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7793
- 456 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Theoretical Chemistry; Quantum Dynamics; Quantum Optics; Cavity QED; Light-Matter Interactions; Polariton Chemistry
J
![Andrew Jordan](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/pas/people/faculty/jordan_andrew/assets/images/Jordan_Andrew_N_v3.jpg)
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![Headshot of Todd D. Krauss.](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/chm/people/faculty/krauss_todd/assets/images/krauss.jpg)
Krauss, Todd D.
he/him/his
- Jay Last Professor in Arts, Sciences & Engineering
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Optics
- todd.krauss@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5093
- 465 Hutchison Hall
Interests: Materials Chemistry and Physics of Colloidal Nanoscale Semiconductors; Optics of nanoscale semiconductor materials; Quantum optics and nanoscience
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![Qiang Lin](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/lin_qiang/assets/images/lin1.jpg)
Lin, Qiang
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Optics
- qiang.lin@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3799
- 721 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Nanophotonic Devices; Physics and Applications
![Svetlana G. Lukishova](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/lukishova_svetlana/assets/images/lukishova.jpg)
Lukishova, Svetlana G.
- Group Leader and Adjunct Professor
- lukishov@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 276-5283
- 303 Wilmot Building
Interests: Quantum Nanophotonics; Liquid Crystals; Nonlinear Optics; Quantum and Nano-Optics Teaching Experiments; History of Optics and Photonics
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![John Nichol](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/pas/people/faculty/nichol_john/assets/images/Nichol John 72web.jpg)
Nichol, John M.
- Associate Professor of Physics
- john.nichol@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4396
- 158 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: experimental quantum information processing and condensed-matter physics
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![Thaddeus E. Pawlicki](https://www.cs.rochester.edu/people/faculty/pawlicki_thaddeus/assets/images/pawlicki.png)
Pawlicki, Thaddeus E.
- Associate Professor of Computer Science (Instruction)
- pawlicki@cs.rochester.edu
- 2101 Wegmans Hall
Interests: Undergraduate eduction; Robotics; Computer vision; Artificial intelligence
![Profile photo](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/me/people/faculty/pickel_andrea/assets/images/pickel_andrea_headshot.jpg)
Pickel, Andrea
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
- apickel@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9142
- 219 Hopeman
Interests: Nanoscale heat transfer; luminescence nanothermometry; single-nanoparticle imaging and spectroscopy; high-temperature thermal metrology; electrothermal measurements
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![Person's Photo](https://www.sas.rochester.edu/pas/people/faculty/quillen_alice/assets/images/Alice Quillen.jpg)
Quillen, Alice C.
- Professor of Physics and Astronomy
LLE Senior Scientist
- aquillen@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-9625
- 424 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Interests: theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy
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![Professor William Renninger.](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/renninger_william/assets/images/william-renninger.png)
Renninger, William
- Associate Professor of Optics
Associate Professor of Physics
- william.renninger@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3709
- 214 Wilmot
Interests: Experimental Nonlinear Optics
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![Profile Photo](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/me/assets/images/sobhitsingh.jpg)
Singh, Sobhit
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Interests: Novel quantum materials (bulk and 2D); Theoretical condensed matter physics; Density-functional theory; Polar metals; Ferroelectrics; Magnetism; Superconductivity; Topological phases of quantum matter
![Roman Sobolewski](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/ece/people/faculty/sobolewski_roman/assets/images/Roman_Sobolewski.gif)
Sobolewski, Roman
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Physics
Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- roman.sobolewski@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1551
- 425 Computer Studies Building
![Carlos R. Stroud, Jr.](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/stroud_carlos/assets/images/stroud.jpg)
Stroud, Carlos R., Jr.
- Professor Emeritus of Optics
Professor Emeritus of Physics - Institute of Optics Historian
- stroud@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2598
- 312 Wilmot Building
Interests: Quantum Optics
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![Nick Vamivakas](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/vamivakas_nick/assets/images/vamivakas.jpg)
Vamivakas, Nick
- Professor of Quantum Optics & Quantum Physics
- nick.vamivakas@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2089
- 101 Wilmot Annex
Interests: Quantum Optics; Quantum Physics
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![Gary W. Wicks](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/wicks_gary/assets/images/Wicks.jpg)
Wicks, Gary W.
- Professor of Optics
- wicks@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4867
- 109A Wilmot Building
Interests: Molecular Beam Epitaxy; Semiconductor Optoelectronics
![Stephen Wu](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/ece/people/faculty/wu_stephen/assets/images/SWU.jpg)
Wu, Stephen
- Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor of Physics
- stephen.wu@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3497
- 610 Computer Studies Building
Interests: Spintronics; Nanoscale electronics; Novel electronic materials; Quantum materials and devices