Stony Brook University
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Department of Physics & Astronomy
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The Laser Teaching Center
Mentors
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Distinguished Teaching Professor
Prof. Harold Metcalf founded the Laser Teaching Center in 1998. He has done pioneering research in laser cooling and trapping, and has
led the department's AMO (atomic, molecular and optical) physics group for many years.
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Executive Director, LTC
Dr. John Noé has directed the Laser Teaching Center since its inception. He joined the Department of Physics & Astronomy in 1974
as a postdoctoral associate in the Nuclear Structure Laboratory, and was associated with the NSL for over 20 years.
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| Visiting Scientist, Physics & Astronomy
Dr. Marty Cohen is a retired optical physicist with many years of experience at Bell Laboratories, Quantronix (a laser company) and
elsewhere. He has been an active member of both the LTC and various optics research groups in the department since 2005.
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| "Laser Guru"
Dr. Sam Goldwasser is best known for Sam's Laser FAQ, a treasure-trove of
practical laser information. He is a regular summer visitor and also mentors our students by email.
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| Laser hobbyist and holographer
David Battin is an experienced local laser hobbyist and holographer, whose holograms have been displayed at the Northport Library and
elsewhere. He has been an LTC mentor since summer 2011.
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2013 Students
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Stony Brook University
James is one of several Stony Brook physics students who completed Prof. Metcalf's Waves and Optics course in spring 2012
and have joined his group for the summer.
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Stony Brook University
Carolyn is a first-year physics major in the WISE program. She is one of two such students in our Spring 2013 Introduction to
Research class, WSE187.
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Stony Brook University
Carolyn is a freshman physics major in the WISE program. She is one of two such students in our Spring 2013 Introduction to
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Stony Brook University
Alex is one of several Stony Brook physics students who completed Prof. Metcalf's Waves and Optics course in spring 2012
and have joined his group for the summer.
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Stony Brook University
Rachel is the third of three first-year women physics majors in our Spring 2013 Introduction to Research class. |
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2012 Students
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Dickinson College
Melia was one of our three summer 2012 REU students. She came to us after a year of study in England and Italy. She hopes to
return to Italy as a Fulbright Scholar and to later pursue a career in physics teaching.
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Stony Brook
University
Zee is a Stony Brook senior in the atmospheric sciences program. She is joining us this fall to explore
optics topics related to her field.
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Stony Brook University
James is one of several Stony Brook physics students who completed Prof. Metcalf's Waves and Optics course in spring 2012
and have joined his group for the summer.
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Stony Brook University
Muse Numsin is a third-year computer science major in the WISE program. She joined the LTC in June 2012 as a lab
assistant.
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City College of New York
Jonathan is the second of our summer 2012 REU students. He is a second-BS physics student at CCNY.
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Hasting High School
Simons Fellow Ariana Ray is our one high school student this summer.
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Marissa is a second-year Stony Brook physics major in the WISE program. She came to the LTC in January
2012 through the WSE187 (Introduction to Research) course and is now one of our 2012 REU students.
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Stony Brook University
Alexander is one of several Stony Brook physics students who completed Prof. Metcalf's Waves and Optics course in spring 2012
and have joined his group for the summer.
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Stony Brook
University
Siqi is an international exchange student from Nanjing University, China, here for the Fall 2012 semester.
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Stony Brook
University
Yueyang (Anna) Zou is an international exchange student from Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, at Stony Brook for the Fall 2012 semester. She hopes to continue and extend Melia's
summer project on Bessel beams as part of the Optics Rotation course, PHY582.
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2011 Students
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| Wellesley College
Yoonji was one of our NSF-REU Fellows for summer 2011. She lives on Long Island and attended Great Neck South High School. Her
LTC project involved creating a nitrogen-pumped dye laser.
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| Stony Brook University
Benjamin is a first-year physics major in the Honors College. He hails from New Hampshire and is currently (Fall 2011) being
introduced to optics research through the PHY287 course.
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| Mission High School, Fremont,
California
Bolun is the first of our two Simons Fellows for Summer 2011. His project on evanescent waves in FTIR and ATR
recently earned semi-finalist recognition in the Siemens Competition.
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David is a Stony Brook junio ...
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| Riverhead High School
Gaby is our second 2011 Simons Fellow. She built on her interest in laser cooling by studying ways to shift the
frequency of light by the Doppler effect.
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| Stony Brook University
Sharmishtha ...
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Stony Brook University
Carrie ....
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| Stony Brook University
Robert, a junior-level physics major, has been involved with the LTC since Fall 2011.
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| Juniata College
Lauren's interest in optics comes ....
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| RPI
Justin is a Long Island native who has just completed his first year at RPI.
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2010 Students
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| Cornell University
Jacob is working primarily with Prof. Metcalf, but his home base is the LTC. He is currently investigating the transmission of
polarized light in single-mode optical fibers. [currently at Stanford].
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Oneonta High School
Ben was one of our 2010 Simons Fellows. His project simulated a liquid mirror telescope. He is currently a freshman physics major and
member of the Honors College at Stony Brook.
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Stefan ..
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| Mount Union College
Vince has a keen interest in lasers and laser modes, and will be doing a
project in this area.
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Stony Brook University
Ewuin ...
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Duke University
Heather ... She is currently a first-year graduate student of physics at Columbia University.
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Wilmington Charter School
Pradyoth ... is now studying computer science at Cornell University.
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Choate Rosemary Hall
Annie ... is currently a freshman physics major at MIT.
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Stony Brook University
Sebastien got his start in research through the LTC, but has since been working independently on a exciting topic in astronomical
instrumention (the non-redundant aperture mask or NRM) with Anand Sivaramakrishnan.
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Univ. California at Davis
Katya was our ...
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