Full-Time Professors

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Govind P. Agrawal, Professor and Senior Scientist in LLE

Fiber Optics, Lasers, Optical Communications

Goergen 515, (585) 275-4846
gpa@optics.rochester.edu

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Miguel Alonso, Associate Professor

Mathematical Models of Wave Propagation

Wilmot 303, (585) 275-7227
alonso@optics.rochester.edu

Julie Bentley, Associate Professor

Optical Design & Engineering

Goergen 507, (585) 273-1687
bentley@optics.rochester.edu

Andrew J. Berger, Associate Professor

Medical Optics

Goergen 405, (585) 273-4724
ajberger@optics.rochester.edu

Nicholas P. Bigelow, Professor
Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Physics

Quantum Optics, Quantum Physics

Bausch & Lomb 312, (585) 275-8549
nbig@lle.rochester.edu

Robert W. Boyd, Professor
M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics


Nonlinear Optics

Wilmot 308, (585) 275-2329
boyd@optics.rochester.edu

Thomas G. Brown, Professor
Director, Robert E. Hopkins Center,
Chair of Undergraduate Studies

Optoelectronics

Goergen 516, (585) 275-7816
brown@optics.rochester.edu

Wanli Chi, Assistant Professor (Research)

Integrated Computer and Imaging Systems

Wilmot 213, (585) 275-3853
chiw@optics.rochester.edu

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Joseph H. Eberly, Professor
Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics

Quantum Optics

Bausch & Lomb 321, (585) 275-3288
eberly@pas.rochester.edu

Philippe Fauchet, Professor
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Ultrafast Science and Semiconductor Optoelectronics

Computer Science Bldg. 518, (585) 275-4006
fauchet@ece.rochester.edu

James R. Fienup, Professor
Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics
Professor, Center for Visual Science
Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Image Processing, Wave Front Sensing

Wilmot 410, (585) 275-8009
fienup@optics.rochester.edu

Thomas H. Foster, Professor

Medical Optics, Photodynamic Therapy

Medical Center 3-5333, (585) 275-1347
thomas.foster@rochester.edu

Nicholas George, Professor

Physical Optics, Imaging

Wilmot 207, (585) 275-2417
ngeorge@troi.cc.rochester.edu

M. Parker Givens, Professor Emeritus

Wilmot 415, (585) 275-2301
givens@optics.rochester.edu

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Chunlei Guo, Associate Professor

High Intensity Laser-Matter Interactions, Ultrafast Phenomena

Wilmot 419, (585) 275-2134
guo@optics.rochester.edu

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Stephen D. Jacobs, Professor

Optical Manufacturing, Liquid Crystal Optics

LLE, 250 East River Rd., (585) 275-2478
sjac@lle.rochester.edu

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Wayne H. Knox, Professor,
Director of The Institute, and Senior Scientist in LLE

Wilmot 113, (585) 273-5520
wknox@optics.rochester.edu

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Todd D. Krauss , Associate Professor

Nanoscale Materials and Devices

Hutchison 465, (585) 275-5093
krauss@chem.rochester.edu

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John R. Marciante, Associate Professor, and Scientist in LLE

Lasers, Waveguide, & Fiber Optics


LLE 283, (585) 273-4737
johnm@lle.rochester.edu

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Duncan T. Moore, Professor
Rudolf & Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering

Optical Engineering, Lens Design, Manufacturing, & Gradient-Index Optics

Goergen 410, (585) 275-5248
moore@optics.rochester.edu

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Lukas Novotny, Professor
Professor of Physics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Scientist in LLE

Optics on the Nanometer scale

Annex 101, (585) 275-5767
novotny@optics.rochester.edu

Jannick Rolland , Professor
Associate Director of the R.E. Hopkins Center,
Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Optical Instrumentation and System Engineering

Goergen 505, (585) 273-4040
rolland@optics.rochester.edu

Wolf Seka, Associate Professor

Laser Physics and Engineering

LLE, 250 East River Rd., (585) 275-3815
seka@lle.rochester.edu

Carlos R. Stroud, Professor
Professor of Physics

Quantum Optics

Wilmot 312, (585) 275-2598
stroud@optics.rochester.edu

Kenneth J. Teegarden, Professor

Optical Materials, Fiber Optics

Wilmot 517, (585) 275-7708
teegard@optics.rochester.edu

Gary W. Wicks, Professor and Associate Director of The Institute

Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Semiconductor Optoelectronics

Wilmot 109A, (585) 275-4867
wicks@optics.rochester.edu

David R. Williams, Professor
William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics
Director of the Center for Visual Sciences

The Human Visual System, Physiological Optics

Meliora 270, (585) 275-8672
david@cvs.rochester.edu

Emil Wolf, Professor

Physical Optics, Coherence Theory

Bausch & Lomb 307, (585) 275-4397
ewlupus@pas.rochester.edu

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Geunyoung Yoon, Associate Professor

Biomedical and Visual Optics & Adaptive Optics

Meliora 262 , (585) 273-4998
yoon@cvs.rochester.edu

James Zavislan, Associate Professor

Optical Engineering, Biomedical Optical Systems

Goergen 416, (585) 275-9819
zavislan@optics.rochester.edu

Senior Scientist

Svetlana Lukishova

Photonic Quantum Information Systems, Nonlinear Optics, Laser Physics

Wilmot 323, (585) 275-8007
lukishov@optics.rochester.edu

Adjunct Faculty

David M. Berg

(585) 317-9586
david@orensage.com

Dale Buralli


(585) 272-6174
buralli@apollooptical.com

Douglas S. Goodman


(585) 943-4519
dougoodmad@gmail.com

Jen Kruschwitz


(585) 271-8861
Jen.K@osa.org

James Oliver


(585) 275-1194
joli@lle.rochester.edu

Ian A. Walmsley

Quantum Optics, Laser Physics and Ultrafast Phenomena

walmsley@physics.ox.ac.uk