I am currently a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Robert Boyd at the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
My resume and CV are available, including a list of publications. You can also find me on LinkedIn, SPIE.org, URResearch, and Facebook (though e-mail is the best way to reach me).
My research area is the application of slow light techniques, including the use of slow light in laser radar and how slow and fast light may affect laser damage processes. I am also investigating methods of all-optical spectrum recognition, for use in conjunction with a slow light spectrometer.
I am a Councilor-at-Large for the Rochester Section of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Previously, I served as Secretary, helping among other things with the Rochester Section's incorporation as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit. In May of 2009, I co-founded URSPIE, the University of Rochester student chapter of the SPIE.
I completed a M.S. degree in 2005 in Selim Shahriar's group in the ECE Department (now EECS) of Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. My thesis title was Multi-Spectral Raman Gain in Dual-Isotope Rubidium Vapor, and the research was completed with an eye toward applications in quantum optics.
I am also a Graduate Community Assistant for Whipple Park, part of UR's Graduate and Family Housing.
Contact information:
Joseph Vornehm
Institute of Optics, Box 270186
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627-0186
USA
Lab: +1-585-275-5030 (Wilmot 320)
Office: Wilmot 306 (formerly Goergen 503)
E-mail: vornehm@optics.rochester.edu
Last update: 09 Mar 2012