Quantum Optics and Francium Spectroscopy Former Members



Former Graduate Sudents:

At Stony Brook
  • Gerald Gwinner (PhD 1995 co-directed with Gene Sprouse)
    • University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
  • Juergen Gripp (PhD 1997)
    • Bell Labs, Alcatel Lucent, NJ
  • Jeffrey Ng (MSI 1996)
    • Seattle, WA
  • Stephen L. Mielke (PhD 1997)
    • Zygo, Hartford, CT
  • John E. (Jesse) Simsarian (PhD 1998)
    • Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, NJ
  • Gregory T. Foster (PhD 2000), NY
  • Joshua M. Grossman (PhD 2002)
    • St. Mary's College of Maryland, St Mary's City, MD
  • Wade P. Smith (PhD 2003)
    • Veteran's Hospital, Albany, NY
  • Joseph E. Reiner (PhD 2003)
    • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
  • Seth Aubin (PhD 2003)
    • University of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  • Susan Metz (MSI 2004)
    • Photon Research Associates, Port Jefferson, NY
  • Florian Baumer (MA 2004)
    • University of Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Almar Lange (MA 2004)
    • University of Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Eduardo Gomez (PhD 2005)
    • Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico

    At UMD
  • Matthew L. Terraciano (PhD 2006), now at Photonics Industies, Long Island, NY
  • Rebecca Olson Knell (MSc 2008), now Silver Spring, MD
  • Adrian Pérez Galván (PhD 2009), now California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
  • R. Tommy Willis (PhD 2009 co-directed with Steven Rolston), now at Buzz, Allen, and Hamilton, McLean,VA
  • Francisco Elohim Becerra (PhD 2009 at CINVESTAV co-directed with Steven Rolston), now working at NIST, MD
  • Basudev Roy (MSc 2010), now Kolkata, India.
  • David Norris (PhD 2011), now at MicroStrategy, Tysons Corner, VA.
  • Dong Sheng (PhD 2011), now at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  • Michael C. Scholten (MSc 2008), now GE, Grand Rapids MI.


    • Visitors:

    At Stony Brook

  • Jose Jimenez Mier, Sabbatical from UNAM, Mexico, 2002.
  • Stefano Veronesi, Visitor from University of Siena, Italy, 2002.

    • At UMD
  • Perry Rice, Sabbatical from Miami University, Oxford OH, 2003-2004.
  • Julio Gea Banacloche (Sabbatical from the University of Arkansas, 2004.
  • Arturo Lezama, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay (January-February 2009) .
  • Chrisian DiFidio, University of Rostock, Germany, March 2009.
  • Eduardo Gómez, from Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México, Summer 2008, July 2009.
  • Pablo Barberis, from UNAM, México, Spring 2008, Summer 2009, March 2010
  • Werner Vogel, University of Rostock, Germany, Septemnber 2009
  • Howard Carmichael, University of Auckland, New Zealand, July 2009-July 2010 (Sabattical)


    • Former Graduate Student Visitors:

  • Nicolas Leuillot (Visitor from ENS Paris, France)(1995)
  • Jin Wang (Visitor from University of Queensland, Australia)(2000)
  • Stefan Kuhr (Visitor from the University of Bonn, Germany)(2001)
  • Arturo Fernández (Visitor from Universidad de Concepcion, Chile) Fall 2007
  • Ronan Bourgain (Visitor from the Ecole Normal Superieur, Cachan, France) Spring 2008
  • Pablo A. Solano, (Visitor from the Universidad de Concepcion, Chile) Spring 2011


    • Former Postdoctoral Associates:

  • Daniela Manoel, Campinas, Brasil
  • Daniel Freimund, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Yanting Zhao, now Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
  • Jietai Jing, now Normal University Shanhai, China


    • Former Undergraduate Students:

    At SUNYSB
  • Michael Andrews (BSc 1994)
  • Lizz Judge (BSc 1995)
  • J.-Y. Jeong (BSc 1995)
  • David Entenberg (BSc 1996)
  • John Janis (BSc 1997)
  • Daniel Greenbaun (BSc 1999)
  • Boris Peker (BSc 2000)
  • Steven Christe (BSc 2001)
  • Masaki Tsukuda (BSc 2002)
  • Daniel DaSilva (BSc 2002)
  • Mathew Bubelnik (BSc 2003)
  • Chuiyi (Ginny) Woo (BSc 2004)


    • At UMD

  • Jon D'Adamo (BSc 2004)
  • Ryan Fisher (BSc 2004)
  • Blaz Kavcic
  • Thomas Gresock (BSc 2008)
  • Joffrey Peters (BSc 2007)
  • Noahm Reisen
  • Daniel Schwartz (BSc 2007)
  • Leo Singer (BSc 2009)
  • Brian P. Smith (BSc 2008)
  • Bryan Adomanis (BSc 2008)
  • Eric Cahoon (BSc 2009)
  • Jonathan Hood (BSc 2009)
  • Daniel Hemmer (BSc 2010)
  • Joshua Crawford (BSc 2011)
  • Artem Shvadskiy


    • Former undergraduate visitors through the summer program of the Sociedad Mexicana de Fisica:

    at SUNYSB
  • Braulio Gutierrez [1996] (from UNAM, now at San Luis Potosi)
  • Gabriel Ramos [1996] (from UNAM, now at CIO Leon Mx.)
  • Betina Delgadillo [1997] (from Tecnologico de Monterrey)
  • Erik Rosas [1997] (from Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, now CENAM)
  • Manuel de la Cruz [1998] (from Universidad de Guadalajara)
  • Pedro Quinto [1998] (from UNAM)
  • Ignacio Gallardo [2000] (from UNAM now at UT Austin)
  • Adrian Perez [2000] (from Universidad Iberoamericana, now at CalTech)
  • Salvador Hernandez [2001] (from BUAP)
  • Julio Vargas [2001] (from UMSNH)
  • Monserrat Bizarro [2002] (from UNAM continues at UNAM)
  • Guillermo Mallen [2002] (from Universidad Iberoamericana)


    • At UMD

  • Vicente Torres [2004] (from UNAM)
  • Edgar Vigil [2004] (from Universidad de las Americas)
  • Emiliana Rodriguez [2005] (from UNAM)
  • Adonis Reyes [2005] (from UNAM continues in the Technical University of Delft)
  • Carmen Hernandez [2006] (from UNAM now in San Luis Potosí)
  • Itzel Santizo [2006] (from UNAM)
  • Carla Orozco [2007] (from ITESO worked with Jose Helim Aranda in Bio-enigineering)
  • Eloiza Zapata [2007] (from UNAM)
  • Damian San Roman [2007] (from UNAM)
  • Isabella Schramm [2008] (from Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí)
  • Marduk Bolaños [2008] (from UNAM continues at UNAM)
  • Diego Quiñones [2009] (from Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí)
  • Jorge Gomez [2009] (from Universidad de Guadalajara)
  • Jesus Ramon Ramos [2010] (from Universidad de Guadalajara)
  • Jose Eduardo Uruñuela [2010] (from Universidad de Guadalajara)
  • Esteban Castro [2010](worked with Trey Porto and Steve Rolston, from UNAM)
  • Dalia Ornelas [2011] (from Universidad de Guanajuato)
  • Ana Valdés [2011] (from UNAM)


    • Last Updated September 5, 2011

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