Lehigh AMO Group Picture Gallery
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Current Members of the
   AMO Group at Lehigh



Faculty



Peet Hickman

2007
John Huennekens

2007


Graduate Students


Dave Kashinski

2007
Seth Ashman

2007
Chris Wolfe

2007
Brett McGeehan

2007
Ruthie Malenda

2007


Former Members of
  AMO Group at Lehigh


Michelle Malcuit
   (no photo)
Alan Streater

1997
Now working at Research
    Electro-Optics,
Boulder, CO

Kurt Becker


Current position - Professor of Physics at
   Stevens Institute of Technology

Graduate Students



Tom Colbert - Ph.D. June 1990

Dissertation: Radiation Trapping and
   Collisional Processes in Alkali Vapors
   (advisor - John Huennekens)

2008
current position - Professor, Augusta State University
Mark Masters - Ph.D. June 1990

Dissertation: Bound-free Emission in
   Alkali Diatomic Molecules
(advisor -
   John Huennekens)

2001
current position - Associate Professor,
Indiana-Purdue University - Fort Wayne

Link to Mark Masters' Homepage

Kevin Martus - Ph.D. 1990

Dissertation: Electron-Polarized-Photon 
  Coincidence Study of the Heavy Noble 
  Gases (advisor - Kurt Becker)


current position - Professor of Physics, William Paterson University
Hongqiao Sun - Ph.D. September 1992
   (no photo)

Dissertation: Spin-Orbit Perturbations
   Between the
A(2)1S+ and b(1)3P0
   States of NaK (advisor - John
   Huennekens)
Dave Mugglin - Ph.D. May 1993

Dissertation: Momentum Transport Cross
   Section Measurements for Potassium
   and Rubidium in Rare Gases and White
   Light-Induced Separation of Rubidium
   Isotopes (advisor - Alan Streater)


current position - Instructor of Physics, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Ed Ehrlacher - Ph.D. August 1993
   (no photo)

Dissertation: Collisional Processes 
   Involving the Metastable 6s5d
3DJ
   Levels of Barium (advisor - John
   Huennekens)

current position - Patent Agent/Senior Analyst at Technology, Patents & Licensing, Inc.

John Kralik - Ph.D. June 1994
   (no photo)

Dissertation: Nonlinear Optical Properties
   of Highly Oriented Anisotropic Artificial
   Kerr Media (advisor - Michelle Malcuit)
Zeina Jabbour - Ph.D. June 1994
   (no photo)

Dissertation: Predissociation of NaK
   Molecules by Optical-Optical Double
   Resonance Spectroscopy (advisor -
   John Huennekens)

current position:  Group Leader - National
   Institute of Standards
  and Technology

Link to Washington Post article about Zeina - March 30, 2001

Chris Herbert - Ph.D. August 1994
   (no photo)

Dissertation:  Nonlinear Optics in Colloidal
   Crystals (advisor - Michelle Malcuit)

current position - Associate Professor of Physics, New Jersey City University
Jeff Kleinfeld - Ph.D. April 1995
   (no photo)

Dissertation: Coherence Related Gain
   Phenomena in Potassium-(Noble Gas)
   Mixtures (advisor - Alan Streater)
Farzaneh Yahyaei-Moayyed - Ph.D. April
   1996
   (no photo)

Dissertation: Diffusion Cross Sections for
   Potassium 4
2P3/2 and 42P1/2 Levels in
   Rare Gases and Anomalous Light-
   Induced Drift of Potassium in Ne + Rare
   Gas Mixtures (advisor - Alan Streater)

current position - Senior Analog Engineer, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
Jon Sagle - Ph.D. May 1996
   (no photo)

Dissertation: Line Shape, Strength, and
   Structure Measurements in Atomic
   Cesium (advisor - John Huennekens)

current position - Assistant Professor of Physics, Delaware County Community College
Christy Heid - Ph.D. July 1996

Dissertation: Optical Properties of
   Nonlinear Volume Holographic Gratings
   (advisor - Michelle Malcuit)

 
current position - Associate Professor of Education and Science, Chatham University
Raychel Namiotka - Ph.D. June 1997

Dissertation:  Diffusion of Barium Atoms
   in the
6s5d 3DJ  Levels and the 6s2 1S0
   Ground State Through Noble Gas
   Perturbers (advisor - John Huennekens)

2007
Raychel and Dave Namiotka
Miguel Rodriguez - Ph.D. September 2000
   (no photo)

Dissertation: Optical Properties of Actively
   Controlled Reflection and Transmission
   Gratings (advisor - Michelle Malcuit)

Jeff Spirko - Ph.D. January 2001

Dissertation: Quantum Mechanical
   Scattering Calulations of O + H
+ and O+ 
   + H (advisor Peet Hickman)

1997
current position - visiting professor, East Stroudsberg University
Tyler Morgus - Ph.D. August 2001

Dissertation: Characterizing the Collision
   of K Atoms with a Siloxane Coated
   Glass Surface Using Spectroscopic
   Methods (advisor - Alan Streater)

2000
current position - ThorLabs, Newton, NJ

Aaron Marks - Ph.D. June 2004

Dissertation: Studies of Atomic Collision
   Processes Using Molecular
   Photodissociation (advisor - John
   Huennekens)

2000
current position - postdoc Louisiana State University

Pat Burns - Ph.D. July 2004

  Dissertation:  Studies of Molecular
    Physics In NaK: An Analysis of the
    4
3S+  State and Interactions between
    the
2(A)1S+ and 1(b)3P States (advisor -
    John Huennekens)

2000
current position - Research Support Instruments

Laurie (Sibbach) Morgus - Ph.D. June
   2005

Dissertation: Perturbation-Facilitated
   Optical-Optical Double Resonance
   Studies of the 3
3P and 43P States
   of NaK (advisor - John Huennekens)

2000
Link to article about Laurie - June 2001
Link to article about Laurie - December 2001

current position - ThorLabs, Newton, NJ
Randy Miles - Ph.D. July 2005

Dissertation: Theoretical Studies of
   Highly Excited States of NaK (advisor -
   Peet Hickman)

2000
current position - Propulsion Science and Technology, Langhorne, PA

Angela Wilkins - Ph.D. August 2007

Dissertation: Theoretical Studies of Highly
   Excited Triplet States of NaK (advisor -
   Peet Hickman)

2001
Angela (right) with Catherine Deibel

current position - Postdoc, Baylor College of Medicine
Steve Sweeney - Ph.D. April 2008

Dissertation: Pulsed and CW Laser
   Experiments in Cs and NaK Vapors
   (advisor - John Huennekens)

2007
current position - Assistant Professor of Physics, King's College

Ionut Prodan - Graduate Student, Spring,  
   Summer 1998

2002
Currently grad student at Rice University



Research Associates



Brian Clark - postdoc 1987-1988

2008
current position - Professor of Physics, Illinois State University
Wei-Tzu Luh - Visiting Faculty 1988-1989


current position - Professor of Chemistry, National Chung-Hsing University


REU Students



Matthew Belk - Undergraduate Summer
   1998 (Jersey City State)
   (no photo)
Matthew Wright - Undergraduate Summer
   1998 (Westminster)
   (no photo)
Liz Galle - Undergraduate, Summer 1998
   (Middlebury College)
2000
(at Middlebury College)
Laura Kolb - Undergraduate, Summer
   1998
(Houghton College - far left)
Liz Galle - Undergraduate, Summer 1998
   (Middlebury College - 2nd from left)
1998
(with Tammy Savrin - Rochester, 2nd
   from right,
and Michelle Belfort - U. of
   Miami, far right)
Marcie Kimball - Undergraduate Summer
   1999 (Northwestern State)
   (no photo)
Jose Lopez - Undergraduate Summer
   1999 (St. Peter's)
   (no photo)
Joseph Mallis - Undergraduate Summer
   1999 (Penn State)
   (no photo)
Laurie Sibbach - Undergraduate, Summer
   1999,
Summer 2000 (Moravian College)
2000

Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Experimental Studies of the NaK Triplet States - May 2001 (advisor - John Huennekens)
Josh Zirbel - Undergraduate, Summer 2000
     (University of Missouri - Rolla)

2000
  (With Jeff Spirko and Peet Hickman)

Angela Adams - Undergraduate, Summer 2000 (Western Kentucky University)
2000
Kelly Underwood - Undergraduate,  
   Summer
2000 (Willamette College)
2000
Angela Wilkins - Undergraduate, Summer
   2001
(Northern Colorado - right)    Catherine Deibel - Undergraduate,
   Summer 2001
(Amherst College - left)
2001
Federico Halpern - Undergraduate,
   Summer 2002
(Ramapo College)
2002
Lindsay Clarke - Undergraduate, Summer
   2002
(Amherst College)   
2002  

Jessica Hernandez-Guzman -
   Undergraduate, Summer 2003 (Hollins
   College)
 
Chris Hayden - Undergraduate, Summer
   2003 (Washington College)

Uloma Ogba - Undergraduate, Summer
   2004 (Benedict College)

Dave Kashinski - Undergraduate, Summer
   2004 (Kutztown)

Sucheta Jawalkar - Undergraduate,
   Summer 2005 (Truman State)

2005

Steve Eckel - Undergraduate, Summer
   2005 (Lehigh)
2005
Tyler Drake - Undergraduate, Summer
   2006 (Drew)


Ruthie Malenda - Undergraduate, Summer
   2006 (Kutztown)
2007

Sarah Landstrom - Undergraduate,
   Summer 2007 (Kutztown)
2007
Rachael Roettenbacher - Undergraduate,
   Summer 2007 (Ohio Wesleyan)
2007
Matt Monaco - Undergraduate, Summer
   2008 (New Jersey Institute of
   Technology)
2008
Rachel Steinhardt - Undergraduate,
   Summer 2008 (U. Mass. Amherst)
2008

Rachel Steinhardt in the Lab
2008

Kara Richter - Undergraduate,
   Summer 2009 (SUNY Brockport)




Other Photos



John Huennekens - Professor

1997

Peet Hickman - Professor

2000

Lewis Lab - Winter 2001
 

 
Angela and Aaron's Wedding
May 2006
Raychel and Dave Namiotka's kids
2007 Zach and Ellie
Seth Ashman's daughter
May 2006 Sophie Ashman
Jon Sagle's son

Jason