| Current Members of the AMO Group at Lehigh |
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| Faculty |
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| Peet
Hickman |
John
Huennekens |
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Graduate Students |
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| Dave
Kashinski |
Seth
Ashman |
Chris
Wolfe |
| Brett
McGeehan |
Ruthie
Malenda |
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Former Members of AMO Group at Lehigh |
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| Michelle
Malcuit (no photo) |
Alan Streater | Kurt
Becker![]() Current position - Professor of Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology |
Graduate Students |
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| Tom
Colbert - Ph.D. June 1990 Dissertation: Radiation Trapping and Collisional Processes in Alkali Vapors (advisor - John Huennekens) 2008current position - Professor, Augusta State University |
Mark
Masters - Ph.D. June 1990 Dissertation: Bound-free Emission in Alkali Diatomic Molecules (advisor - John Huennekens)
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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 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 42P3/2 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) 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) 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) |
Aaron
Marks - Ph.D. June 2004 Dissertation: Studies of Atomic Collision Processes Using Molecular Photodissociation (advisor - John Huennekens) |
| Pat
Burns - Ph.D. July 2004 Dissertation: Studies of Molecular Physics In NaK: An Analysis of the 43S+ State and Interactions between the 2(A)1S+ and 1(b)3P States (advisor - John Huennekens)
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Laurie
(Sibbach) Morgus - Ph.D. June 2005 Dissertation: Perturbation-Facilitated Optical-Optical Double Resonance Studies of the 33P and 43P States of NaK (advisor - John Huennekens) 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)
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| Angela
Wilkins - Ph.D. August 2007 Dissertation: Theoretical Studies of Highly Excited Triplet States of NaK (advisor - Peet Hickman) 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) current position - Assistant Professor of Physics, King's College |
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| Ionut Prodan -
Graduate Student, Spring, Summer 1998 Currently grad student at Rice University |
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Research Associates |
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| Brian
Clark - postdoc 1987-1988 current position - Professor of Physics, Illinois State University |
Wei-Tzu
Luh - Visiting Faculty 1988-1989![]() current position - Professor of Chemistry, National Chung-Hsing University |
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REU Students |
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| 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) (at Middlebury College) |
| Laura
Kolb - Undergraduate,
Summer 1998 (Houghton College - far left) Liz Galle - Undergraduate, Summer 1998 (Middlebury College - 2nd from left) (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) Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Experimental Studies of the NaK Triplet States - May 2001 (advisor - John Huennekens) |
Josh
Zirbel -
Undergraduate, Summer 2000 (University of Missouri - Rolla) |
| Angela
Adams -
Undergraduate, Summer 2000 (Western Kentucky
University) |
Kelly
Underwood -
Undergraduate, Summer 2000 (Willamette College) |
Angela Wilkins -
Undergraduate, Summer 2001 (Northern Colorado - right) Catherine Deibel - Undergraduate, Summer 2001 (Amherst College - left) |
| Federico
Halpern -
Undergraduate, Summer 2002 (Ramapo College) |
Lindsay
Clarke -
Undergraduate, Summer 2002 (Amherst College) |
Jessica
Hernandez-Guzman - Undergraduate, Summer 2003 (Hollins College)
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| 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) |
Sarah
Landstrom - Undergraduate, Summer 2007 (Kutztown) |
Rachael
Roettenbacher - Undergraduate, Summer 2007 (Ohio Wesleyan) |
| Matt
Monaco - Undergraduate, Summer 2008 (New Jersey Institute of Technology) |
Rachel
Steinhardt - Undergraduate, Summer 2008 (U. Mass. Amherst) |
Rachel
Steinhardt in the Lab |
| Kara Richter -
Undergraduate, Summer 2009 (SUNY Brockport) |
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Other Photos |
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| John Huennekens - Professor | Peet Hickman - Professor | Lewis
Lab - Winter 2001 |
| Angela
and Aaron's Wedding |
Raychel
and Dave Namiotka's kids |
Seth
Ashman's daughter May 2006 Sophie Ashman |
| Jon Sagle's son Jason |