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The faculty, staff, post-docs and students of the JRM Lab.
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Faculty

 
ben-itzhak   Itzik Ben-Itzhak , University Distinguished Professor; former JRM Director
CW306 : 785-532-1636 : ibi@fooksu.edu
  • Research interests:
    • Imaging the dissociation and ionization of molecular ions by ultrashort intense laser pulses
    • Ionization and break-up of molecules by both fast and slow highly-charged ions.
    • Identifying and determining the lifetimes of metastable molecular states.
Blaga   Cosmin Blaga , Assistant Professor
CW332 : 785-532-1466 : blaga@fooksu.edu
  • Research interests:
    • Strong field ionization
    • High harmonic generation
cocke   Lew Cocke , Emeritus Distinguished Professor; former JRM Director
CW213 : 785-532-1609 : cocke@fooksu.edu :
http://www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/cocke
  • Research interests:
    • Momentum mapping of reaction products from photon induced ionization studied with synchrotron radiation and intense laser pulses.
depaola  

Brett DePaola , Professor; Past Department Head
CW333 : 785-532-1623 : depaola@fooksu.edu :
http://www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/depaola

  • Research interests:
    • Electron capture from Rydberg targets using both high velocity and low velocity ions.
    • Studying binary encounter electrons as a means of obtaining Compton profiles of composite systems such as bucky balls and molecules.
esry  

Brett Esry , Past Laboratory Director; Ernest & Lillian Chapin Professor; University Distinguished Professor
CW325 : 785-532-1620 : esry@fooksu.edu :
http://www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/esry/

  • Research interests:
    • Ultracold three-body collisions
    • Intense laser-matter interactions
Fehrenbach  

Charles Fehrenbach, Research Assistant Professor
CW017 : 785-532-3461 : macf@fooksu.edu :
http://www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/macf

  • Responsible for PULSAR and Low-Energy Ion Collision Facilities.
  • Laboratory safety officer.
  • Responsible for user support and coordination.
  • Coordinates machine shop jobs for the JRML.
Greenman  

Loren Greenman, Associate Professor
CW308 : 785-532-0846 : lgreenman@fooksu.edu :

  • Research interests:
    • Theoretical Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics
Han   Meng Han , Assistant Professor
CW329 : 785-532-6776 : mengh@fooksu.edu : https://www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/mengh
  • Research interests:
    • Attosecond science
    • Strong-field physics
Kumarappan   Vinod Kumarappan , Professor
CW328 : 785-532-3415 : vinod@fooksu.edu
  • Research interests:
    • Ultrafast processes in aligned molecules
lin  

Chii-Dong Lin , Associate Director for Theoretical Research;
University Distinguished Professor
CW230 : 785-532-1617 : cdlin@fooksu.edu :
http://www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/cdlin

  • Responsible for coordinating the the JRML AMO theory research program.
  • Research interests:
    • Attosecond physics
    • Laser-atom and laser-molecule interactions
    • Dynamic chemical imaging with infrared lasers
    • High-order harmonic generation for molecules
    • Quantum chaos in helium atom
p richard   Pat Richard, Emeritus Distinguished Professor; former JRM Director
----- : ----- : richard@fooksu.edu :
http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Faculty/richard.html
  • Research interests:
    • Study of single, double and multiwalled carbon nanotubes by electron time-of-flight methods using femtosecond pump-probe laser beams.
Daniel Rolles   Daniel Rolles, Professor; Associate Director for Research
CW327 : 785-532-1615 : rolles@fooksu.edu :
http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Faculty/rolles.html
  • Research interests:
    • Experimental AMO Physics
    • Ultrafast X-Ray Science
Artem Rudenko   Artem Rudenko, Laboratory Director; Cortelyou-Rust Professor
CW306 : 785-532-4470 : rudenko@fooksu.edu :
http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Faculty/rudenko.html
  • Responsible for the overall viability of the laboratory.
  • Research interests:
    • Experimental AMO Physics
    • Ultrafast X-Ray Science
thumm  

Uwe Thumm , University Distinguished Professor
CW212 : 785-532-1613 : thumm@fooksu.edu :
http://www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/thumm

  • Research interests:
    • Theory and numerical modeling of interactions of electrons, ions, and intense ultrashort pulses of light with atoms, molecules, clusters, and solid surfaces. Recent research projects are:
      • Time-resolved dissociative ionization of small molecules
      • Attosecond time-resolved photoemission
      • High harmonic generation from gaseous atoms and solids
 

 

Staff

 
aikens  

Chris Aikens, Research Technologist
CW007 : 785-532-2655 : claikens@ksu.edu

  • Design and construction of research equipment for the JRM laboratory
  • Handles vacuum components in JRM lab
chainey  

Scott Chainey, Electronics Technologist
CW005 : 785-532-2659 : schainey@ksu.edu

  • Responsible for design, fabrication, and maintenance of specialized JRML electronics.
rankin  

Justin Millette, Assistant Scientist
CW006 : 785-532-2654 : jam4444@ksu.edu

  • Assists with operation and maintenance of laser systems.
  • Assists with set up and maintenance of high vacuum systems and beamlines.
needham  

Vince Needham, Assistant Scientist
CW028 : 785-532-2670 (JRM)
CW039 : 785-532-6461 (PCSC)
vneedham@phys.ksu.edu :
http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/Vince/

  • Data acquisition, system and control programming.
  • Provides PC workstation, networking and Web support.
  • Also part of the Physics Computing Support Center (PCSC)
 

 

Research Associates & Visitors

 
Nirmallya  

Nirmallya Das, Research Associate
CW302 : 785-532-2669 : ndas@fooksu.edu

Avijit  

Avijit Duley, Research Associate
CW302 : 785-532-2666 : avijit@fooksu.edu

Smita  

Smita Ganguly, Research Associate
CW302 : 785-532-2669 : smitag@fooksu.edu

Jnawali  

Mahmudul Hasan, Research Associate
CW301 : 785-532-2653 : mhasan2@fooksu.edu

  • Attosecond Physics
  • Working with Meng Han
Hoang  

Hung Hoang, Research Associate
CW316 : 785-532-1642 : hunghv@fooksu.edu

  • Theoretical AMO Physics
  • Working with Uwe Thumm
Lam  

Huynh Lam, Research Associate
CW034 : 785-532-1643 : huynhlam@ksu.edu

Saad  

Saad Mehmood, Research Associate
CW304 : 785-532-3384 : saadiphy@ksu.edu

Erfan  

Erfan Saydanzad, Research Associate
CW213 : 785-532-3384 : e.saydanzad@ksu.edu

  • Theoretical AMO Physics
  • Working with Uwe Thumm
Takemoto  

Norio Takemoto, Research Associate
CW324 : 785-532-5987 : norio@fooksu.edu

  • Strong-field theoretical physics
  • Working with Brett Esry
 

 

Graduate Students

 
Kurtis  

Kurtis Borne, Graduate Research Assistant
CW301 : 785-532-2665 : kborne@ksu.edu

Lana  

Lana Chaleunrath-Pham, Graduate Research Assistant
CW033 : lchaleun@ksu.edu

Keyu  

Keyu Chen, Graduate Research Assistant
CW302 : 785-532-1643 : keyu@ksu.edu

Diksha  

Diksha, Graduate Research Assistant
CW034 : 785-532-1643 : diksha2@ksu.edu

Luka  

Luka Dvaladze, Graduate Research Assistant
CW034 : 785-532-1643 : ldvaladze@ksu.edu

Frank  

Frank Genty, Graduate Research Assistant
CW124 : 785-532-2653 : fgenty@ksu.edu

Tristan  

Tristan Fehl, Graduate Research Assistant
CW033 : fehl@ksu.edu :

Sajed  

Sajed Hosseini-Zavareh, Graduate Research Assistant
CW132 : 785-532-2657 : sajed1@ksu.edu :

Naoki  

Naoki Iwamoto, Graduate Research Assistant
CW305 : 785-532-2669 : niwaomoto@ksu.edu :

Sanduni  

Sanduni Kudagama, Graduate Research Assistant
CW033 : sskudagama@ksu.edu

Liu  

Maggie Liu, Graduate Research Assistant
CW034 : 785-532-1643 : mengdiel@ksu.edu

Pavan  

Pavan Muddukrishna, Graduate Research Assistant
CW124 : 785-532-2653 : pmuddukrishna@ksu.edu

Eric  

Eric Mullins, Graduate Research Assistant
CW124 : 785-532-2653 : mullinsel@ksu.edu

Tu  

Tu Thanh Nguyen, Graduate Research Assistant
CW033 : nttu14780@ksu.edu

Zane  

Zane Phelps, Graduate Research Assistant
CW301 : 785-532-2665 : zdphelps@ksu.edu

Muhammad  

Muhammad Sakhi, Graduate Research Assistant
CW304 : 785-532-3384 : sakhi@ksu.edu

Wren  

Wren Sanders, Graduate Research Assistant
CW034 : 785-532-1643 : wren3102@ksu.edu

John  

John Searles, Graduate Research Assistant
CW302 : 785-532-1643 : jisearle@ksu.edu

Shalauddin  

Shalauddin, Graduate Research Assistant
CW301 : 785-532-2665 : shalauddin@ksu.edu

Shi  

Hongyu Shi, Graduate Research Assistant
CW124 : 785-532-2653 : shi@ksu.edu

Joshua  

Joshua Stallbaumer, Graduate Research Assistant
CW304 : 785-532-3384 : jstallbaum@ksu.edu

Anbu  

Anbu Venkatachalam, Graduate Research Assistant
CW034 : 785-532-1643 : anbu@ksu.edu

Yiming  

Yiming Yuan, Graduate Research Assistant
CW034 : 785-532-3384 : yuanym@fooksu.edu

  • Major Professor: Meng Han
  • Attosecond Physics
 

Last updated on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024