{"id":70,"date":"2010-05-06T16:11:17","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.williams.edu\/pmajumde\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:40:30","slug":"recent-senior-honors-students-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pmajumde\/recent-senior-honors-students-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent honors students & theses"},"content":{"rendered":"

List of recent Williams honors thesis students, their Majumder lab projects,
\na<\/span>nd post-graduate activities<\/span><\/h3>\n

2026
\n<\/strong>Charlene Peng
\n<\/span>\u201cHigh-Precision Spectroscopy of Lead and Diatomic Molecules for Tests of Fundamental Physics\u201d
\nHARVARD UNIVERSITY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D. program (Doyle AMO group)<\/span><\/p>\n

2026
\n<\/strong>Gautam Ramasamy
\n<\/span>\u201cPrecision Measurement of Lead Isotope Shifts using Two-Laser Excitation and Co- and Counter-Propagating Beams Method\u201d
\nCOLORADO ST. UNIV\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D. program (AMO Experiment)<\/span><\/p>\n

2025
\n<\/strong>Carter Anderson
\n<\/span>“Precision transition isotope shift and hyperfine structure Measurements in low-lying states of Lead”
\nU. TORONTO\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D. program [LIGO\/Theor. Astro.]<\/span><\/p>\n

2024
\n<\/strong>Abby Kinney
\n<\/span>“A Preliminary Measurement of the 6p2 3P1 \u2192 (6p7s) 3P0 E1 transition amplitude in
\nPb using Faraday Rotation Spectroscopy”
\nU. CHICAGO\/ JHU\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D. program [Demille AMO group]<\/span><\/p>\n

2024
\n<\/strong>Robin Wang
\n<\/span>“Towards Atomic Beam Spectroscopy of the Lead 6p2 3P1 \u2192 6p7s 3P0 Transition Using Two-Step Excitation”
\nHARVARD UNIVERSITY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Quant. Sci & Eng Ph.D. program [Ni group, AMO]<\/span><\/p>\n

2024
\n<\/strong>Charles Yang
\n<\/span>“Hole-Burning and Doppler-Narrowed Spectroscopy in Lead Vapor Cells”
\nRICE UNIVERSITY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physics Ph.D. program [AMO physics]\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2023
\n<\/strong>Russell Blakey
\n<\/span>“Progress towards E1 transition amplitude measurement in Pb using Faraday modulation spectroscopy and a CeF3 crystal”
\nH.R.L.\u00a0 (Malibu, CA)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\n

2022
\n<\/strong>Charlotte Jones
\n<\/span>“Isotope shifts, hyperfine structure, and transition amplitude measurements in low-lying transitions of atomic lead”
\nMIT\/LINCOLN LABORATORIES\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Res. Assoc, Laser development group<\/span><\/p>\n

2021<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Gabriel Patenotte
\n<\/span>“Vapor cell and atomic beam spectroscopy of lead at 1279 nm and 368 nm”
\nHARVARD UNIVERSITY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physics Ph.D. program (Ni group, AMO)<\/span><\/p>\n

Patrick Postec<\/span>
\n“Faraday Polarimetry of Forbidden E2 transitions in Lead using a heat pipe oven”
\nAMERICORPS (2021-22)
\nDUKE UNIVERSITY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Materials Science Ph.D. program<\/span><\/p>\n

2020<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Abdullah Nasir
\n<\/span>“Atomic Beam Spectroscopy and Polarizability Measurements in Pb Using Faraday Polarimetry”
\nHARVARD UNIVERSITY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physics Ph.D. 2026 (Doyle group, AMO)<\/span><\/p>\n

2018
\n<\/strong>Bingyi Wang
\n<\/span>“High-precision atomic structure measurements in In and Pb using atomic beam and vapor cell spectroscopy”
\nSTANFORD UNIV.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physics Ph.D. 2023
\n<\/span>KNIGHT-HENNESSY SCHOLAR\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Palankar group, Neuro-opthalmology)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2017
\n<\/strong><\/span>Eli Hoenig
\n<\/span>“Measurements of hyperfine structure, isotope shifts, and transition amplitudes in the lead ground state 1279 nm and 939 nm transitions”
\nResearch @ NIST\/Boulder in “Fiber sources and applications” group
\nU. CHICAGO\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D. 2023 (Liu group, Mol. Eng.)
\nU. MANCHESTER, UK\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Postdoc (nanoscale science \/ electrochemistry)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathaniel Vilas<\/span>
\n“Measurement of the indium 7p excited-state polarizabilities using two-step atomic beam spectroscopy”
\nCAMBRIDGE UNIV., U.K.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Herschel Smith fellowship \/ M.Phil. in Physics
\nHARVARD UNIV. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D. program (Doyle group, AMO)
\nU.C. BERKELEY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Postdoc in Stamper-Kern AMO group\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2016
\n<\/strong><\/span>Allison Carter
\n<\/span>“Polarizability measurement of the 6p1\/2 excited state in indium using \u00a0two-step laser spectroscopy in an atomic beam”
\nU. MARYLAND\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D.\u00a0 2021 (Monroe group, AMO)
\nJQI FELLOWSHIP
\nNIST\/Boulder\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Staff member, Ion Storage Group, Time & Freq. Division<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sauman Cheng<\/span>
\n“Hyperfine splitting and isotope shift measurements in the 8p1\/2 state of thallium using two-step laser spectroscopy”
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2015
\n<\/strong><\/span>Benjamin Augenbraun
\n<\/span>“Scalar Polarizability of the Indium 6P1\/2 State: Atomic Beam Stark Shift Measurements Using Two-Step Laser Spectroscopy”
\nGOLDWATER FELLOWSHIP<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>APS LeROY APKER AWARD WINNER – 2015
\n<\/span><\/em>NSF GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP<\/span>
\nHARVARD\u00a0 UNIVERSITY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Physics Ph.D. 2021 & postdoc (Doyle group, AMO)
\nAPS JUSTIN JANKUNAS\u00a0 DISSERTATION AWARD IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\nWILLIAMS COLLEGE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Assistant Prof. of Physical Chemistry (2023)<\/span><\/p>\n

2014
\n<\/strong><\/span>Nathan Bricault
\n<\/span>“Atomic beam stark shift measurements in indium using \u00a0two-step laser spectroscopy”\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Machine Learning M. Phil. program
\nGOOGLE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Senior software engineer<\/span><\/p>\n

Gabrielle Vukasin<\/span>
\n“Hyperfine splitting and isotope shift measurements in the 7p1\/2 and 8p1\/2 states of thallium using two-step laser spectroscopy”
\nTUFTS UNIVERSITY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mech. Eng. M.S. (2016)
\nSTANFORD UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mech. Eng. Ph.D. (2024) (Kinney group, MEMS)
\nBOSCH USA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Research Scientist (nano-biological sensors)<\/span><\/p>\n

2013
\n<\/strong><\/span>Nathan Schine
\n<\/span>“A Precise Measurement of\u00a0the Stark Shift in the Indium\u00a05P1\/2 –> \u00a06S1\/2 \u00a0410 nm Transition”
\nAPS LEROY APKER AWARD \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Finalist<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/span>U. CHICAGO \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physics Ph.D. 2019 (Simon group, AMO)
\n<\/span>Deborah Jin AMO Thesis award\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Finalist<\/span>\u00a0<\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
\nJILA\/U. COLORADO\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 NRC Postdoc (Kaufman group, AMO)
\nU. MARYLAND \/ JQI\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Assistant Prof. of Physics (2022)<\/span><\/p>\n

David Kealhofer<\/span>
\n“Measurement of the 7p1\/2 state hyperfine splitting and isotope shift in 205Tl and 203Tl”
\nU.C. SANTA BARBARA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physics Ph.D. (Stemmer group, Cond. Mat.)
\nE.T.H. Zurich\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Postdoctoral Fellow
\nSLAC, STANFORD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Research Scientist<\/span><\/p>\n

2012
\n<\/strong><\/span>Taryn Siegel
\n<\/span>“Hyperfine structure and isotope shift measurements in the thallium 7S1\/2 – 7P1\/2 transition using two-step excitation laser spectroscopy\u201d
\nEpic Software
\nJapan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET)
\nProducer, Podcaster – BBC, W!ZARD radio (UK)<\/span><\/p>\n

Andy Schneider<\/span>
\n“Precise measurement of the indium 5P1\/2 – 6S1\/2 410 nm transition scalar polarizability in an atomic beam using FM spectroscopy\u201d
\nTEACH FOR AMERICA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 High School physics teacher, Houston, TX<\/span>
\nU. PENN \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Comp. Sci. M.S. program
\nGoogle \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Software Engineer<\/span><\/p>\n

2011
\n<\/strong><\/span>Antonio Lorenzo
\n<\/span>“Atomic beam measurement of polarizability in indium at 410 nm using frequency modulation spectroscopy\u201d
\nU. ARIZONA<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Optical Sciences Ph.D. (2017, Cronin group)
\nResearch Scientist\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 U. Arizona, Dept. of Hydrology & Atmos. Sci.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

2010<\/span><\/strong>
\nAnne O’Leary<\/span>
\nPRINCETON UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Geosciences Ph.D. (2015)
\nUNIV. OF WASHINGTON \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Postdoc, School of Oceanography
\nST. OLAF COLLEGE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Asst. Prof. of Physics & Env. Science<\/span><\/p>\n

2009
\n<\/span><\/strong>Huajie (Charles) Cao
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>“Precise measurement of the 6P3\/2 hyperfine structure in 115In using two-step diode laser spectroscopy\u201d
\n<\/span><\/strong>PRINCETON UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D. (2014)<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nGOLDMAN-SACHS \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Financial Analyst \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2008
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Paul Hess
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u201cMeasurement of the indium 6P3\/2 hyperfine structure using two-step excitation\u201d
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong>HARVARD UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Physics Ph.D. (2014, ACME collaboration) <\/span>
\nJQI\/U. MARYLAND \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Postdoc. Fellow (Monroe, ion-trapping gp)
\nMIDDLEBURY COLLEGE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Asst. Prof. of Physics<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2007<\/span><\/strong>
\nJared H. Strait
\n<\/span> \u201cVapor cell spectroscopy of Indium using a 410 nm diode laser system\u201d
\n CORNELL UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Elec. Eng.\/Optics Ph.D. (2014, Rana group)
\n<\/em>NIST<\/span> \/ Gaithersburg<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Staff Scientist (Microsystems & Nanotechnology group)<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Owen Simpson
\n<\/span> \u201cTwo-color spectroscopy of thallium and indium using two-tone RF spectroscopy\u201d
\n PRINCETON UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D, program
\n1010data\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0VP for Data Science and Analytics<\/span><\/p>\n

Toby E. Schneider
\n<\/span> \u201cPrecise phase shift spectroscopy in thallium using an in-vacuum ring cavity\u201d
\n MIT\/WOODS HOLE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mech.\/Ocean Eng. Ph.D. (2013)
\nMIT\/CTR. FOR OCEAN ENG. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Postdoctoral Associate
\nGobySoft (Aquatic software) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Oceanographic Engineer<\/span><\/p>\n

2006<\/span><\/strong>
\nDavid Butts
\n<\/span>\u201cDifferential phase shift spectroscopy of the 6P1\/2 – 6P3\/2 1283 nm transition in atomic thallium\u201d
\nMIT \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Aero\/Astro Eng. Ph.D. <\/span>(2011<\/em>)
\n<\/span>DRAPER LAB \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Staff Research Scientist
\nHarbourVest Partners\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Quantitative Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\n

2005
\n<\/span><\/strong>Joseph A. Kerckhoff
\n\u201cMeasurement of a T-odd, P-even Interaction in the 6P1\/2\u00a0– 6P3\/2 1283 nm Transition in Atomic Thallium\u201d
\nSTANFORD UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physics Ph.D. (2011, Mabuchi group<\/em>)
\n<\/span>U. COLORADO \/ JILA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0NRC Postdoc (group of K. Lehnart<\/em>)
\n<\/span>HRL LABORATORIES\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Staff Scientist<\/span><\/p>\n

Colin D. Bruzewicz
\n<\/span> \u201cPhase Shift Spectroscopy of the 6P1\/2\u00a0– 6P3\/2 M1 Transition in a Thallium Atomic Beam\u201d
\n YALE \u00a0UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D. (2014,\u00a0group of D. DeMille)
\n<\/em><\/span>MIT\/LINCOLN LABORATORIES\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Staff Scientist (ion trapping group)<\/span><\/p>\n

2004
\n<\/span><\/strong> Mark A. Burkhardt
\n<\/span> \u201cMeasuring the two-step 6P1\/2\u00a0\u00e0 7S1\/2 \u00e07P1\/2 378 nm \/ 1301 nm transition in atomic thallium\u201d
\n STANFORD UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D.\u00a0(<\/em><\/span>2012<\/em><\/span>, group of J. Stohr)
\n<\/em>WESTERN DIGITAL\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Principal Hardware Development Engineer<\/span><\/p>\n

2003
\n<\/span><\/strong> Christopher D. Holmes
\n<\/span> \u201c Frequency modulation spectroscopy of the forbidden M1\/E2 1283 nm transition in thallium\u201d
\n HARVARD UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Atmospheric Sci. Ph.D. (2010<\/em>)
\nU.C. IRVINE \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Postdoc., Dept. of Earth System Sciences
\nFLORIDA ST. UNIV. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Assoc. Prof. of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sci.<\/span><\/p>\n

2002
\n<\/span><\/strong> S. Charles Doret
\n<\/span> \u201c A Precise Measurement of the Stark shift in the Thallium 6P1\/2\u00a0– 7S1\/2\u00a0378 nm Transition\u201d
\n APS LeROY APKER AWARD WINNER\u00a0 – 2002
\n<\/span> HARVARD UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Physics Ph.D. (2009, Doyle group)
\nGEORGIA TECH RES. INST. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Postdoctoral Fellow (2009 – 2013)
\nWILLIAMS COLLEGE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Assoc. Professor of Physics (tenured 2019)<\/span><\/p>\n

2001
\n<\/span><\/strong> Paul D. Friedberg
\n<\/span> \u201cMeasuring the Stark shift in the 6P1\/2\u00a0– 7S1\/2\u00a0378 nm Transition in Atomic Thallium\u201d
\n U.C. BERKELEY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Elec. Eng. Ph.D.
\nSYNOPSIS, INC. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Corporate Applications Engineer
\nINTEL \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Design Automation Engineer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2000
\n<\/span><\/strong> Andrew J. Speck
\n<\/span> \u201cMeasuring the Stark shift in the Thallium 6P1\/2\u00a0– 7S1\/2\u00a0378 nm Transition\u201d
\n HARVARD UNIVERSITY \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Physics Ph.D. (2005, Gabrielse group<\/em>)
\nROWLAND INST.\/HARVARD \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Junior Fellow (2005 – 2010 )
\nSCHLUMBERGER CORP. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Research Scientist\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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