University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Extreme Light Laboratory

As Intense As It Gets

Diocles Laser

People

Current Staff | Current Mentees | Current Collaborators | Former Mentees | Former Collaborators

Current Staff
Name Title Department
Donald Umstadter* Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Chair in
Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics
Physics and Astronomy, UNL
Sudeep Banerjee Assistant Research Professor Physics and Astronomy, UNL
Shouyuan Chen Postdoctoral fellow Physics and Astronomy, UNL
Nathaniel Cunningham Postdoctoral fellow Physics and Astronomy, UNL
Scott Sepke T. Jorgenson postdoctoral fellow Physics and Astronomy, UNL
Kun Zhao Postdoctoral fellow Physics and Astronomy, UNL
Vidya Ramanathan Postdoctoral fellow Physics and Astronomy, UNL
Nate Chandler-Smith Laboratory Engineering Associate Physics and Astronomy, UNL

*Lab Leader

Current Graduate Student Research Assistants
Name Department
Nathan Powers Physics & Astronomy, UNL

Current Undergraduate Student Research Assistants
Name Department
Jeff Thomas Physics, UNL
Ashley Ernesty Physics, UNL
Melissa Zephier UNL
Frank Lee Biology, UNL

Current Research Collaborators
Name Institution
Tom Melhorn Sandia National Laboratory
Kim Ta Phouc Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquee (LOA)
Antoine Rousse Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquee (LOA)
Robert Campbell Sandia National Laboratory
Dale Litzenberg Radiation Oncology Dept
James Holloway NERS
Chris O'Neal Center for Research on Teaching and Learning
YY Lau NERS
Todd Ditmire University of Texas at Austin
Randy Vane Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David Shultz Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mike Downer University of Texas at Austin
Robert Crowell Argonne National Laboratory

Former Graduate Student Research Assistants and Postdocs
Name Current Institution Title Degree Year
Anthony Valenzuela Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow PhD 2005
Teh Lin Fox-Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia  Postdoctoral Fellow  PhD 2005
Rahul Shah Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquee (LOA) Postdoctoral Fellow PhD 2005
Shouyuan Chen University of Nebraska, Lincoln   Postdoctoral Fellow  PhD 2004
Scott Sepke University of Nebraska, Lincoln Postdoctoral Fellow PhD 2004
Ned Saleh Intel Corporation Staff Scientist PhD 2003
Kirk Flippo Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow PhD 2003
Ping Zhang University of Illinois, Chicago Research Professor PD 2003
Kim TaPhouc Laboratory for Applications of Optics, France Staff Scientist PD 2003
Wolfgang Theobald Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester Staff Scientist PD 2003
Alain Lapierre Max-Planck-Institut
für Kernphysik ,Heidelberg Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow PD 2003
Marc Nantel Photonics Research Ontario Staff Scientist PD 1998
Jonathan Workman High-Energy Density Plasmas, Group P-22, Los Alamos National Laboratory Staff Scientist PhD 1996
Evan Dodd Los Alamos National Laboratory Staff Scientist PhD 1998
Robert Wagner Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP, Chicago Patent Attorney PhD 1999
Szu-Yuan Chen Academica Sinica, Taiwan Research Scientist PhD 1999
Joon-Koo Kim Korean Army, Korea Soldier PhD 1998
Guobin Ma Nortel Networks, Ontario Canada Staff Scientist PD 1998
Shaoting Gu Nortel Networks, Ontario Canada Staff Scientist MS 1999
Jean Rafael Marques Ecole Polytechnique - LULI, France Staff Scientist PD 1994
Xinbing Liu Panasonic, Boston, MA Staff Scientist PhD 1994
Xiaofang Wang Shanghai Institute for Optics, China Staff Scientist PD 2000
Mohan Krishnan Visteon Automotive Systems Staff Scientist MS 2000
Christ Widadja Singapore, Indonesia   MS 2003
Kelly Nash Louisiana State University Graduate Student MS 2002

Former Undergraduate Student Research Assistants
Name Institution Title Year
Paul V. Spiteri TAC Automotive Group Product Engineer 1997
Mark Finlayson MIT, Cambridge, MA Graduate Student 1997
Matthew G Brown MIT, Cambridge, MA Graduate Student 2002
Ben Au Buchon Huron Valley Steel Corp. Staff Scientist 2001
Rudolph T Gardner     2001
Russell Battle University of Michigan Graduate Student 2001

Former Research Collaborators
Name Institution
Sergei Pikuz Lebedev Institute, Moscow, Russia
Wojcek Rozmus Department of Physics, University of Alberta
C. E. Capjack Department of Physics, University of Alberta
Kunioki Mima Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
Yashiko Sentoku University of Nevada, Reno
Zheng-Ming Sheng Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gennady Sarkisov Lebedev Institute, Moscow, Russia
Valery Bychenkov Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
Cynthia Keppel Hampton University
Paul Gueye Hampton University
Robin Marjoribanks Unversity of Toronto
Paul LeBlanc University of Texas at Austin
Eric Esarey Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Eric Johnson Brookhaven National Laboratory
Randy Vane Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Amour Margarian Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory