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Justin B. Peatross
Professor
Contact Information
Office N269
Telephone (801) 422-5043
Lab Telephone (801) 422-3481
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Faculty Web Site http://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/peatross/default.aspx
Schedule
Office Hours Daily 12:00PM
Research Meetings M 3:00PM U160 ESC
Research
Research Group Atomic, Molecular, and Optical
Specialty High-Intensity Laser Physics (experimental)
Research Web Site http://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/peatross/
Background
Native of Duchesne, UT; Eagle Scout (1981); Valedictorian: Delta High School, UT (1983); LDS Mission: Portugal (1984-1986)
Bachelor of Science, Physics, Brigham Young University - Cum Laude (1988)
Doctorate, Physics, University of Rochester (Laboratory for Laser Energetics), Thesis: The Far-Field Angular Distribution of High-Order Harmonics Produced in Light Scattering from a Thin Low-Density Gas Target; Advisors: David D. Meyerhofer, Joseph H. Eberly (1993)
Post Doctoral Research, Theoretical High-Field Atomic Physics, General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Group of Mikhail V. Fedorov (1994)
Post Doctoral Research, High-intensity Laser Experiments, Washington State University, Group of Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane (1995)
Assistant Professor of Physics, Brigham Young University (1996 - 2001)
Associate Professor of Physics, Brigham Young University (2002 - 2007)
Sabbatical Leave, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany, Group of Christoph Keitel (2006)
Professor of Physics, Brigham Young University (2008 - present)
 
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