Physics & Astronomy

Justin Bruce Peatross Associate Professor Physics Brigham Young University N269 Eyring Science Center Provo, UT 84602 (801)-422-5043 peat@byu.edu

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)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Laser-Generated High-Order Harmonics
• Optical Wave Propagation: Group Velocity, Interpretation of Superluminal and Subluminal Behaviors
• Fundamental Quantum Behavior of Light Emission from a Single Free Electron
• Radiometric Levitation of Small Particles in a Laser

AWARDS

• Outstanding Teacher College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (2003)
• Brigham Young University Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award (2006)