What is the Cross-Disciplinary Physics Program?
The Cross-Disciplinary Physics (CDP) Program at the University of Rochester is centered in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and is operated in collaboration with faculty holding primary appointments in other departments in the College including:
Graduate students in the CDP program are admitted as regular graduate students into the Department of Physics and Astronomy (PAS). Like most PAS graduate students, they typically join a PAS related research group in the second or third year of their graduate work. Students receive their Ph.D. degree in Physics and satisfy all standard requirements of the Physics Ph.D.
How is Physics Ph.D. research carried out in the Rochester "CDP" Program?
At the University of Rochester, research in the various fields of Physics is done within the Department of Physics and Astronomy, in many Science and Engineering Departments, and in our Industrial Cohort laboratories. Student may freely join a research group led by a researcher with a faculty appointment (either primary or secondary) within the Department of Physics and Astronomy and continue on to a Ph.D. thesis. Students who are interested in working with a research group outside the Department are assigned both an Internal Advisor (who holds a faculty position in the department and who normally works in a closely related field) and an External Advisor. In most of these cases, it is the External Advisor who provides support and facilities for the studentís research and it is the External Advisor who provides the day to day supervision of the studentís Ph.D. research. About one third of the hundred or so graduate students in Department carry out their Ph.D. research in this mode. The CDP Program is directed by the Graduate Support and Awards Coordinator for the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Professor Nicholas Bigelow.
What kinds of Physics opportunities are currently available outside of the Department through the CDP Program?
At present the research in the CDP program spans the following sub-fields:
In addition to active participation of over 30 graduate students in
the CDP program, many undergraduates participate in the departmentís Research
Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program and can also carry out their
research within the CDP Program and gain experience working with the CDP
research scientists. During summer months, CDP graduate students frequently
interact with NSF REU students. The graduate - undergraduate interactions
are invaluable and provide REU participants with a unique understanding
of the Graduate experience.
Which University of Rochester
Faculty supervise CDP students?
Naturally, all faculty with primary appointments in the Department of Physics and Astronomy are involved in CDP. In addition there are a selection of faculty with secondary appointments in Physics and/or Astronomy who supervise CDP students. In addition to this group, an excellent array of faculty and scientists at the University have supervised PAS students within the CDP structure.
For information about faculty with primary appointments in the department of Physics and Astronomy, see http://www.pas.rochester.edu. Faculty with secondary appointments in PAS, and faculty and staff scientists who have supervised PAS research students are listed in Tables I and II below.
Who are the CDP Internal Advisors?
The following primary appointment Faculty from the Department of Physics and Astronomy typically serve as internal advisors in the various fields of encompassed by the CDP program:
Currently, or in recent years, CDP Ph.D. students have carried out research with CDP cohorts at:
Many Faculty and Staff outside of PAS carry out research, which is often also recognized as "Physics" by the professional community. A list of recent participants and interested faculty from the CDP program. These include faculty who hold joint appointments in PAS, as in Table I, and allied Faculty and Staff, as in Table II.
Table I - U of R Faculty with Joint Appointments in PAS
| Faculty Member | Status | Area of Research |
| Betti, Ricardo | Associate Prof. of Mech. Engineering (and Physics), and Scientist Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Plasma Physics and Fusion |
| Foster, Thomas H. | Associate Professor of Radiology (and Physics) | Experimental Biological/Medical Physics |
| Meyerhofer, David D.* | Professor of Mechanical Engineering (and Physics), and Senior Scientist Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Assistant to the Director of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Plasma Physics and Fusion, and Optical and Atomic Physics and Lasers |
| McCrory, Robert I | Professor of Mechanical Engineering (and Physics), Senior Scientist Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Director of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Plasma Physics and Fusion |
| Simon, Albert | Professor of Mechanical Engineering (and Physics), and Senior Scientist Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Theoretical Plasma Physics |
| Spoohower, John* | Senior Scientist, Eastman Kodak (and Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics). | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
| Stroud, Carlos R., Jr. | Professor of Optics (and Physics) | Experimental Quantum Optics |
| Thomas, John H. | Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Science (and of Astronomy) | Theoretical Astrophysics and Plasma Physics |
| Van Horn, Hugh | Director, NSF Astronomy Division (and Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy) | Theoretical Astrophysics |
* have openings for students in 2000-2001
Table II - U of R Faculty with Past or Future Interest and/or Experience in
Supervising CDP Students
| Name |
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Principal Area of Research |
| Agrawal, Govind P | Professor of Optics | Optical Physics and Lasers |
| Bocko, Mark F | Professor of Electrical Engineering | Quantum Information/Signal Processing |
| Boyd, Robert W | Professor of Optics | Optical Physics and Lasers |
| Chen, Shaw-Horn | Professor of Chemical Engineering | Chemical Physics |
| Chimowitz, Eldred H* | Professor of Chemical Engineering | Chemical Physics |
| Conwell, Esther | Adjunct Professor of Chemistry ) | Chemical Physics |
| Craxton, Stephen R | Senior Scientist Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Plasma Physics, Lasers and Fusion |
| Dellago, Christoph* | Assistant Professor of Chemistry | Chemical Physics |
| Donaldson, William R | Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Optical Physics and Lasers |
| Farrar, James M | Professor of Chemistry | Chemical Physics |
| Fauchet, Phillippe* | Professor of Electrical Engineering and Optics, Senior Scientist Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Material Science, Biological and Optical Physics |
| Feldman, Marc J * | Professor of Electrical Engineering and Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Quantum Information, Material Science, Condensed Matter Physics |
| George, Nicholas | Professor of Optics and EE | Optical Physics and Lasers |
| Houde-Walter, Susan (on leave 2000-2002) | Professor of Optics | Optical Physics and Lasers |
| Jorne, Jacob* | Professor of Chemical Engineering | Chemical Physics |
| Knauer, Jim | Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Plasma Physics and Fusion |
| Kraus, Todd* | Assistant Professor of Chemistry | Spectroscopy of nanometer-scale materials |
| McKinstrie Collin, J* | Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Senior Scientist Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Plasma Physics and Fusion |
| Mukamel, Shaul* | Professor of Chemistry | Theoretical Chemical, Optical and Condensed Matter Physics |
| Ning, Ruola * | Associate Professor of Radiology | Medical Physics |
| Novotny, Lukas * | Assistant Professor of Optics | Optical Physics and Lasers |
| Parker, Kevin | Electrical Engineering | Condensed Matter, Biological Physics |
| Rothberg, Lewis* | Professor of Chemistry | Chemical and Condensed Matter Physics |
| Seka, Wolf | Associate Professor of Optics and Senior Scientist Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Optical Physics and Lasers |
| Schroder, Wolf-Udo | Professor of Chemistry | Nuclear Chemistry/heavy ions |
| Sobolewski, Roman | Professor of Electrical Engineering and Senior Scientist, LLE | Ultrafast Optoelectronics, Superconductivity, Quantum communication |
| Tsybeskov, Lenoid V* | Scientist, Electrical Engineering | Nanoscale Silicon |
| Walmsley, Ian A | Professor of Optics | Experimental Quantum Optics |
| Waag, Robert | Professor of Electrical Engineering | |
| Wicks, Gary | Professor of Optics | Material Science, Condensed Matter Physics, Nano-materials |
| Zhong, Jianhui * | Associate Professor of Radiology | Biological and Medical Physics and Imaging |
| Wu, David J H | Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and of Microbiology and Immunology | Biological and Medical Physics |
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