Frank Wise
Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering Applied and Engineering Physics
(607) 255-1184, fww1
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Frank Wise received a BS in Engineering Physics from Princeton University, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a PhD in Applied Physics from Cornell University. Before PhD studies, he worked on advanced integrated circuits at Bell Laboratories. Since receiving the PhD in 1988, he has been on the faculty in Applied Physics at Cornell. From 2007 to 2011 he served as Director of the School of Applied and Engineering Physics.
Current Members
Zimu Zhu
PhD student (zz346)
Toronto native. Graduate of Engineering Science (Physics) at the University of Toronto. Currently working on nonlinear dynamics in multimode fiber. Loves food, arts and sports.
Walter Fu
PhD student (wpf32)
Hails from either St. Louis or Philadelphia, depending on the day. After studying physics at Washington University, he came to Cornell, where he is now researching fiber lasers with an eye towards their practical applications. His proudest achievement to-date is that his nose appears at the edge of Frank’s official lab portrait (see above).
Pavel Sidorenko
Post-doc (ps865) Ph.D. Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Research interests: high-harmonic generation, coherent diffractive imaging, and super-resolution imaging. Currently working on nonlinear ultrafast fiber lasers for hyper-spectral nonlinear microscopy.
Michael Buttolph
PhD student (mlb348)
Coming from the White Mountains of New Hampshire, he wants to use physics to make a difference. His interests are always expanding, and currently include development of fiber sources, plasma physics, and computation. Also loves to travel in the quest for new experiences.
Yi-Hao Chen
PhD student (yc2368)
Loves judo, physics, and math. Also a practitioner of the principles of judo, seiryoku zen’yō (maximum efficiency, minimum effort) and jita kyōei (mutual welfare and benefit). He is currently working on nonlinear fiber optics hoping to make something different.
Andrei Isichenko
Undergrad (ami25)
Born in San Diego, CA and from Westchester, NY. He studies Engineering Physics and loves mountain biking and playing ice hockey.
Hamed Pourbeyram
Post-doc (hp386)
Research interests include ultrafast fiber lasers, nonlinear dynamics and quantum optics in optical waveguides.
Past Members
Graduate Students:
| Name | Graduation | Experience | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Proctor | 1992 | Consultant, McKinsey and McKinsey | |
| Janet Machol | 1992 | Research Staff, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
| Mark Gitin | 1993 | Vice-President and General Manager, Diodes, Fibers and Systems Business Unit, Coherent Laser, Inc. | |
| Andrew Davidson | 1994 | Technical Staff Member, New Focus Corporation | |
| Todd Krauss | 1997 | Postdoctoral associate in Chemistry, Columbia University Now, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester | |
| Inuk Kang | 1998 | Postdoctoral Associate in Physics at University of California, Berkeley Now, Principal optical investigator LGS Innovations | |
| Sylvia Smolorz | 2000 | Research Scientist, Nokia-Siemens Networks, Berlin, Germany | |
| Xiang Liu | 2000 | Technical Staff Member, Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Now at Futurewei Technologies | |
| F. Ömer Ilday | 2004 | Postdoc at MIT Now, Professor of Physics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey | Thesis |
| Kale Beckwitt | 2004 | Technical Staff Member, Intel Corporation | Thesis |
| Hyungsik Lim | 2005 | Postdoctoral Associate at Harvard Medical School Now, Assistant Professor, Hunter College, CUNY, New York | |
| Jeffrey Harbold | 2005 | Technical Staff Member, The Aerospace Corporation | Thesis |
| Yi-Fan Chen | 2005 | Technical Staff Member, Intel Corporation Now, Google | Thesis |
| Stephen Clark | 2006 | Colorado Laser | Thesis |
| Joel Buckley | 2006 | Sandia National Laboratories Now, Senior Physics Engineer, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems | Thesis |
| Shian Zhou | 2007 | Research Scientist,SUNX Ltd. and Cornell University Now, Gauss Laser, Shanghai, China | |
| Jeff Moses | 2008 | Postdoctoral Associate in MIT Now, Assistant Professor at Cornell University | |
| Lyuba Kuznetsova | 2008 | Postdoctoral Associate, Harvard University Now, Assistant professor at San Diego State University | Thesis |
| Andy Chong | 2009 | Now, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Dayton | Thesis |
| Adam Bartnik | 2010 | Staff scientist at Cornell Synchrotron, Cornell University | Thesis |
| Simon Lefrancois | 2012 | Post-doctoral research associate, CUDOS, University of Sydney Now, Computer Analyst at Université de Montréal | Thesis |
| Heng Li | 2012 | Post-doctoral researcher, Stanford University Now, postdoc at Caltech | Thesis |
| William Renninger | 2012 | Post-doctoral researcher, Yale University Now, Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester | Thesis |
| Hui Liu | 2013 | Post-doctoral researcher, Boston University Now, postdoc at University of Massachusetts | Thesis |
| Erin Lamb | 2015 | Postdoc at NIST, Boulder, Colorado Now at OFS | Thesis |
| Jun Yang | 2015 | Postdoc at Corning, Incorporated, Sullivan Park, NY Now, Research Scientist, Corning, Incorporated | |
| Yuxing Tang | 2017 | Associate at Wells Fargo | |
| Zhanwei Liu | 2017 | CoAdna Photonics | |
| Logan Wright | 2018 | Post-doctoral researcher at Stanford |
Postdoctoral Associates:
| NAME | EXPERIENCE |
|---|---|
| Yang (Henry) Pang | Director of Engineering, Scientific Business Unit, Coherent Inc. Now, Chief Operating Officer,Lighthouse Photonics |
| Victor Yanovsky | Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan |
| Yung-Chun Lee | Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan |
| Liejia Qian | Professor,Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |
| Peer Fischer | Rowland Junior Fellow, Harvard University Now, Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Khanh Kieu | Research Professor, Optical Sciences Center Now, Assistant Professor, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona |
| Liangfeng Sun | Now, Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University |
| Luming Zhao | Professor, Jiangsu Normal University, China |
| Byung-Ryool “Yul” Hyun | Research Associate, Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University Now, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen |
| Haitao Zhang | Corning, Incorporated, Sullivan Park, NY Now, Research Scientist, Corning, Incorporated |