Grover A. Swartzlander, Jr.

Associate Professor of Optical Sciences

Contact Information

Photo:  Professor Grover Swartzlander

Education

  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1990
  • MS, Purdue University, 1985
  • BS, Drexel University, 1982

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: Optical Sciences, Associate Professor, May 2001-date
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Department of Physics, Associate Professor, 1999-2001; Assistant Professor, 1993-1999
  • Naval Research Laboratory, Laser Physics Branch, ONR/ONT Postdoctoral Fellow, 1990-1993

Professional Affiliations and Awards

  • OSA, Fellow
  • NSF Young Investigator Award
  • Cottrell Scholar

Professional Activities

  • Optics Letters, Topical Editor
  • Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, Editorial Board
  • Singular Optics Archive, Chief
  • Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, Steering Committee
  • Optical Vortex Symposium, Organizer
  • University of Arizona Literacy Council/Writing Across the Curriculum

Teaching

  • Opti 310

Experimental and Theoretical Research

  • Optical vortices and vortex phenomena in nature
  • Coherence and coherence filtering techniques
  • Astrophotography and coronagraphs
  • Diffractive optics
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Singular optics
  • Computer-generated holography