R. John Koshel

Adjunct Professor, Optical Sciences

Contact Information

  • Telephone:
    520-626-9210
  • E-mail:
    jkoshel@optics.arizona.edu
  • Mailing Address:
    Dr. R. John Koshel
    College of Optical Sciences
    1630 E. University Blvd.
    Tucson, AZ 85721

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1996

  • B.S., University of Rochester, 1988

Employment

  • University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1999–present

  • Lambda Research Corporation: Senior Staff Engineer, 2003–present

  • Spectrum Astro/General Dynamics Space Systems: Senior Optical Systems Engineer, 2003–2004

  • Breault Research Organization: Manager, Optical Engineering Services, 1999–2003

  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: Department of Physics and Applied Optics; Assistant Professor, 1997–1998

  • University of Colorado at Boulder: Opto-Electronic Computing Systems Center; Postdoctoral Researcher, 1997

Professional Affiliations, Activities and Honors

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • The Optical Society (OSA)
  • SPIE
  • Illumination Engineering Society of North America

Research

Optical system engineering: system design, optimization, tolerancing, manufacturing and testing. Space optics. Radiometry. Computer visualization. Biomedical optics. Lasers: coherence, propagation, spatial-mode-tunability, optical pumping.