Sumit Mazumdar

Professor of Physics
Professor of Optical Sciences

Contact InformationPhoto: Professor Sumit Mazumdar

  • Telephone:
    520-621-6803
  • Email:
    sumit@physics.arizona.edu
  • Mailing Address:
    Dr. Sumit Mazumdar
    University of Arizona
    Department of Physics
    1118 East 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona  85721

Education

  • PhD, Princeton University, 1980

  • MS, Princeton university, 1978

  • M.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1975

Employment

  • University of Arizona, Physics Department and Optical Sciences:  Professor, 1997-date; Associate Professor, 1988-1997.

  • University of Illinois: Visiting Associate Professor, 1994.

  • National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India:  Scientist E, 1987-1988.

  • GET Laboratories Incorporated:  Member of Technical Staff, 1985-1986.

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory:  Postdoctoral Fellow, 1982-1985.

  • Exxon Research and Engineering Company:  Postdoctoral Fellow, 1980-1982.

Awards and Honors

  • Associated Western Universities Incorporated Faculty Fellow, 1991.

Research

  • Linear and nonlinear optical properties of organic conjugated molecules and polymers.  Effects of strong Coulomb correlations, excitons and multiexcitons in organic systems.  Organic optoelectronic devices.

  • Strong Coulomb interactions and broken symmetries.  Charge and spin density waves and superconductivity in organic and inorganic materials with emphasis on organic charge-transfer solids and transition metal oxides.