Pierre Meystre

Professor of Physics
Professor of Optical Sciences
Regents' Professor
Director, Biosphere 2 Institute

 

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Education

  • Habilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, 1983

  • PhD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne, 1974

  • Diplome, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne, 1971

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: Director, B2 Institute, 2007-date; Department Head, Physics, 2005-2007; Regents Professor, 2002-date; Professor, Optical Sciences and Department of Physics, 1986-date; Research Associate, Department of Physics and Optical Sciences, 1974-1977

  • University of Munich: Privtdozent, Physics Dept, 1984-1986; Lecturer, 1979-1984

  • Max-Planck-Institut fir Quantenoptik, Garching: Staff Scientist, 1981-1986; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V. Projektgruppe Laserforschung, Garching, 1978-1980; Guest Scientist, 1977-1978

  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne, Switzerland: Physics Instructor, 1971-1974

Professional Affiliations

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow

  • American Physical Society, Fellow

  • Optical Society of America, Fellow

  • Arizona Arts, Sciences and Technology Academy, Founding Fellow.

Professional Activities

  • American Physical Society, Chair-Elect, Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP)

  • National Research Council, Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science (CAMOS), Chair

  • Board of Governors, Arizona Art, Science and Technology Academy

  • Divisional Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters

  • Editorial Board, Laser Physics Letters

  • AIP-Springer Series in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Editorial Board

  • Harcourt and Francis Series in Laser Science and Technology, Editorial Board

Awards and Honors

  • Simons Foundation Lecturer, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2007

  • OSA, R.W. Wood Prize, 2002

  • Humboldt Foundation Research Prize, 1995

  • Fellow, American Physical Society, Optical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • Swiss Federal Foundation for Scientific Research, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1974

Teaching

  • Opti 642X

  • Opti 648X

  • Phys 102

  • Phys 262H

Research

  • Theoretical quantum optics; statistical properties of radiation; laser theory; nonlinear optics; atomic physics; ultracold atoms: Bose condensation and atom lasers; cavity quantum electrodynamics; atom optics.