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Now Hiring: William F. and Helen M. Reynolds Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences

Seeking an Optical Engineering Leader to Inspire and Educate the Next Generation of Optics and Photonics Innovators

Join one of the world's leading optics and photonics programs at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences as its newest optical engineering leader. This prestigious endowed chair opportunity offers the chance to advance groundbreaking research, collaborate across disciplines, engage with industry leaders, and inspire the next generation of innovators in optical engineering.

Learn more about the pioneering research underway at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences and the faculty leading it. More on the founding of this Chair.

Now Seeking a New Faculty Member

In this video, we walk you through how to use our Faculty Search Tool, a web-based application designed to help students, collaborators, and prospective researchers easily explore our faculty members based on their research areas and recruitment status. This tutorial breaks down each feature step-by-step so you can make the most of this resource.

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The research programs at Wyant College span the breadth of the optical sciences, from the big — polishing the telescope mirrors that explore the stars — to the small — applying optical nanotechnologies in agriculture, energy generation, medicine and more.

From the hot — fine-tuning the images that diagnose cancer — to the very cold — stopping single atoms with laser beams — the college strives for excellence in the study of all aspects of the engineering and physics of light.

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A Optical Sciences Research Labs

Biomedical Applied Imaging Lab (Assistant Professor Yeran Bai)
Biomedical Optics and Optical Measurement Laboratory (Assistant Professor Travis Sawyer)
Biomedical Spectroscopy and Interferometry Laboratory (Associate Professor Leilei Peng)
Center for Gamma-Ray Imaging (Professors Lars Furenlid and Matthew Kupinski)
Computational 3D Imaging and Measurement Lab (Associate Professor Florian Willomitzer)
Intelligent Imaging and Sensing Lab, I²SL (Professor Amit Ashok)
Polarization Lab (Associate Professor Meredith Kupinski)
Translational Optical Imaging Lab (Associate Professor Dongkyun “DK” Kang)

3D Visualization and Imaging Systems Lab (Professor Hong Hua)
Applied Optics Laboratory (AOL) (Professor Rongguang Liang)
Biomedical Optics and Optical Measurement Laboratory (Assistant Professor Travis Sawyer)
Computational 3D Imaging and Measurement Lab (Associate Professor Florian Willomitzer)
Professor Olivier Guyon
iDOT: Illumination Design, Optimization, and Tolerancing (Professor of Practice R. John Koshel)
Infrared Imaging Group (Professor Ronald Driggers)
LASSO – Laboratory of Space Systems and Optomechanics (Professor Felipe Guzman)
Lightweight Optics Lab (Assistant Professor Brandon Chalifoux)
LOFT: Large Optics Fabrication and Testing Group & OEFF (Associate Professor Daewook Kim)
Milster Research Group (Professor Tom D. Milster)
Professor Mike Nofziger
Polarization Lab (Associate Professor Meredith Kupinski)
Precision Freeform Optics Design, Fabrication and Testing Facility (Professor Rongguang Liang)
Professor José Sasián
Takashima Lab Group (Professor Yuzuru Takashima)

Arizona Center for Mathematical Sciences (Professor Jerome V. Moloney)
Bose Einstein Condensation Lab (Professor Brian P. Anderson)
Fiber Lasers and Devices Group (Research Professor Xiushan Zhu)
Jones Research Group (Professor Jason Jones)
Kolesik Research Group (Professor Miroslav Kolesik)
LASSO – Laboratory of Space Systems and Optomechanics (Professor Felipe Guzman)
Professor Masud Mansuripur
Quantum Information and Control Group (Professor Poul Jessen)
Quantum Metrology for Precision Fundamental Physics (Assistant Professor Cris Panda)
Quantum Optics and Open Quantum Systems (QOOQS) Group (Assistant Professor Kanu Sinha)
Quantum Optomechanics Lab (Assistant Professor Dalziel Wilson)
Seyler Lab (Assistant Professor Kyle Seyler)
Theoretical Optical Physics (Professor Ewan M. Wright)
Theoretical Solid State Optics (Professor Rolf Binder)
Ultrashort-Pulse Laser Laboratory (Research Professor Pavel Polynkin)

Attomicroscopy & Quantum Electron Imaging (Joint Associate Professor Mohammed Hassan)
Professor Mahmoud Fallahi
Little Sensor Lab (Associate Professor Judith Su)
Norwood Research Group (Professor Robert A. Norwood)
Pau Research Laboratory (Professor of Optical Sciences)
Photonics and Systems Lab (Associate Research Professor Mehmetcan Akbulut)
Professor Masud Mansuripur
Quantum Information with Continuous Variables (Joint Assistant Research Professor Christos Gagatsos)
Quantum Metrology for Precision Fundamental Physics (Assistant Professor Cris Panda)
Quantum Photonics and Nanophotonics Group (QPANG) (Assistant Professor Mohamed ElKabbash)
Soft Nano-Photonics Systems (Associate Professor Euan McLeod)
Theory and Experiment of Scalable Quantum Systems (Associate Professor Daniel Soh)
Ultrafast Fiber Laser & Nonlinear Optics Group (Professor Khanh Kieu)

Micro/Nano Fabrication Cleanroom (Roland Himmelhuber)
Optical Engineering & Fabrication Facility (Chang Jin Oh)
Remote Sensing Group (Research Professor Jeff Czapla-Myers)
Tissue Optics Laboratory (Professor Jennifer K. Barton)
TRIF: Technology & Research Initiative Funding – Imaging

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