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Brandon Chalifoux

Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences
Email Address:
bchal@arizona.edu Website:
Office Location:
Meinel 733 Mailing Address:
College of Optical Sciences
The University of Arizona
1630 E. University Blvd.
P.O. Box 210094
Tucson, AZ 85721-0094
Phone Number:
520-621-4929 Education:
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
- M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
- B.S., Rice University, 2008
Specific Research Interests:
- Stress-based surface shaping
- Precision engineering
- Ultrafast laser optical material processing
- Astronomical optics
Research Summary:
The overarching goal of Chalifoux's group is to enable next-generation space telescopes by developing new methods of precision fabrication, mounting, and alignment of lightweight optics, especially mirrors. The group uses both experimental and analytical/numerical techniques to understand and improve on the behavior of these processes.
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