Brandon Chalifoux

  • Faculty Affiliation: OSC Professor
Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences
Email Address: 
bchal@arizona.edu
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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