Graduate Alumni
Fei Gong
Ph.D. 2008—New Physics and Technology for Spin-polarized Alkali-metal Atoms
Now a postoctoral fellow in applied physics at Harvard
Brian Patton
Ph.D. 2007—NMR Studies of Angular Momentum Transfer and Nuclear Spin Relaxation
Now a postoctoral fellow in the Budker group at U.C. Berkeley
Amber Post
Ph.D. 2006—Studies of Atomic Clock Resonances in Miniature Vapor Cells
Yuan-Yu Jau
Ph.D. 2005—New Studies of Optical Pumping, Spin Resonances, and Spin Exchange in Mixtures of Inert Gases and Alkali-Metal Vapors
Now researcher at Sandia National Labs.
Daniel Walter
Ph.D. 2002—Optical Probes of Angular Momentum and Energy Transport in Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping Systems
Chris Erickson
Ph.D. 2000—Measurements of the magnetic Field Dependence of the Spin Relaxation Rate in Alkali Metal Vapors
Karen Sauer
Ph.D. 1998—Laser-Polarized Liquid Xenon
Now associate professor of physics at George Mason University
Brian Saam
Ph.D. 1996—Pulse-NMR Studies of Spin Relaxation Relevant to Laser-Polarized Noble Gases
Now associate professor of physics at The University of Utah
Bastiaan Driehuys
Ph.D. 1995—Surface Physics and New Applications Using Laser-Polarized $^{129}$Xe
Now assistant professor at the Center for In Vivo Microscopy at Duke University
Undergraduate Alumni
John Barry
B.A. in Physics 2006—Density Matrix Modelling of Optically Pumped Alkali-Metal Vapors with a Focus on Appropriate Treatment of Diffusion
David Sachs
B.A. in Physics 2002—Cryogenic Collection of Hyperpolarized $^{129}$Xe Using a Permanent High-Field Halbach Magnet
Ming Hsu
B.A. in Physics 1999—A Study of Sol-Gel Coated Cells for Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping
Visitor Alumni
Amit Ben-Kish
Professor of physics at Technion.
Other Group Alumni
Steven Morgan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Now postdoctoral fellow at École Normale Supérieure in France
Nick Kuzma
Postdoctoral Fellow
Now associate professor in biomedical engineering at Rochester University
Mike Romalis
Ph.D. 1997 (Advisor Gordon Cates)—Laser Polarized $^3$He Target Used for a Precision Measurement of the Neutron Spin Structure
Now professor of physics at Princeton University
Hunter Middleton
Ph.D. 1994 (Advisor Gordon Cates)—The Spin Structure of the Neutron Determined Using a Polarized $^3$He Target
Warren Griffith
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