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Jannick Rolland, PhD
Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Visual Science
Director, NSF/IUCRC Center for Freeform Optics
Director, R.E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering
Editorial Board Member of the Journal Technology

Rolland[at]optics.rochester.edu
Goergen 505
The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
14627, USA
585-276-4562

Curriculum vitae

Staff


Cristina Canavesi, PhD, MBA
University of Rochester
Senior Center Coordinator, NSF/IUCRC Center for Freeform Optics (CeFO)

 


Adrienne Snopkowski, BS
University of Rochester
Financial Analyst Optics and NSF/IUCRC Center for Freeform Optics (CeFO)

 


Clara Bocchini, BTM
University of Rochester
Center Coordinator, NSF/IUCRC Center for Freeform Optics (CeFO)

 

Senior Scientists


Aaron Bauer, PhD
Res. Assistant Professor

Curriculum vitae



Daniel K. Nikolov, PhD
Research Engineer



Kevin Thompson, PhD
In Memoriam




  

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Active Collaborators


Fernando Zvietcovich, PhD
Optics/p>

Fei Cheng, PhD
Physics


Kai Xin, PhD
Software Engineer


Nick Vamivakas, PhD
Optics


Anand Santhanam, PhD
UCLA Medical Center


Panomsak Meemon, PhD
Lecturer, School of Laser
Technology and Photonics
Suranaree University of
Technology, Thailand


Virgil-Florin Duma, PhD
Professor of Mechanical
Engineering Aurel Vlaicu
University of Arad, Romania
Fulbright Senior Research
Fellow
2009-2010


Yong Song, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Opto-electronic,
Beijing Institute of
Technology, China
2009-2010
 

Holly Hindman, MD Ophthalmology


Carolyn G. Begley, OD
Indiana University
School of Optometry

 


Center for Freeform Optics


 


Francisco A. Tausk, MD
Dermatology

 


Amy Kiernan, PhD
Ophthalmology

 


Sherrif Ibrahim, MD, PhD
Dermatology

 

Visiting Scientists


Ozgur Karci, PhD
Chief Researcher
TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute
Fulbright Fellow
2019-2021

Virgil-Florin Duma, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
Fulbright Senior Research Fellow 2009 - 2010

Jun Zhu, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Precision Instruments
Tsinghua University, China
2015 - 2016



Yong Song, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Opto-electronic,
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
2009 - 2010



Zhouping Su, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Science,
Jiangnan University, China
2013-2014  


Graduate Students


Yiwen Fan


Matthew Ferguson


Jeremy Goodsell


Anis Idrizovic


Wooyoun Kim


Yuxuan Liu


Ben Moon


Renuka Manjula Narayanan


Niko Romer


Jessica Steidle

Chi Zhang

Hangyue (Eric) Zou

 

Visiting Graduate Students


Charlotte Pachot   
2009


Patricio Fluxa
2010-2011

none
Saroj Kumar Mahalik
2010-2011

none
Johan Thivollet
2011-2012


Fanny Keller-Lussier  
2012

none
Huimin Zhao
2011-2013

none
Qun Yuan
2013-2014


Nan Zhao   
2014-2016


Edith Hartmann   
2022

 

Undergraduate Students


Joshua Clement
2023 -


Francis Bahk
2023


Luke Park
2022 -

Glory Linebach
2022 -

Chanseung Lee
2022 -


Jason Lau
2022 -


Angelina Yang
2022

Angelica Persaud
2022

Chang Liu
2022

Yiqing Jin
2022

Soh Hang Liu
2022


Madeleine LaChance
2022


Yuning (Lisa) Xia
2021

Alexander Wansha
2020-2021

Doran Teverovsky
2019-2020

Samara Levy
2018-2019


Tian Yaocheng (Sparrow)
2019

Eleanor J. Haase
2018

Nicole Naselaris
2018

Li Zhang
2017-2018


Wen Zhou
2016-2018

Alyson Fritzmann
2018

Andres Garcia Coleto
2018

Ann Ngo
2018

Yue Qi
2018


Alex Anderson
2015

Vasanthi Balaji
2012-2014  

Zirui Ray Zang
2014-2017

Jessica Bernstein
2015


Krysta Boccuzzi
2012  

Sarah Carlus
2011  

Jean-Inard Chardin   
2011

 

Nick Cirucci
2014-2015

Johana Coyoc Escudero
2015-2017


Eric Dongmo
2014

Brandon Dube
2015-

Amy Entin
2015

Dennis Fantone  
2010

Pierre-Marie Le Gloahec   
2011

Trevor Ivanov
2014

Pai-Fong Kao
2009-2010

Tom Karo
2010  

Mara Lanis
2014-2017

Edward LaVilla
2013


Tianyu Li
2012-2013

Kang Liu
2010

Alex Marty
2010

David Oles
2012-2013

Rebecca Pettenski
2014-2015

Michaela Piel
2015

Racha Pongchalee
2014

Frank Rodriguez
2011

Yvan Scher
2010-2011

Katelynn Sharma
2010-2011

Mallory Smith
2011

Rebecca Stabile
2011

P. I-lean T.
2009

John Tamkin
2010

Nicole Tjota
2012-2013

Joseph Tocha
2012-2013



Isaac Trumper
2012-2014

Stephen Weikel
2015

Jungeun Won
2013-2015

Joyce Wu
2012

Ke Xu
2012-2014

Aurelie Besse
2010

 

Alumni - Students

Gary Ge Ph.D. Optics (2023) M.D./Ph.D. at URMC
Jonathan Papa Ph.D. Optics (2023) NASA
Romita Chaudhuri Ph.D. Optics (2022) ASML
Chi Zhang M.S. Optics (2022) PhD student Univ. of Rochester
Alen Philip M.S. Optics (2021) PhD student CREOL
Nick Takaki PhD Optics (2020) Synopsys
Di Xu PhD Optics (2020) Facebook
Eric Kwasniewski M.S. Optics (2020) AFRL
Daniel K. Nikolov PhD Optics (2020) University of Rochester
Eric Schiesser PhD Optics (2019) Synopsys
Changsik Yoon PhD Optics (2019) ASML
Fernando Zvietcovich PhD Optics (2019) University of Houston
Jacob Reimers M.S. Optics (in progress) L3 Technologies
Aaron Bauer PhD Optics (2016) University of Rochester
Jinxin Huang PhD Optics (2016) Corning
Jianing Yao PhD Optics (2016) Facebook
Robert Gray PhD Optics (2016) Vuzix
A. Ceyun Akcay PhD Optics (2005) ALCON Labs
Yohan Baillot M.S. CS (1999) Naval Research Laboratory
Simulation 3D
Claire Balgeman M.S. Human Factors & Ergonomics (2015) Google
Norbou Buchler PhD Psychology US Army Research Laboratory
US Federal Goverment
Ozan Cakmakci PhD Optics (2008) Google X
Ilhan Kaya PhD Optics (2013) VESTEL
Cristina Canavesi PhD Optics (2013), MBA (2015) LighTopTech
George Chen MS Optics (2015) Navitar
Kit-Iu Cheong PhD Optics (2007) Optical Systems Design, LLC
Ying-Ju(Lucy) Chu MS, Biomedical Engineering (2015) RIT
Jeff Covelli PhD IEMS (2008) Northrop Grumman
DSCI
CSRA
Larry Davis PhD EE (2004) Institute for Simulation and Training
Infor
Lumina Datamatics Limited
Cali Fidopiastis PhD IEMS (2006) Design Iteractive
University of Alabama
Institute for Simulation and Training
Florian Fournier PhD Optics (2010) Apple
Kyle Fuerschbach PhD Optics (2014) Sandia Labs
Felix G. Hamza-Lup PhD CA (2004) Armstrong Atlantic State University, GA
Charmaine O. Harris M.S. Optics (1999) Life Touch
Neha Hippalgaonkar High School Degree University of California, Berkeley
FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Anantha Kancherla M.S. CS (1995) Microsoft
Kye-Sung Lee PhD Optics (2008) University of Rochester
KBSI
Supraja Murali M.S. Optics (2005)
PhD Optics (2009)
General Optics Asia Limited
Aptina
ON Semiconductor
Long Nguyen PhD IEMS (2009) Harris/Siemens/Northrup
NAVAIR
Mohammed Salem PhD Optics (2007) University of Rochester
Anand Santhanam PhD CS (2006) UCLA
Tobias Schmid PhD Optics (2010) Synopsys
Vesselin Shaoulov PhD Optics (2005) Adastra Labs
Consultant
Alexa Sider High School Degree University of Virginia
Eagle Strategies
Erin Thompson High School Degree University of Central Florida
Sophie Vo M.S. Optics (2009) Technicolor
Bin Yang M.S. Optics (2010) University of Austin
Weiyao Zou PhD Optics (2007) ASML
Alumni - Postdoctoral Fellows
Patrice Tankam, PhD 2012-2018 Indiana University
Christina Dunn, PhD 2009-2010 Montana University
Yonggang Ha, PhD 2000-2005 LightPath Technologies
FARO
Felix Hamza-Lup, PhD 2004-2005 Armstrong Atlantic State University
Hong Hua, PhD 1999 University of Arizona
Martín Huarte-Espinosa, PhD 2013-2014 University of Houston
Bin Ma, PhD 2010-2013 Rocky Aerospace Beijing
Pascale Parrein, PhD 2001-2003 Freelance
Anand Santhanam, PhD 2006-2008 UCLA Medical Center
Liyun Yu, PhD 1996-1997 UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Haocheng Zheng, PhD 1999-2001 OpVista
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