2011 FIP Annual Symposium

Frontiers in Photonics: Science and Technology

October 10-11, 2011 

View Program for FIP 2011 Annual Meeting

The 2011 meeting program will include lectures from distinguished speakers, contributed papers and posters by investigators from Duke University and other academic and industrial institutions.

Keynote Speaker

Martin Chalfie, PhD

William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Biological Sciences
Columbia University

Dr. Chalfie was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein (GFP).

"GFP: Lighting Up Life"

 

 

 

Plenary Speaker

David J. Wineland, PhD
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Physics Laboratory

Awarded the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, Dr. Wineland's work has included advances in optics, specifically laser cooling of ions in Paul traps and use of trapped ions to implement quantum computing operations.

 

 

Distinguished Duke Speakers

Robert Calderbank, PhD
Dean of Natural Sciences
Duke University

Tom Katsouleas, PhD
Dean of Pratt School of Engineering
Duke University

Invited Speakers

Ken Brown, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Chemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology

Warren Grice, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Paul G. Kwiat, PhD
Professor, John Bardeen Endowed Chair
in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics
University of Illinois

David Moehring, PhD
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratory

Christopher Monroe, PhD
Bice Zorn Professor of Physics
Joint Quantum Institute
University of Maryland

Miles Padgett, PhD
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Glasgow
Scotland, United Kingdom

Olivier Pfister, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physics
University of Virginia

Mark Saffman, PhD
Professor, Department of Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Special Topic Session: Quantum Photonics and Quantum Information
Poster Session