Group Members

Current Group Members

Brian P. Anderson

Daniel Foshee

  • Working towards M.S. in Optical Sciences
  • Project: Numerical simulations of BEC dynamics, quantum vortices, and quantum turbulence

The Happy BEC

Former PhD Students

Andrew Schaffer

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2021
  • BEC Experiment 2

Sam Nerenberg

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2020
  • BEC Experiment 1

Jessica Myers

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2017
  • BEC Experiment 2

Joe Lowney

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2016
  • BEC Experiment 1

Zach Newman

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2016
  • BEC Experiment 2

Kali Wilson

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2015
  • BEC Experiment 1

Edward Carlo Samson

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2012
  • BEC Experiment 1

Tyler Neely

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2010
  • BEC Experiment 1

Chad Weiler

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2008
  • BEC Experiment 1

David Scherer

  • PhD in Optical Sciences, 2007
  • BEC Experiment 1

Former MS Students

Logan Richardson

  • Optical Sciences MS 2013.

Julia Werra

  • Optical Sciences MS 2011.

Other students who have worked in the UA BEC Group.

Van Butcher

  • UA Physics undergraduate, BEC group 2019-2021

Elaine Ulrich

  • Optical Sciences PhD 2008.

Chris Anderson

  • Optical Sciences MS 2005.

M. David Henry

  • UA ECE undergraduate
  • Hertz Foundation Fellow
  • Physics PhD from Caltech in 2010

David Kaz

  • UA undergraduate

Tim McComb

  • UA undergraduate

Ryan Price

  • UA undergraduate
  • Graduated Spring 2009.

Kevin Gudenkauf

  • UA Physics undergraduate
  • Graduated Spring 2010

Adam Card

  • UA Math undergraduate
  • Graduated Spring 2010

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