Andrew M.C. Dawes
Assistant Professor of Physics
Pacific University - Department of Physics
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Physics, a new journal that features highlights of recent research, published my review on work in the field of All-optical switching: A. M. C. Dawes, `Optical switching with cold atoms,' Physics 2, 41 DOI 10.1103/Physics.2.41 (2009)
Welcome
I am an Assistant Professor of Physics at Pacific University in Forest Grove Oregon. I recently joined the faculty at Pacific in the Fall of 2008 after graduating from the Department of Physics at Duke University. As a professor, I am committed to the idea that active learning environments and innovative teaching pedagogy are fundamental to effective science education. In addition to my teaching efforts, I am currently constructing a research lab that will involve undergraduate students in summer and senior-capstone research projects. I am generally interested in several fields of physics including: atom cooling and trapping, pattern-forming nonlinear optics, slow- and fast-light, and the application of optical systems to quantum and classical information science.
Brief Biography
I came to Pacific University in the Fall of 2008 after graduating from Duke University in May 2008 with my Ph.D. in Physics. My six years at Duke followed four years at Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA) where I graduated in 2002 with a B.A. in Physics. The research I conducted as an undergraduate created many opportunities for graduate study and I ultimately decided on Duke after meeting many of my potential classmates, peers, and the department faculty. My pre-college life was spent in Moscow Idaho, home of the University of Idaho and a fine town in its own right.