Ph.D. in Physics, University of Rochester, 1991
Professor, Illinois State University, 2002 - present
Associate Professor, Illinois State University, 1998 -2002
Assistant Professor, Illinois State University, 1994 -1998
Instructor / Fellow, University of Rochester, 1992 - 1994
Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany, 1991
- 1992
Undergraduate Research Prize, American Physics Society, 2006 (shared with R. Grobe)
College of Arts and Sciences Lecturer, Illinois State University, 2006.
Outstanding University Researcher Award, Illinois State University, 2003
Outstanding College Researcher Award, Illinois State University, 2002
Teaching Initiative Award, Illinois State University, 1998
Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Science Award, Department
of Energy, 1997
Research Initiative Award, Illinois State University, 1996
CUSPEA Award, Columbia University, 1984
National Science Foundation, PHY-0456790, 2005 - 2008
National Science Foundation, PHY-0139596, 2002 - 2005
National Science Foundation, PHY-9970490, 1999 - 2002
National Science Foundation, PHY-9631245, 1996 - 1999
Department of Energy, DE-FG03-98SF21519, 1997 - 2002
Department of Energy, DE-FG03-96SF21016, 1996
Department of Energy, DE-FG03-95SF20718, 1995
Research Corporation, Cottrel College Science Award, CC7173,2007-.
Research Corporation, Cottrel College Science Award, CC6207,2004,2005.
Research Corporation, Cottrel College Science Award, CC5527, 2002-2003.
Research Corporation, Cottrel College Science Award, CC4089, 1996 - 2001.
Illinois State University, URG, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
Member, American Physical Society (
DAMOP, DLS
) OSA
Member, DAMOP undergraduate session selection committee
Journal/Book Referee,
Physical Review Letters, Physical Review, Physics Letter, Journal of Physics,
Journal of Optical Society of America, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Physica Scripta,
Journal of Biomedical Optics, Optics Communications, Computer Physics Communications, McGraw Hill.
Foundation Referee: National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, CRDF.
Conference Session Chair,
International Symposium on Frontiers in High Field Ultra-fast Laser Physics and Technology,
Wuyishan, China 2004.
International Workshop on Laser Physics, Bordeaux,
France, 2000; LPHY01, Moscow, Russia, 2001; LPHY04, Trieste, Italy, 2004; PIBM01, Wuhan, China, 2001, PIBM07, Wuhan, China, 2007.
Conference Advisory Committee
International Symposium on Frontiers in High Field Ultra-fast Laser Physics and Technology,
Wuyishan, China 2004.
Conference Program Committee
PIBM07, Wuhan, China, 2007.
Mentor, 2002 Leroy Apker Award winner Robert Wagner
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial College (London), Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, Moscow State University, Polish Academy of Science (Warsaw), Royal Holloway University of London, Russian Academy of Science (Moscow), Scientific Sinica (Beijing), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Barcelona), Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot).
100+ refereed papers, 110+ presentations (29 invited, Beijing (China), Berlin (Germany), Bordeaux (France), Bratislava (Slovakia), Hamburg (Germany), Kyoto (Japan), Leon (Mexico), London (UK), London (Canada), Lausanne (Switzerland), Minsk (Belarus), Moscow (Russia), Munich (Germany), Novosibirsk (Russia), Prague (Czech Republic), Salamanca (Spain), Shanghai (China), Sherbrooke (Canada), St. Petersburg (Russia), Tianjin (China), Trieste (Italy), Wuhan (China), Wuyishan (China), Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Baltimore, Big Sky, Long Beach, Monterey, Orlando, Rochester, Washington DC, Dallas
1365+ citations (as of Jan 2005).
Patent pending, "A device for trans-illumination imaging and detection based on intensity modulation", R. Grobe and Q. Su, filed with Illinois State University, September 21, 2005.
2 presentations
During 1996-2007, 45 undergraduate student co-authored articles were published
in refereed international research journals (Physical Review Letters, Physical
Review A, Physical Review E, Journal of Physics B, Optics Communications, , SPIE,Frontiers of Laser Physics
and Quantum Optics, Laser Physics, Optics Express, Physics of Vibration).
During 1995-2007, 186 undergraduate student presentations were made conferences.
Apart from my busy schedule with research and teaching, I enjoy playing with my kids, 11 year old Alexander and 9 year old Christina.
