Profiles | Photonics Center

Dr. Brown primarily studies polymers and smart fluids in order to measure their useful properties, and the order in which they emerge, defining importance. Namely, he seeks to develop methods which increase the throughput of materials research using scanning probe lithography, autonomous experimentation, additive manufacturing, and combinatorial chemistry.

Keith Hearon

Nuceptive | Cofounder & CEO

Kelly Peña

Assistant Director of Multimedia Design & Communications

Kelly Peña serves as the Assistant Director of Multimedia Design & Communications for the Photonics Center, producing photography, videography, and design projects for the Center's faculty, student, and staff community. She additionally manages the summer programs websites, and supports the Associate Director of Summer Programs & Outreach with administrative and promotional needs. As a co-leader […]

Kelsey Snapp

Mechanical Engineer | U.S. Army DEVCOM Soldier Center | Formerly Brown Lab

Keming Tan

M.S. Student | ME | Albro Lab

Kenneth Rothschild

Professor Emeritus, Physics

The Molecular Biophysics Laboratory develops advanced biophysical methods in vibrational spectroscopy combined with advanced techniques in biomolecular engineering to understand the molecular mechanisms of membrane protein function. The group focuses primarily on rhodopsins, a large family of integral membrane proteins involved in animal vision and photo-sensing and ion transport in bacteria and algae. One important […]

Kirit Karkare

Assistant Professor, Physics

Kirik Karkare is an experimental cosmologist. He builds telescopes to observe faint radiation in the millimeter-wave region, including the cosmic microwave background and distant galaxies, to learn about the Big Bang and fundamental physics in the early universe. Related photonics interest lays in utilizing OPF to fabricate sensitive superconducting photon detectors, as his cameras require […]