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Mike Downer

College of Natural Sciences Distinguished Professor
Department of Physics
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1081

tel: 512-471-6054 (office)
512-471-7251 (lab)
fax: 512-471-9637
email: downer@physics.utexas.edu
office: RLM 10.320
lab: RLM 2.408

Research Areas:
Femtosecond laser spectroscopy
Semiconductor interface physics
Atomic, Molecular, Plasma physics at high light intensity

Campus affiliations:
Texas Materials Institute
Texas Center for High Intensity Laser Science (TCHILS)
Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology (CNM)

Off Campus affiliations:
Frontiers in Optical Coherent and Ultrafast Science (FOCUS): UT-U.Michigan collaboration
FOCUS Center Texas Advanced Materials Research Center (TAMRC)

 
 
 Personal
Born
Married
Citizenship		 July 19, 1954, Rockville Centre, New York
Jane Castledine, August 22, 1993
U.S.A.

Education

Ph.D.*
M.A.
B.A.		 Harvard University
Oxford University, Brasenose College
University of Rochester		 1983
1978
1976		 Applied Physics N. Bloembergen, supervisor
Physics
Physics
*Ph.D. Thesis: Two-photon spectroscopy of rare earth ions in condensed matter environments

Career Positions

College of Natural Sciences Distinguished Professor
Jack S. Josey Professor
Professor of Physics
Associate Professor of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics
Postdoctoral Member Technical Staff		 University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ		 2006-present
1998-2000
1997-present
1991-97
1985-91
1983-85 C.V. Shank, supervisor

Honors/Awards

Fellow, Optical Society of America
Awarded U.S. Patent 6,411,388 B1**
President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award
Teaching Excellence Award, UT Coll. Nat. Sciences
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, UT-Austin
cited in Who's Who Among America's Teachers
Fellow, American Physical Society
Awarded U. S. Patent 5,557,409*
cited in Who's Who in Science and Engineering
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
ONR Young Investigator Award
IBM Faculty Development Award
General George C. Marshall Scholar, Oxford University 		2003
2002
2002
2001
2000
2000
1999
1996
1993 ff.
1988-1993 $312,500
1988-1991 $150,000
1987-1989 $ 60,000
1976-78

Professional Activities:
General Chair, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS '05), 2005
Program Chairman, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS '03), 2003
Topical Editor, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2000-2002

 

*Characterization of the roughness of a silicon interface using optical second harmonic generation. (w. J.I. Dadap, J.K. Lowell)
**System and Method for Frequency Domain Interferometric Second-Harmonic Spectroscopy. (w/ P.T. Wilson)