Open Positions: 

Please contact Ryan if you are a Bates student interested in thesis research or summer/academic year research positions.

Current Members:

Past Members:

1. Zhaoyi (Andrew) Liu '26

Thesis title: "Precision Laser Spectroscopy of 12CH4 and 13CH4 near 1645 nm"

Ph.D. Student, University of Maryland

2. Carson Moellering '26

Thesis title: "Spectroscopically measuring wind-induced Doppler shifts"

Ph.D. Student, University of Wisconsin Madison

3. James Usher '26

Thesis title: "Building a Laser Control System Around the FP4209 InstaTune"

4. Kailah Greenberg '26

Thesis Title: "Multi-Pass Laser Spectroscopy of Dilute Methane for Air-Broadening Research"

5. Paloma Rodriguez Thorne '26

Project: Precision spectroscopy of sunlight with a frequency comb calibrated laser heterodyne radiometer

Ph.D. Student, University of Colorado Boulder

6. Qwynn Kobertz '26

Project: Evaluating a widely tunable DBR laser for laboratory reference spectroscopy of methane

7. Julia White '25

Thesis Title: "Optical Frequency Comb Stabilization as an Optical Frequency Reference" (Honors)

Ph.D. Student, University of Colorado Boulder 

8. Audrey Schane '25 

Thesis Title: "Building a Laser Heterodyne Radiometer for Solar Doppler Shift Measurements"

Electro-optic / Infrared Test Engineer, Boeing

9. Peter Weil '25

Thesis Title: "Characterizing a Widely-Tunable DBR-Laser-Based Gas Spectrometer for Spectroscopy of Methane"

Research technician, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

10. Krishna Kakani '25

     Thesis Title: "Modeling Greenhouse Gas Spectra"

11. Colton Bosselait '25

Thesis Title: "Designing a Laser Power Stabilization Module Using a Red Pitaya"