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Officers and Active Members
2007-2008 Officers

Desiré Whitmore
President   dwhitmor@uci.edu
Graduate Student, Chemical and Material Physics, Potma Research Group


CARS imaging of giant molecules, Chemistry at space-time limit.
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Mihaela Balu
Vice President  
mbalu@hs.uci.edu 
Postdoctoral Researcher,  Tromberg Research Group, Beckman Laser Institute

Biomedical imaging and spectroscopy, ultrafast laser based nonlinear optical microscopy, design of non-invasive optical devices
Jordan Pio
Treasurer  pioj@uci.edu
Graduate Student, Physical Chemistry, Janda Research Group

Vibrational energy transfer dynamics in weakly bound rare gas-halogen complexes using time-dependent pump-probe laser spectroscopy.
Mercedes Lin
Secretary  clin7@uci.edu 
Graduate Student, Physical Chemistry, Potma Research Group

CARS and Raman microscopy of plants

Karen Callahan
Activities Coordinator callahak@uci.edu
Graduate Student, Physical Chemistry, Tobias Research Group

Max Zimmerley
Activities Coordinator  mzimmerl@uci.edu 
Graduate Student, Physical Chemistry, Potma Research Group

CARS  and biomedical optics

Active Members


Ned Branigan
ebraniga@uci.edu
Graduate Student, Physical Chemistry Apkarian and Janda Research Groups

Spectroscopy, dynamics and thermodynamics of clathrate hydrate
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sgenc@uci.edu
 
Graduate Student,  Physics, Berns Research Group, Beckman Laser Institute

Cellular biophotonics


Kapilanjan Krishan
kkrishan@uci.edu
 
Postdoctoral Researcher,  Physics, Dennin Research Group, Deparment of Physics

Fluid dynamics, soft condensed matter
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mclaughs@uci.edu

Graduate Student,  Electrical Engineering

MEMS & MOEMS, LEDs, Lasers, and photovoltaics


Undergraduate Members

Christina Arakaki
carakaki@uci.edu
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Faculty Advisor
  Wytze van der Veer,PhD
   wevdveer@uci.edu
   Director, UCI Laser Spectroscopy Facility

Former Members


Vahan Senekerimyan
Ex-President
Former Graduate Student, Physical Chemistry, Apkarian Research Group

Femtosecond laser spectroscopy, Halogen dynamics in water and Clathrate hydrate environments, Plasmon dynamics in Nano materials
Hrant Seferyan
Ex-President  
Former Graduate Student, Chemical and Material Physics,
Apkarian Research Group
Applications Engineering Manager, TherMark

Femtosecond laser spectroscopy, Electron-phonon dynamics in carbon nanotubes, Plasmon dynamics in Nano materials, Chemistry at space-time limit
Darren Segale, PhD
Ex-President and Founding Member

Former Graduate Student, Chemical and Material Physics,
Apkarian Research Group
Scientist at Illumina, La Jolla Ca.

Femtosecond laser spectroscopy

Michael Karavitis, PhD
Founding Member

Former Graduate Student, Chemical and Material Physics, 
Apkarian Research Group


Staff Scientist, Newport Corporation

Nonlinear spectroscopy, ultrafast biomedical applications, laser matter interaction, ultrafast lasers

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