The people who make things work:
I am Dr. Timothy Gay, Professor of Physics, and the Ultimate Master of Your Fate. You can call me ...Tim.
The people who break things:
Grad Students
Evan Brunkow
Evan is a graduate student in physics and a new addition to the Gay Group. Welcome! He gets to shoot really powerful lasers at crystals and hope to get spin polarized electrons as a result. If it works, he'll have found the simplest source of polarized electrons and all the world will marvel at his genius. . . muah ha ha!
Karl Ahrendsen
The people who fix everything else:
Undergrads
Matthew Dunn
Peter Kosch
Senior Collaborators
Kenneth Trantham
[1990- ]
Associate Professor & Chair, University of Nebraksa Kearney
Paul Burrow
[1993- ]
Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Matt Poelker
[2002- ]
Staff Scientist, Thomas Jefferson National Lab
Marcy Stutzman
[2002- ]
Physicist, Thomas Jefferson National Lab
Dale Tupa
[1999- ]
Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab
Graduates
Postdocs
Keith Foreman [2017-]
- Joan Dreiling [2014]
Honeywell Corporation - Vola Andrianarijaona [2005-2006]
Professor of Physics, Pacific Union College - Mark Rosenberry [1999-2003]
Professor, Siena College - Herman Batelaan [1996-1998]
Professor of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Marty Johnson [1993-1995]
Professor of Physics, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota - John Furst [1989-1992]
Professor of Physics, University of Newcastle, Australia - Hans Geesman [1990]
Research Scientist, Mercedes-Benz, Germany - Morty Khakoo [1987-1989]
Professor of Physics, Cal State Fullerton - John William Edwards (deceased)
Ph.D.s and what they do now
- Nate Clayburn [2017]
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Amherst College (Hunter Group) - Joan Dreiling [2014]
Honeywell Corporation - Eric Litaker [2014]
- Munir Pirbhai [2014]
Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University - Jack Maseberg [2009]
Professor of Physics, Fort Hays State University - Adam Green [2002]
Professor of Physics, University of St. Thomas - Ben Birdsey [2003]
Gage Inc. - Hasan Al-Khateeb [2003]
Associate Professor of Physics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences - Edward Stevens [1993]
Founder and President, Northrop Grumman Cutting Edge Optronics - Kanishka Wijayaratna [1992]
Professor of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka - Victor Irby [1991]
M.S.s and what they do now
- Josh Machacek [2009]
Research Fellow, Australian National University Research School of Physics & Engineering - Adam Scheer [2006]
Supervisor, Pacific Gas and Electric Company - John Reyes [2005]
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Justin Zohner [2004]
Northrop Grumman Corporation; Ph.D. Program, University of Texas San Antonio - William Meyer [1991]
NASA Glenn Research Center - Steve Yallaly [1988]
Boeing
B.S.s and what they do now
- Dominic Ryan [2014]
Ph.D Program, UC-Berkeley - Kyle Tobin [2012]
Ph.D Program, University of California-San Diego - Sophie Waldman [2011]
Ph.D Program, University of Rochester - Jimmy Feeks [2010]
Ph.D Candidate, Institute of Optics, University of Rochester - Ashley Ernesti [2010]
MAT Physics Teaching Program, University of Nebraska–Lincoln - Maya Fabrikant [2009]
Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Amanda Neukirch (formerly Fricke) [2008]
Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Levi Neukirch [2008]
Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Eric Norrgard [2007]
NRC Postdoc, National Institute of Standards and Technology-Gaithersberg
Undergraduates
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(94 undergraduates)
University of Missouri-Rolla
(25 undergraduates)
Other Schools
(16 undergraduates)
Jenny Bahn
[2018]
Smith College
Michael-Angelo Humm
[2015]
Georgia Institute of Technology
Schools include: Nebraska Wesleyan University, Western Michigan State University, Vassar College, Swarthmore College, University of Michigan-Dearborn, University of St. Thomas, Evergreen College, Fort Hays State University, Harvey Mudd College, Western Washington University
High School Students: what they ended up in
Lincoln High Schools
(6 students)
Jesse Lin
[2016]
Lincoln High School
Andy Zhu
[2015]
Lincoln High School
- Max Nelson [2010]
- Jahan Claes, University of Chicago Physics major [2010]
- Maya Fabrikant, UNL Physics major [2004]
- Nien Trangh, UNL Math/Physics major [1995]
Rolla High School
(1 student)
- Diane Schwalje, Chemical Engineering major [1990]
Our Spiritual Leaders
Der Noether
Our Other Spiritual Leader - Mr. Moss
