• I am always interested in new graduate students who are seeking a PhD.
• RA stipends are available
• All my students' research projects are experimental, and they involve both laboratory work and computation
• Student research projects involve collaboration with other scientists here and at many other locations, both in the US and other countries. Students have the opportunity to perform a portion of their thesis research in Germany, residing there while carrying out research.
• Students will also interact with my other group members, typically including two or more postdocs
• As part of their PhD thesis work, students will learn skills that will help them in their post-PhD employment:
  • designing and building apparatus, including: optical, mechanical, and vacuum hardware
  • performing experiments
  • writing code to analyze experimental data
  • giving talks in seminars
  • giving talks at major conferences
  • writing papers for publication in major journals.
• Placement:
  • My students are highly sought by employers.
  • After working with me, my previous assistants have found exactly the type of starting position they sought.
  • The apparatus we use is similar to what is used in plasma processing of semiconductors; research in my group prepares the student for a career in the semiconductor industry (two of my previous assistants are now managers of R&D at a large company in Silcon Valley).
  • My former students who took postdoc positions after receiving a PhD did so because: (1) They wanted to pursue a career as a professor (two of my former assistants are now professors) or (2) because they wanted experience working in another country (I have collaborators in other countries, and this helps open doors to students who want an international experience
• If you are now considering applying for admission to graduate school, please feel free to phone me or email me. I'm happy to have you visit my lab, when you are looking for a graduate school.
• If you are from a country where the cost of the application fee is difficult, please tell me when you mail your application, and I will pay your application fee for you.
• You can find links to all the forms you need to apply here.

Undergraduate Students

• If you are an undergraduate majoring in physics, either at The University of Iowa or elsewhere, and if you are in your sophomore year or later, please feel free to contact me to inquire about possible research projects in my laboratories.