Eric Mazur
Eric Mazur | |
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Eric Mazur in 2004 | |
| Born | November 14, 1954 |
| Nationality | Dutch United States |
| Alma mater | Leiden University (PhD) |
| Known for | Peer Instruction Black silicon |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Optical physics Nanophotonics |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Thesis | The structure of non-equilibrium angular momentum polarizations in polyatomic gases (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jan Beenakker |
| Doctoral students | Ka Yee Christina Lee |
| Website | ericmazur |
Eric Mazur (born November 14, 1954) is a Dutch-born American physicist and educator at Harvard University, and an entrepreneur in technology start-ups for the educational and technology markets. Mazur's research is in experimental ultrafast optics, condensed matter physics and peer instruction. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Leiden University. He served as the President of Optica (formerly the Optical Society) in 2017.