Enrique Jose Galvez
optical physicist at Colgate University
Enrique Jose Galvez is a Charles A. Dana professor of physics and astronomy at Colgate University. His work focuses on optical physics as well as improving undergraduate laboratories.
Education and career
Galvez pursued his undergraduate degree at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, graduating with a Bachelor's of Science in 1980. He then obtained his PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 1986. He did his post-doc at Stony Brook University before joining Colgate University in 1988 as faculty, where he currently works.
Research and publications
Galvez focuses on working with shaped optical beams. He has worked in areas of quantum optics, classical optics, and atomic physics. He is also the coauthor of three physics textbooks. He is currently working on photon entanglement and light in vector and scalar modes.
Recognition
In 2024, he was named an American Physical Society fellow for mentoring undergraduate students in research and coursework as well as contributing to the design of approaches that help undergraduates learn quantum sciences.
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