Louis F. DiMauro
Chemist

Research Interest:
Atomic, Chemical and Ultrafast Optical Physics: strong-field interactions, ultrafast laser physics, attosecond engineering, nonlinear optics, quantum control methods, many body physics, free electron laser physics, fourth generation light sources.

telephone: (631) 344-4323
e-mail:dimauro@bnl.gov

 

Education
Ph.D   1977 – 1980  University of Connecticut.
*    Thesis advisor: Prof. D.E. Wood
*     Dissertation: “Spin Retention in Benzyl Radicals in an Argon Matrix”
M.S.   1975 - 1977    University of Connecticut
B.S.    1971 - 1975    Hunter College. CUNY

Professional Experience:
Senior Scientist
1998 - Present - Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
*     Joint tenure in Chemistry and NSLS
Scientist
1992 - 1998 - Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
*      Tenure in Chemistry
Associate Scientist
1990 - 1992 - Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Assistant Scientist
1988 - 1990 - Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Guest Physicist
1994 - Present - Lawrence Livermore Nat’l Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Adjunct Professor of Physics
1988 - Present - SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Assistant Professor of Physics
1984 - 1988 - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
*     Joint tenure position Chemistry and NSLS
Member of Technical Staff
1981 - 1984 - AT&T Bell Laboratory, Murray Hill, NJ
Postdoctoral Research Associate
1980 - 1981 - SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
*     Advisor: Prof. Harold Metcalf

Professional Activities:
2000       Vice-Chairman Multiphoton Gordon Conference
2000       Conference Co-Chairman: ICOMP8
2000       Program Co-Chairman of 2000 OSA/ILS Annual Meeting
1999       Elected Chairman of OSA Optical Physics Council
1997       Conference Co-Chairman: OSA Short Wavelength VII
1995       L-Security Clearance

Committee Service

2001     DOE/BES Panel on Scientific Application of the LCLS
2001     OSA Optical Physics Technical Group Chair
2001     Program Committee OSA Short Wavelength Conference
2000     APS I. I. Rabi Award Committee
2000     Chairman OSA Max Born Prize Committee
1999     DOE Panel on Complex and Collective Phenomena Initiative
1999     OSA Max Born Award Committee
1999     Directors Review Panel: Lawrence Berkeley Nat’l Lab
1998     Vice-Chairman of OSA Optical Physics Council
1997     DOE Atomic Physics Review Panel: ANL
1997     Panel Chair on 4th Generation Light Sources: ANL
1997     Co-chair DOE Panel Review on Future of AMO Physics
1996     DOE User Facilities Review Panel
1995     OSA William Meggers Award Committee
1994     Program Committee ILS-X: Dallas, TX
1993     Brookhaven Free Electron Laser Advisory Committee
1993     Panel Chair: DOE FY93 University Instrumentation Program
1993     Program Committee Short Wavelength V: San Diego, CA
1993     Program Committee ILS-IX: Toronto, Canada
1992     Program Committee OSA Annual Meeting: Albuquerque, NM
1992     Panel Review: DOE FY92 University Instrumentation Program
1991     Program Committee ILS-VII: Monterey, CA

Thesis-Advisor Activities:
Graduated six Ph.D. students, four current Ph.D. candidates and sponsored five DOE semester study undergraduates.

Ph.D. Students

  1. R. Seth Smith, Ph.D. 1987, Louisiana State University, Physics, Thesis Title: “Laser spectroscopy of transient species in a supersonic free jet expansion”.
  2. Dalwoo Kim, Ph.D. 1989, Louisiana State University, Physics, Thesis Title: “Nonresonant multiphoton ionization of alkaline-earth atoms in intense laser fields”.
  3. Muhammad Raza Saeed, Ph.D. 1991, Louisiana State University, Physics, Thesis Title: “Atoms and molecules in intense laser fields”.
  4. Sophie Fournier, Ph.D. 1991, SUNY at Stony Brook, Physics, Thesis Title: “Nonresonant multiphoton ionization of magnesium”.
  5. Barry Walker, Ph.D. 1995, SUNY at Stony Brook, Physics, Thesis Title: “One and two electron atoms in strong laser fields”. Recipient of the APS/DAMOP 1997 Outstanding Thesis Award.
  6. Joseph Dolce, Ph.D. 1996, Princeton University, Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. G. Scoles, Thesis Title: “Intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution in ethane analogues: a high resolution infrared spectroscopy study”.
  7. Robert Lafon, Ph.D. candidate, SUNY at Stony Brook, Physics.
  8. T. Clatterbuck, Ph.D. candidate, SUNY at Stony Brook, Physics.
  9. Phil Colosimo, Ph.D. candidate, SUNY at Stony Brook, Physics.
  10. Juana Rudati, Ph.D. candidate, SUNY at Stony Brook, Physics.

Undergraduates:

  1. Michael Courtney, 1988, Louisiana State University, Physics.

  2. Barry Walker, 1989, Point Loma College, Physics.

  3. Diana DiBerardino, 1990, Ohio State University, Physics.