Eric Mazur | |
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 Eric Mazur in 2004 | |
| Born | November 14, 1954 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Leiden University (PhD) |
| Known for | Peer Instruction Black silicon |
| Awards | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Optical physics Nanophotonics[1] |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Thesis | The structure of non-equilibrium angular momentum polarizations in polyatomic gases (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jan Beenakker [citation needed] |
| Doctoral students | Ka Yee Christina Lee[citation needed] |
| Website | ericmazur |
Eric Mazur (born November 14, 1954) is a physicist and educator at Harvard University,[1] and an entrepreneur in technology start-ups for the educational and technology markets.[2][3] Mazur's research is in experimental ultrafast optics, condensed matter physics and peer instruction.[4][5] 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.[6]
- ^ a b Eric Mazur publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Mazur Group at Harvard University
- ^ ericmazur
.com - ^ Mazur, Eric (1997). Peer Instruction: A User's Manual, Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-565441-6
- ^ Crouch, Catherine H.; Mazur, Eric (2001). "Peer Instruction: Ten years of experience and results". American Journal of Physics. 69 (9): 970–977. Bibcode:2001AmJPh..69..970C. doi:10.1119/1.1374249. ISSN 0002-9505. S2CID 1893994.
- ^ "Eric Mazur | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved 2024-10-26.