Eric Mazur

Eric Mazur
Eric Mazur in 2004
Born (1954-11-14) November 14, 1954 (age 69)
NationalityDutch
Alma materLeiden University (PhD)
Known forPeer Instruction
Black silicon
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsOptical physics
Nanophotonics[1]
InstitutionsHarvard University
ThesisThe structure of non-equilibrium angular momentum polarizations in polyatomic gases (1981)
Doctoral advisorJan Beenakker [citation needed]
Doctoral studentsKa Yee Christina Lee[citation needed]
Websiteericmazur.com Edit this at Wikidata

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.

  1. ^ a b Eric Mazur publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Mazur Group at Harvard University
  3. ^ ericmazur.com Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Mazur, Eric (1997). Peer Instruction: A User's Manual, Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-565441-6
  5. ^ 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.