Stony Brook University
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Department of Physics & Astronomy
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The Laser Teaching Center
Mentors
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Distinguished Teaching Professor
Prof. Harold Metcalf founded the Laser Teaching Center in 1998. He has done pioneering research in laser cooling and trapping, and has
led the department's AMO (atomic, molecular and optical) physics group for many years.
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| Executive Director, Physics & Astronomy
Dr. Eric Jones finished his Ph.D. at Univ. Nebraska in 2019 and joined us as Executive Director soon after. His expertise is in electorn and optical physics, especially lasers.
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| Visiting Scientist, Physics & Astronomy
Dr. Marty Cohen is a retired optical physicist with many years of experience at Bell Laboratories, Quantronix (a laser company) and
elsewhere. He has been an active member of both the LTC and various optics research groups in the department since 2005.
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Former Executive Director, LTC
Dr. John Noé has directed the Laser Teaching Center since its inception. He joined the Department of Physics & Astronomy in 1974
as a postdoctoral associate in the Nuclear Structure Laboratory, and was associated with the NSL for over 20 years.
Unfortunately he passed away in November, 2017.
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| "Laser Guru"
Dr. Sam Goldwasser is best known for Sam's Laser FAQ, a treasure-trove of
practical laser information. He is a regular summer visitor and also mentors our students by email.
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| Laser hobbyist and holographer
David Battin is an experienced local laser hobbyist and holographer, whose holograms have been displayed at the Northport Library and
elsewhere. He has been an LTC mentor since summer 2011.
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Dickinson College
Melia was our mentor for summer 2013 and 2014.
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Adelphi University
Sean Bentley has been a professor of physics at Adelphi University since 2003. For 2014 and 2015 he
took leave from Adelphi to head the national organization of the Society of Physics Students (SPS).
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Stony
Brook UniversitySamet has spent the first two summers of his graduate career, 2017 and 2018, as mentor to the undergrads in the Laser Teaching Center. |
2021 Students
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Stony
Brook UniversityAbdul is working on Gaussian Beams. |
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Stony
Brook UniversitySasha Is studying Moiré patterns. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityMichael joined our research group in early 2018 and has worked on the construction and testing of a Fabry-Perot
interferometer, a stabilized HeNe laser, a Bell inequalities project, an interference project, and an ARP simulation. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityMax is working on a digital micro-mirror device for images. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityJohn is working on geodesics in soap bubbles. |
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Montclair High School
Ava has been working on image cloaking. |
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Stony
Brook UniversitySam has a project on holography. |
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Jericho High School
Himani is working on a project on holography.. |
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Stony Brook University
Calculations of chaos with coupled pendula. |
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Williams College
Otto is studying violation of the Bell inequalities.
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Stony
Brook UniversityYuanchi is studying violation of the Bell inequalities.
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Stony
Brook UniversityMichael is working on the properties of diode lasers. |
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Ward Melville High School
Claire is trying to observe and study coherent back scattering. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityTBA. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityTBA |
2020 Students
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Stony
Brook UniversityMatt finished a measurement on the refractive index of air and is now working on a model of the Hanbury-Brown Twiss experiment |
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Smithtown West High School
Under construction. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityMichael joined our research group in early 2018 and has worked on the construction and testing of a Fabry-Perot interferometer, a stabilized HeNe laser, a Bell inequalities project, and an interference project. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityChiu Yin joined our research group - need more info here. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityAbhi is working on a model of the Hanbury-Brown Twiss experiment |
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Stony
Brook UniversityMax is working on a digital micro-mirror device for images. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityUnder construction |
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Stony
Brook UniversityMatt finished a measurement on the refractive index of air and is now working on a model of the Hanbury-Brown Twiss experiment |
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Ward Melville High SchoolUnder construction |
2019 Students
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Brook UniversityMichael joined our research group in early 2018 and has worked on the construction and testing of a Fabry-Perot interferometer, a stabilized HeNe laser, a Bell inequalities project, and an interference project. |
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University of Delaware Richard joined our research group for the summer of 2019. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityChiu Yin joined our research group - need more info here. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIan came to Stony Brook as an MSI student in January, 2019. He began work in the LTC then, and served as a mentor in that summer. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to David. |
2018 Students
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Stony
Brook UniversityMichael joined our research group in early 2018 and has worked on the construction and testing of a Fabry-Perot interferometer. |
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Lawrence University
Intro to Willa. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityChiu Yin joined our research group - need more info here. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to David. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityMax joined the Laser Teaching Center in 2015 and has been active on a wide range of projects for the entire four years of his undergraduate career. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to Eric. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to Perri. |
2017 Students
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Stony
Brook UniversitySakib is a biomedical engineering student who worked on optical tweezers with Sravan Munagavalasa. |
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Stony
Brook UniversitySravan is a biomedical engineering student who worked on optical tweezers with Sakib Hoque. . |
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Stony
Brook UniversityGrant was in the LTC for two summers. In 2017 he worked on
a cat's eye reflector and a double-pass AOM. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to David. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityMax joined the Laser Teaching Center in 2015 and has been active on a wide range of projects for the entire four years of his undergraduate career. |
2016 Students
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to Alex. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to Xiang. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to Jessica. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to Marcus. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to Angela. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityGrant was in the LTC for two summers. In 2016 he worked on measuring the retardance of various wave plates. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityIntro to Jay. |
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Stony
Brook UniversityMax joined the Laser Teaching Center in 2015 and has been active on a wide range of projects for the entire four years of his undergraduate career. |
2015 Students
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Stony
Brook UniversityJasmine is one of six freshman students enrolled in the Introduction to Research course (PHY287) for the spring 2015 semester. |
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Stony Brook University
Zheni is one of six freshman students enrolled in the Introduction to Research course (PHY287) for the spring 2015 semester. |
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Stony Brook University
Rachel is one of six freshman students enrolled in the Introduction to Research course (PHY287) for the spring 2015 semester. |
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Stony Brook University
Jay is one of six freshman students enrolled in the Introduction to Research course (PHY287) for the spring 2015 semester.
He, Max and Brandon all attended nearby Longwood High School and shared many formative course experiences there. |
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Stony Brook University
Max is one of six freshman students enrolled in the Introduction to Research course (PHY287) for the spring 2015 semester. |
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Stony Brook University
Brandon is one of six freshman students enrolled in the Introduction to Research course (PHY287) for the spring 2015 semester. |
2014 Students
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Garden City Waldorf School
Jon is one of three LTC Simons Fellows for summer 2014. He has taken physics courses and conducted research at Adelphi
University, which is adjacent to his high school. |
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Summit (NJ) High School
Alex is one of three LTC Simons Fellows for summer 2014. He has already completed several interesting projects with his
high school research teacher. |
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Stony Brook University
Natalie is a freshman physics major. She is developing an LTC project to complement her exposure to research through the WSE187
course in the WISE program. |
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Commack High School
Andrea is our fourth high school student for summer 2014. She has studied sonoluminescence with her high school research
teacher and is interested in acousto-optics. |
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Stony Brook University
Kegan studied the electrical properties of light-emitting diodes for his PHY287 project in spring 2014. |
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Stony Brook University
Rachel is the third of three first-year women physics majors in our Spring 2013 Introduction to Research class. |
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Stony Brook University
Samantha will join our summer 2013 group for five weeks as our first-ever "pre-undergrad" student. Come
September she will enter Stony Brook as a physics and astronomy major in the WISE program. While this
is her first experience with optics she has had several years of astronomy research already, for
which she was named an Intel Finalist. |
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Horace Mann School
Ikaasa is one of three LTC Simons Fellows for summer 2014. Her diverse interests include polymer physics and laser cooling
of atoms. |
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Stony Brook University
Libby is the only undergraduate in our summer 2014 group .... |
2013 Students
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California High School, San Ramon
Kathy was one of three Simons/LTC Fellows in our 2013 summer group.
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Stony Brook University
James is one of several Stony Brook physics students who completed Prof. Metcalf's Waves and Optics course in spring 2012
and have joined his group for the summer.
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Stony Brook University
Carolyn is a first-year physics major in the WISE program. She is one of two such students in our Spring 2013 Introduction to
Research class, WSE187.
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Stony Brook University |
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East Islip High School
William Meehan is one of three Simons/LTC Fellows for summer 2013. He is from the same high school as
Angela Pizzutto, and shares a similar interest in music.
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Stony Brook
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Stony Brook University
Angela was a freshman physics major in the WISE program. She was one of two WISE students in our Spring 2013 Introduction to
Research class, WSE187. |
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Stony Brook University
Alex is one of several Stony Brook physics students who completed Prof. Metcalf's Waves and Optics course in spring 2012
and have joined his group for the summer.
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Stony Brook University
Rachel is the third of three first-year women physics majors in our Spring 2013 Introduction to Research class. |
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Stony Brook University |
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Stony Brook University
Samantha will join our summer 2013 group for five weeks as our first-ever "pre-undergrad" student. Come
September she will enter Stony Brook as a physics and astronomy major in the WISE program. While this
is her first experience with optics she has had several years of astronomy research already, for
which she was named an Intel Finalist.
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Wayazata High School
Keven Zheng from Plymouth, Minnesota is one of three Simons/LTC High School Summer Research Fellows for summer 2013.
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2012 Students
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Dickinson College
Melia was one of our three summer 2012 REU students. She came to us after a year of study in England and Italy. She hopes to
return to Italy as a Fulbright Scholar and to later pursue a career in physics teaching.
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Stony Brook
University
Zee is a Stony Brook senior in the atmospheric sciences program. She is joining us this fall to explore
optics topics related to her field.
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Stony Brook University
James is one of several Stony Brook physics students who completed Prof. Metcalf's Waves and Optics course in spring 2012
and have joined his group for the summer.
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Stony Brook University
Muse Numsin is a third-year computer science major in the WISE program. She joined the LTC in June 2012 as a lab
assistant.
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City College of New York
Jonathan is the second of our summer 2012 REU students. He is a second-BS physics student at CCNY.
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Hasting High School
Simons Fellow Ariana Ray is our one high school student this summer.
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Marissa is a second-year Stony Brook physics major in the WISE program. She came to the LTC in January
2012 through the WSE187 (Introduction to Research) course and is now one of our 2012 REU students.
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Stony Brook University
Alexander is one of several Stony Brook physics students who completed Prof. Metcalf's Waves and Optics course in spring 2012
and have joined his group for the summer.
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Stony Brook
University
Siqi is an international exchange student from Nanjing University, China, here for the Fall 2012 semester.
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Stony Brook
University
Yueyang (Anna) Zou is an international exchange student from Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, at Stony Brook for the Fall 2012 semester. She hopes to continue and extend Melia's
summer project on Bessel beams as part of the Optics Rotation course, PHY582.
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2011 Students
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| Wellesley College
Yoonji was one of our NSF-REU Fellows for summer 2011. She lives on Long Island and attended Great Neck South High School. Her
LTC project involved creating a nitrogen-pumped dye laser.
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| Stony Brook University
Benjamin is a first-year physics major in the Honors College. He hails from New Hampshire and is currently (Fall 2011) being
introduced to optics research through the PHY287 course.
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| Mission High School, Fremont,
California
Bolun is the first of our two Simons Fellows for Summer 2011. His project on evanescent waves in FTIR and ATR
recently earned semi-finalist recognition in the Siemens Competition.
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David is a Stony Brook junio ...
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| Riverhead High School
Gaby is our second 2011 Simons Fellow. She built on her interest in laser cooling by studying ways to shift the
frequency of light by the Doppler effect.
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| Stony Brook University
Sharmishtha ...
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Stony Brook University
Carrie ....
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| Stony Brook University
Robert, a junior-level physics major, has been involved with the LTC since Fall 2011.
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| Juniata College
Lauren's interest in optics comes ....
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| RPI
Justin is a Long Island native who has just completed his first year at RPI.
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2010 Students
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| Cornell University
Jacob is working primarily with Prof. Metcalf, but his home base is the LTC. He is currently investigating the transmission of
polarized light in single-mode optical fibers. [currently at Stanford].
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Oneonta High School
Ben was one of our 2010 Simons Fellows. His project simulated a liquid mirror telescope. He is currently a freshman physics major and
member of the Honors College at Stony Brook.
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| Stony Brook University
Stefan ..
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| Mount Union College
Vince has a keen interest in lasers and laser modes, and will be doing a
project in this area.
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Stony Brook University
Ewuin ...
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Duke University
Heather ... She is currently a first-year graduate student of physics at Columbia University.
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Wilmington Charter School
Pradyoth ... is now studying computer science at Cornell University.
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Choate Rosemary Hall
Annie ... is currently a freshman physics major at MIT.
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Stony Brook University
Sebastien got his start in research through the LTC, but has since been working independently on a exciting topic in astronomical
instrumention (the non-redundant aperture mask or NRM) with Anand Sivaramakrishnan.
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Univ. California at Davis
Katya was our ...
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