Howard Milchberg is jointly appointed to the departments of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and is affiliated with the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics. He received his B. Eng. in engineering physics from McMaster University and a Ph.D. in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University. Professor Milchberg is the recipient of an NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship, National Research Council of Canada; NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award; and the APS John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. He is a UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and was awarded the Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award in UMD’s Clark School of Engineering. Three of his graduate students have been recipients of APS-DPP’s Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award.
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Centers & Institutes: Institute for Physical Science & Technology; Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics; Maryland NanoCenter
Kiyong Kim earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland under Prof. Howard Milchberg, and received the Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award presented by the American Physical Society. He then received a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory before joining the UMD faculty in 2008. He is a recipient of an NSF Career Award and a Department of Energy Early Career Research Award. His research centers on ultrafast lasers and optical science, including laser interaction with atoms, molecules, solids, and plasmas.
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Centers & Institutes: Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics; Maryland NanoCenter