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Jennifer Steele
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy


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Degrees: B.S., Physics, Rice University
Ph.D., Physics, Rice University, 2004; Advisor - Naomi Halas

Post-Doctoral Work: 2004-2005, UCLA, UC Berkeley

Faculty Positions: August 2005-present, Assistant Professor of Physics, Trinity University

Courses: First-year Introductory Physics Lecture and Lab, Frontiers of Physics (Nanotechnology), Howard Hughes Medical Institute course development

Research: Interdisciplinary nanoscale science with emphasis on developing surface plasmon resonance biosensors.

Recent Publications: Steele, J.M., Liu, Z., Wang, Y., & Zhang, X. 2006, Optics Express, Vol. 14, p. 5664, "Resonant and Non-resonant Generation and Focusing of Surface Plasmons with Circular Gratings"

Service: SPS Advisor