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Burcin Bayram

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Burcin Bayram has been granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of physics. Bayram earned a bachelor’s degree from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, and a doctorate from Old Dominion University in 1998. Prior to her appointment at Miami in fall 2002, she held postdoctoral research fellowship appointments at the University of Michigan in the electrical engineering and physics departments.

Bayram’s research interests lie in experimental atomic, molecular and optical physics. Specifically, her experiments focus on the interaction of laser light with atoms and molecules. She investigates the collisional cross section between atoms of the alkali-metal cesium and rare gas using a novel nanosecond pump-probe laser technique. The technique offers significant insights into the energy transfers important to astrophysics, the atmospheric sciences, combustion diagnostics and radiation therapy. Her research has appeared in national and international journals.

Bayram’s research has been funded by a Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award. She is a member of the American Physical Society, Optical Society of America, American Association of Physics Teachers, Association of Women in Science and Advanced Laboratory of Physics Association. She teaches both lower and upper level physics courses for science and non-science majors.

Date Published: 02/19/2009
Volume: 27 Number: 22