Andrew Kortyna


	I am an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Lafayette College. I obtained my Ph.D. from Wesleyan University and have been a researcher at the Universitaet Kaiserslautern in Germany. I have also worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where I maintain an ongoing collaboration with the Atomic and Molecular Physics Group. I also taught at Bates College and before I came to Lafayette I was an NSF-AIRE Fellow at Colby College.


Research	My research is in the area of atomic and molecular physics, particularly the application of laser spectroscopic techniques to the study of low energy atomic and molecular scattering phenomena. After earning a Ph.D., my research interests turned to the field of electron-molecule scattering. I am still active in this field, but I am currently setting up a laboratory at Lafayette to study low-energy collisions between laser excited atoms. For more details, see a description of my current projects, my publication list, and my grants list. To see photos of my lab and some of my research students, click on the following: Nick 1 , Nick 2 , Jonathan 1 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 3 , Jonathan 4 , beam apparatus , laser apparatus .
Teaching	PHYS131: Physics I -- Mechanics -- a calculus-based introductory course for scientists and engineers. PHYS215: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics -- despite its name, PHYS215 is an intermediate-level introduction to both Special relativity and quantum mechanics.


Address	Department of Physics Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 phone: 610-330-5207 fax: 610-330-5714 kortynaa (for messages originating from external systems, add lafayette dot edu)
Schedule	Fall 2009
	To the right is a photo of me backpacking in California's Big Sur. Click here to see photos of me playing a drain-pipe fiddle at ICPEAC2003 . In case you're wondering, ICPEAC stands for the International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions. In 2003 it was in Stockholm, Sweden.

Andrew Kortyna
24 January 2009