Peter Persans
Professor
Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States of America
Biography
Professor Peter Persans is Associate Head of the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy. His research interests have been mostly in the physics of amorphous, nanocrystalline, and low-dimensional materials with applications in optoelectronics and energy conversion. Recently, he has focused on improving undergraduate education at all levels. Current projects include development of a first semester mentor program across the sciences and facilitating student creation of open-source materials to enable remote laboratory experiment access for introductory physics education.
Research Interest
novel optoelectronic materials, Physics education research and educational development
Publications
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V Vuitton, BN Tran, PD Persans, J Ferris, Determination of the complex refractive indices of Titan haze analogs using photothermal deflection spectroscopy, Icarus, 203, 663-671, (2009).
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AJ Said, D Recht, JT Sullivan, J. Warrender, T Buonassisi, PD Persans, M Aziz, Extended infrared photoresponse and gain in chalcogen-supersaturated silicon photodiodes, Appl Phys Lett, 99, 073503, (2011).
