Steering Committee
![Jannick Rolland](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/rolland_jannick/assets/images/rolland.jpg)
Rolland, Jannick
- Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science - Director, NSF/IUCRC: Center for Freeform Optics
Director, R.E. Hopkins Center for Optical Design and Engineering
- rolland@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 752-1013
- 505 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Aberration Theory; Freeform Optics; Metasurfaces; Metaform; Optical System Design; Optical Metrology; Illumination; Instrumentation and System Engineering; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE); Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR); Head-Worn Displays; Heads-up Displays
![Julie Bentley](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/bentley_julie/assets/images/bentley2.jpg)
Bentley, Julie
- Professor of Optics
- bentley@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1687
- 407 Goergen Hall
Interests: Optical Design; Engineering
![Photo of Jen Kruschwitz](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/faculty/kruschwitz_jen/assets/images/JenKruschwitzSmall.jpg)
Kruschwitz, Jennifer D. T.
- Associate Professor of Optics
Senior Scientist, LLE
- jennifer.kruschwitz@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7823
- 509 Wilmot Building
Interests: Optical Interference Coatings and Color
![John Lambropoulos](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/me/people/faculty/lambropoulos_john/assets/images/lambrop.jpg)
Lambropoulos, John
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Materials Science
Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Materials Science Graduate Recruiting Committee
- john.lambropoulos@rochester.edu
- 216 Hopeman
Interests: Micromechanics; Mechanics & Materials Issues in Optics Manufacturing; Defect Generation During Crystal Growth
![Jessica DeGroote Nelson](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/adjunct_faculty/nelson_jessica/assets/images/jessica-degroote-nelson.jpg)
![Michael Pomerantz](https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/optics/people/staff/pomerantz_michael/assets/images/mikep.jpg)