John Colton
Professor
Contact
- Office: N335 ESC
- 801.997.0572 (office)
- 801.422.5286 (lab)
- 801.358.1970 (mobile)
- john_colton@byu.edu
- physics.byu.edu/faculty/colton/
- physics.byu.edu/research/coltonlab/
Office Hours
Spring 2026 office hours schedule:
- Tue 1-2 pm - office hours in underground lab
- Thu 1-2 pm - office hours in underground lab
Meetings and Assignments
Spring 2026 meeting schedule:
- Mon 12-2 pm - teach 441, B140 JFSB
- Mon 4-5 pm - TA meeting
- Tue 3-4 pm - research group meeting in N288
- Wed 12-2 pm - teach 441, B140 JFSB
- Thu 3-4 pm - research group meeting in N288
- Fri 12-2 pm - teach 441, B140 JFSB
Spring 2026 Teaching Schedule
| Physics 441 | 12:00p - 1:50p | MWF | B140 | JFSB | |
| Physics 492R | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Physics 498R | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Research
Specialty: Optical spectroscopy of semiconductors, with an emphasis in spin properties and semiconductor nanostructures
Supervised Theses and Dissertations
Professional Bio
B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Mathematics, cum laude, BYU, 1994
M.S. in Physics, U.C. Berkeley, 1997
Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, U.C. Berkeley, 2000
Postdoctoral Researcher, Naval Research Lab, 2000-2003
Assistant Professor, U.W. La Crosse, 2003-2007
Associate Professor, BYU, 2007 - 2025
Professor, BYU, 2025 - current