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
Fall 2025 office hours: by appointment
Meetings and Assignments
Fall 2025 meeting schedule:
- Mon 10-11 - REU meeting, N288
- Wed 12-1 - Colton research group meeting, N288
- Wed 4-5 - Dept colloquium, C215
- Thurs 11-12 - Occasional department faculty meetings
- Thurs 3-4 - Condensed matter/materials physics seminar, N288
- Fri 12-1 - Colton research group meeting, N288
Fall 2025 Teaching Schedule
| 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