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 2023 office hours: none scheduled
Meetings and Assignments
Fall 2023 meeting schedule:
- Mon 8:30 - REU meeting, N209
- Mon 9:30-11 - online Zoom research meeting
- Mon 2-3 - Teaching Improvement Committee meeting, N288
- Mon 4:30-6 - Colton research group meeting, N288
- Wed 1-2 - physics education research meeting, N288
- Thurs 11 am-12 pm - occasional department faculty meetings
- Thurs 4-5 pm - condensed matter physics seminar, N288
- Fri 10-11 am - online Zoom research meeting
- Fri 12-1 pm - department colloquium, C215
- Fri 5-6 pm - A Cappella Club officers meeting
Spring 2025 Teaching Schedule
| Physics 297R | 9:00a - 10:50a | T | C425 | ESC | |
| Physics 441 | 12:00p - 1:50p | MWF | C285 | ESC | |
| 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 - present