Justin Peatross
Justin Peatross
Contact
- Office: N149 Eyring Science Center
- 801.422.5043 (office)
- 801.422.3481 (lab)
- peat@byu.edu
- physics.byu.edu/faculty/peatross/home
Office Hours
MW 1PM, F 10AM- Th 11:00PM U160 ESC
Spring 2026 Schedule
| Title | Time | Days | Room | Building | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics 127 | 9:00a - 10:50a | MWF | C465 | ESC | |
| Physics 220 | 12:00p - 1:50p | MWF | C215 | ESC | |
| Devotional | 11 am | Tu | MC | ||
| Faculty Meeting (some weeks) | 11 am | Th | N288 | ESC | |
| Group Meeting | 12 am | Th | U160 |
Research
- Specialty: High-Intensity Laser Physics (experimental)
- Supervised Theses and Dissertations
- Publication List
Professional Bio
Native of Duchesne, UT; Eagle Scout (1981); Valedictorian: Delta High School, UT (1983); LDS Mission: Portugal (1984-1986)
Bachelor of Science, Physics, Brigham Young University - Cum Laude (1988)
Doctorate, Physics, University of Rochester (Laboratory for Laser Energetics), Thesis: The Far-Field Angular Distribution of High-Order Harmonics Produced in Light Scattering from a Thin Low-Density Gas Target; Advisors: David D. Meyerhofer, Joseph H. Eberly (1993)
Post Doctoral Research, Theoretical High-Field Atomic Physics, General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Group of Mikhail V. Fedorov (1994)
Post Doctoral Research, High-intensity Laser Experiments, Washington State University, Group of Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane (1995)
Assistant Professor of Physics, Brigham Young University (1996 - 2001)
Associate Professor of Physics, Brigham Young University (2002 - 2007)
Sabbatical Leave, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany, Group of Christoph Keitel (2006)
Professor of Physics, Brigham Young University (2008 - present)