Alfred Kwok Associate Professor of Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy Pomona College Phone: 909-621-8729 Fax: 909-621-8463 E-mail: alfred.kwok@pomona.edu Address: Pomona College Physics Department 610 North College Avenue Claremont, CA 91711-6359

Personal Information:

• B. A.  UC Santa Cruz '86 (Physics and Computer Science)
• Ph.D. Yale University (Applied Physics)
• Postdoctoral research:  Dept. of Chemistry, Stanford University (Fayer Lab)

On sabbatical at the Dept. of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia (Tamm lab), July 2006 – July 2007.

Recent Courses:

• Physics 51b: General Physics
• Physics 170: Quantum Mechanics
• Physics 174: Contemporary Experimental Physics
• Environmental Analysis 51: Introduction to Environmental Science

Research Interests:

• Membrane Physics:  Lipid Raft Domains, Vesicle Transport and Fusion, Membrane Fusion
• Laser Tweezers:  Capture Range of Laser Tweezers, Study of Molecular Motors
• Optical Physics:  Laser Spectroscopy, Nonlinear Optics, High Q Micro-resonators, Whispering Gallery Modes
• Cavity QED

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Representative Publications and Conference Presentations

Other Interests (and potentially useful links):

• Classical Music

• The Outdoors Life:  Rock-climbing, Mountaineering, Skiing, Hiking