Mark Beck

Grill that brick!

Check out my carnivore page for other interesting pictures.

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Professional Stuff

I'm an Associate Professor in the Physics Dept. at Whitman College. Before coming to Whitman, I taught at Reed College in Portland, OR. I got my B.S. in Optics from the Univ. of Rochester in 1985, and my Ph.D. in Optics from the U of R in 1992. I did a post-doc at the University of Oregon after completing my Ph.D.

My main fields of study are Quantum Optics and Laser Physics. I'm an experimentalist interested in producing light fields which cannot be described using classical mechanics, especially if the experiments can be carried out by undergraduates. I'm also interested in fundamental questions about Quantum Mechanics (measurement theory, etc.)

You can download reprints and preprints of some of my recent papers.

You can view a copy of my CV.

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Undergraduate Quantum Mechanics Experiments

A project I'm currently working on involves creating a series of undergraduate teaching labs that explore some fundamental principles of quantum mechanics. These experiments include proving the existence of photons, single photon interference and entanglement of two photons. For more info on this, click here.

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Personal Stuff

My non-scientific interests include hiking, climbing, and making beer.

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If you wish to contact me, I can be reached at:

beckmk at whitman.edu (replace " at " with @)

Department of Physics, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362

Ph: (509)527-5260;

Fax: (509)527-5904

This page was last updated 2/13/06.