Rate My Professor Enrique Galvez

Enrique Galvez is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Colgate University, where he has served on the faculty since 1988. He completed his undergraduate studies in physics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 1980, earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Notre Dame in 1986, and held a postdoctoral position at Stony Brook University. Throughout his career, Professor Galvez has conducted experimental research in atomic and optical physics. His early work examined ion and atomic beams, the Lamb shift in two-electron ions, and highly excited Rydberg atoms. In recent years, his studies have concentrated on the classical and quantum properties of light, encompassing geometric phases in optics, optical beams in high-order modes, singular optics, photon entanglement, and quantum interference with correlated photons. He has also advanced physics education by developing new undergraduate laboratories and modernizing the introductory physics curriculum at Colgate.

Professor Galvez has co-authored numerous publications, many with undergraduate collaborators, including over 50 refereed papers and contributions to more than 70 conference presentations. Notable works include "Geometric Phase Associated with Mode Transformation of Optical Beams Bearing Orbital Angular Momentum" (Physical Review Letters, 2003), "Interference with Correlated Photons: Five Quantum Mechanics Experiments for Undergraduates" (American Journal of Physics, 2005), "Qubit Quantum Mechanics with Correlated-Photon Experiments" (American Journal of Physics, 2010), and books such as Modern Introductory Physics (Springer-Verlag, 2010) and Electronics with Discrete Components (Wiley, 2012). His impact extends to organizing conferences and outreach workshops, as well as leadership roles in the American Physical Society's New York State Section. Honors include the 2010 American Physical Society Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution and election as a Fellow of Optica in 2019 for advancements in classical and quantum optics and educational innovations.