Atto-Physics: Observing Matter on its Natural Timescale

Anthony F. Starace researches theoretical atomic-molecular-optical (AMO) physics, in particular attosecond physics, intense laser-atom interactions and ultrafast molecular and atomic processes. After a B.S. degree at Columbia College, he earned graduate degrees at the University of Chicago, and went on to postdoctoral studies at Imperial College, London. He is currently the George Holmes University Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Among his honors, he is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also dabbles in the applied physics of racquet sports, such as squash and badminton -- another arena where timescales between exchange interactions are ultrashort.