Bio


Nolan is currently a PhD candidate in the Schleier-Smith Lab in the Department of Physics. He specializes in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, chemical physics, and materials science with a developing interest in bioengineering. Beyond his research career, Nolan is an accomplished cellist and is interested in climbing, reading, and nature.

Honors & Awards


  • Hertz Fellow, The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation (2020)

Education & Certifications


  • Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics (2020)
  • Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Music (2020)

All Publications


  • Faraday effect in polycrystalline Mn-doped InSb for LWIR applications OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS Sharma, R., Perkinson, J. C., Peard, N., LeBlanc, J., Patel, N., Callahan, D., Wang, C. Y., Gaume, R., Richardson, K. A. 2021; 11 (8): 2618-2626

    View details for DOI 10.1364/OME.427195

    View details for Web of Science ID 000693680200007

  • Magneto-optical properties of InSb for infrared spectral filtering JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Peard, N., Callahan, D., Perkinson, J. C., Du, Q., Patel, N. S., Fakhrul, T., LeBlanc, J., Ross, C. A., Hu, J., Wang, C. Y. 2021; 129 (20)

    View details for DOI 10.1063/5.0048836

    View details for Web of Science ID 000681696100004