Dr. Anil K. Patnaik

Associate Professor of Physics

Bio Photo

 

Contact:
Comm: 937-656-5729
Click to E-mail
View Department

MS Thesis Advised

Current Students (as Advisor):?

  • Lt Kyle Jacobsen - Extereme Light Lab
  • Lt Brian Zelt - Extreme Light Lab
  • Mr. Robert von Holle - Quantum Information (Expt)
  • Mr. Travis Morris - THz Generation (Expt)
  • Lt Anthony Seggara - Quantum Network (Expt)

Current Student (as Committee Member):

  • Lt Grant Ferry - Quantum Information (Expt)

 

ALUMNI:

Advisor and Chair of Committee:

  1. 1Lt Madison Moran (2025) - LIBS (Expt)
  2. Mr. Benjamin Knight (2024) - Extreme Light (Expt)
  3. Capt Jackson Piechowski (2024) - Radiation hardening (Expt)
  4. 2nd Lt Noah Everett (2024) - Quantum State Tomography of Photon through Turbulence (Expt)
  5. 2nd Lt Colton Stoner (2023) - Simulation of Neutron Generation from Laser-Driven Fusion in a Liquid D2O Sheet Using Novel WARPX Module
  6. 2nd Lt Ryan Pinson (2022) - Characterization of Environmental Conditioning of Lithium Hydride Using Spectroscopy and Machine Learning
  7. 1st Lt Michael G Rynders (2021) - Characterization of the Spatial Distribution and Evolution of Cerium and Calcium in Laser Produced Plasma

As Committee Member:

  1. Capt David Stiles (2025) - Extreme Light Lab (Expt)
  2. Capt Zach Johnson (2025) - Quantum Storage (Expt) 
  3. 2d Mikaela Morris (2025) - Quantum Imaging (Expt)
  4. 2nd Lt Seth Hyra (2023) - Coupling to Quantum Topological Order in Superconducting Qubit Systems
  5. 2nd Casey Kowalski (2022) - Determination of Vortex Locations in a 2x2 Array of Josephson Junctions for Topological Quantum Computation
  6. Capt James Stoefel (2021) - Lithium Compound Characterization via Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy
  7. Lt Adrian Scheppe (2021) - Topological Realizations of Entangling Quantum Gates
  8. Capt Ashwin Rao (2020) - Rapid Analysis of Plutonium Surrogate Material via Hand-Held Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

 

 

Return to the top of the page

Air Force Institute of Technology
2950 Hobson Way
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-7765
Commercial: 937-255-6565 | DSN: 785-6565