Eric Mazur

Eric Mazur
Eric Mazur
	Eric Mazur in 2004
Born	November 14, 1954; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	Leiden University (PhD)
Known for	Peer Instruction; Black silicon
Awards	Presidential Young Investigator Award (1988); Esther Hoffman Beller Medal (2008);
	Scientific career
Fields	Optical physics; Nanophotonics
Institutions	Harvard University
Thesis	The structure of non-equilibrium angular momentum polarizations in polyatomic gases (1981)
Doctoral advisor	Jan Beenakker
Doctoral students	Ka Yee Christina Lee
Website	ericmazur.com

Eric Mazur (born November 14, 1954) is a physicist and educator at Harvard University, and an entrepreneur in technology start-ups for the educational and technology markets. Mazur's research is in experimental ultrafast optics, condensed matter physics and peer instruction. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Leiden University.

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