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Bennett grew up in Seattle, Washington, and received his BS in physics from Rice University in 2025. Working as an undergraduate in Dr. Thomas Killian’s Lab, Bennett studied shockwave dynamics in ultracold plasmas and synthetic dimension quantum simulators.
Science and technology are inextricably linked and continue to drive each other. Ultrafast lasers have revolutionized our understanding of how molecules and materials work and how charges, spins, phonons and photons interact dynamically. In past research, our group designed Ti:sapphire lasers that operate at the limits of pulse duration and stability, with adjustable pulse durations from 7 fs on up.