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  1. * "LIBS for the Rapid Detection and Diagnosis of Pathogenic Bacteria in Human Clinical Specimens: Blood, Urine, and Cerebrospinal Fluid," LIBS XIII Lasesr-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy / LA LIBS II (Latin American LIBS II), Iguazu, Argentina, September 2, 2024 [presented by Steve Rehse].
  2. * "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Detection and Diagnosis of Bacterial Pathogens in Blood, Urine, and Cerebrospinal Fluid," 66th International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 27, 2024 [presented by Steve Rehse].
  3. "Toward the development of a rapid diagnostic test for bacterial meningitis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy," Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2024, Western University, May 28, 2024 [presented by Caroline Alionte, Rachel Chevalier, and Isabella Arthur, pictured at right].
  4. "Diagnosing Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy," Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2024, Western University, May 28, 2024 [presented by Hadia Malik]
  5. "Detection of Bacteria in Blood using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy," Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2024, Western University, May 28, 2024 [presented by Jasmine Saad, pictured at right]
  6. "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Identification of Pathogens in Blood and Urine," European Mediterranean Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, September 6, 2023 [presented by Steve Rehse]
  7. *"Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Identification of Pathogens in Blood and Urine," Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2023, University of New Brunswick, June 21, 2023 [presented by Steve Rehse]
  8. "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Identification of Pathogens in Blood and Urine," International Conference on Plasma Science, Santa Fe, NM, USA May 24, 2023 [presented by Steve Rehse]
  9. * "Healing Humanity One Spark at a Time: Diagnosing Bacterial Pathogens with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy." Colloquium, Michigan Technologial University, Houghton, MI, USA, April 6, 2023 [presented by Steve Rehse]
  10. * "Recent Advances in the Use of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Classify Pathogens in Clinical Specimens." SCIX2022 North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Cincinnati, OH USA, Oct. 4, 2022 [presented by Steve Rehse]
  11. "Pulsed Laser Deposition of a Silver Film For Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Emission Enhancement of Bacteria." SCIX2022 North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Cincinnati, OH USA, Oct. 4, 2022 [presented by Emily Tracey, pictured at right]
  12. "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Emission Enhancement from Bacteria on a Silver Thin Film." SCIX2022 North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Cincinnati, OH USA, Oct. 2, 2022 [presented by Emily Tracey]


     
  13. "Developments in the Rapid Diagnosis of Bacterial Pathogens Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy." SCIX2022 North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Cincinnati, OH USA, Oct. 2, 2022 [presented by Emma Blanchette, pictured at right]

     

 

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  1. * "Healing Humanity One Spark at a Time: Diagnosing Bacterial Pathogens with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy" Ontario Science Students' Association Lecture Series, August 16, 2022 [presented by Steve Rehse]
     
  2. "Rapid Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Water and Clinical Specimens Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy." Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2022, McMaster University, June 7, 2022 [presented by Emma Blanchette, pictured at right]
  3. "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Emission Enhancement from Bacteria on a Silver Thin Film." Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2022, McMaster University, June 7, 2022 [presented by Emily Tracey]
  4. "Developments in the Rapid Diagnosis of Bacterial Pathogens Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy." Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2022, McMaster University, June 7, 2022 [presented by August Baughan and Grace Johson]
  5. * "Development of a Simple and Efficient Clinical Protocol for Identifying and Quantifying Bacterial Cells in Liquid Suspensions with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy." Pacifichem 2021, Virtual, December 20, 2021. [presented by Steve Rehse]
  6. "Pulsed Laser Deposition of a Silver Film For Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Emission Enhancement of Bacteria." Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference 2021, Virtual, November 4-7, 2021. [presented by Emily Tracey]
  7. * "21st Century Medicine, One Spark at a Time:Biomedical Applications of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy." 48th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science 2021, Virtual, September 13, 2021. [presented by Steve Rehse]
  8. "Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Rapid Pathogen Diagnosis." 48th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science 2021, Virtual, September 13, 2021. [presented by Emma Blanchette] [PDF version]
  9. "Laser-based mask characterization for prophylaxis of Covid-19." Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2021, Virtual, June 8th, 2021 [presented by Abbey Richer]
  10. "Quantification of Sensitivity and Specificity in a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Diagnostic Assay for Pathogenic Bacteria Detection and Classification." Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2021, Virtual, June 9th, 2021 [presented by Emma Blanchette] [PDF version]
  11. "The Use of Silver Microparticles for Spectrum Emission Enhancement During Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Bacterial Specimens," Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2021, Virtual, June 10th, 2021 [presented by Haiqa Arain] [PDF version]
  12. "Signal Optimization and Chemometric Analysis of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Bacterial Spectra to Quantify Detection Limits and Improve Classification Accuracy," 1st International Online Meeting on LIBS, Virtual, July 7th, 2020 [presented by Jeremy Marvin]
  13. "Signal Optimization and Chemometric Analysis of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Bacterial Spectra to Quantify Detection Limits and Improve Classification Accuracy," Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2020, Virtual, June 8th, 2020 [presented by Emma Blanchette]
  14. * "Bacterial Limit of Detection Reduction Utilizing a Novel Sample Preparation Protocol," SCIX2019 North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Palm Springs, CA USA, Oct. 14, 2019
  1. * "Bacterial Limit of Detection Reduction Utilizing a Novel Sample Preparation Protocol," EMSLIBS2019 Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Brno, Czech Republic, Sept. 8, 2019
  2. "Concentration of Cells and Elimination of Extraneous Background Signals in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Identify, Differentiate and Detect Bacteria," Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress 2019, Burnaby, BC Canada, June 4th, 2019 [presented by Jeremy Marvin]
  3. "Identification and Elimination of Sources of Extraneous Background Signal in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Spectra of Bacteria Acquired Upon Filtration Media," UWill Discover Undergraduate Conference, March 18th, 2019 [presented by Jeremy Marvin, Emma Blanchette, and Sydney Sleiman]
  4. "Investigation of Emission Enhancement in Dual-Pulse and Resonance-Enhanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy," UWill Discover Undergraduate Conference, March 19th, 2019 [presented by Robert Valente and Paul Dubovan]
  5. "Development of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy as a Rapid Diagnostic Tool for Bacterial Infection," Thesis Defence, December 13th, 2018 [presented by Allie Paulick].
  6. * "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy as a Tool for Rapid Elemental Bioanalysis," Eastern Analytical Symposium, Princeton, NJ, USA, November 12, 2018.
  7. * "Biomedical and Biological Applications of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Clinically Relevant Systems," LIBS2018/SciX2018, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, October 22, 2018.
  8. "Spectroscopic Techniques in Determining the Elemental Composition of Fish Otoliths,” 2018 CAP Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 12, 2018 [presented by Christopher Heath].
  9. Students sitting in conference room"Investigation of Emission Enhancement in Dual-Pulse and Resonance-Enhanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy" 2018 CAP Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 12, 2018 [presented by Paul Dubovan and Robert Valente, pictured at left].
  10. "Bacterial Mounting and Concentration Techniques to Translate Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy into a Clinical Setting," 2018 CAP Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 12, 2018 [presented by Allie Paulick].
  11. "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy as a Rapid Diagnostic Tool for Bacterial Detection and Discrimination," 2018 CAP Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 12, 2018 [presented by Allie Paulick].
  12. Dr Rehse holding a small alligator* "Biomedical and Biological Applications of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Pittcon Conference and Expo, Orlando, FL, February 28, 2018.[presented by Steve Rehse, pictured at left].
  13. * "Bio-LIBS and the Role of Trace Metals When Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy is Used to Study Biological or Biomedical Systems," LIBS in geoscience The applications of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, November 3rd, 2017.
  14. Allie standing in front of her poster"Bacterial Mounting and Concentration Techniques to Translate Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy into a Clinical Setting," 6th National Meeting of the North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (at the SciX Conference), Reno, Nevada, October 10, 2017 [presented by Allie Paulick, pictured at left]
  15. * "Bio-LIBS and the Role of Trace Metals When Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy is Used to Study Biological or Biomedical Systems," 6th National Meeting of the North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (at the SciX Conference),  Reno, Nevada, October 12, 2017.
  16. * "Healing Humanity One Spark at a Time: Biomedical Applications of a Laser-Induced Plasma," University of Waterloo Colloquium, Department of Chemistry
  17. * "The Use of Resonant Laser Pulses for Emission Enhancement in Laser-Induced Plasmas,"  Pittcon Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, March 5th, 2017.
  18. Pittcon Conference Logo* "Bio-LIBS and the Role of Trace Metals When Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy is Used to Study Biological or Biomedical Systems," Pittcon Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, March 9th, 2017.
  19. Dylan and Dr Rehse"Alteration of Bacterial Cell Elemental Concentrations by Environmental Influences as Determined by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy." 52nd Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Ottawa, ON, June 14th, 2016 [presented by Dylan Malenfant].
  20. * "Progress and Challenges in Using LIBS for Bacteriological Identification." Pacifichem, the 2015 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, December 20, 2015.
  21. "Progress and Challenges in Using LIBS for Bacteriological Identification," SciX2015, Providence, RI, September 29, 2015
  22. * "Interdisciplinary Applications of Optical Spectroscopy on a Laser-Induced Plasma." 51st Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Edmonton, AB, June 18, 2015
  23. Dylan Malenfant presentation"Effects of Bacterial Sample Preparation on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectra," 51st Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Edmonton, AB, June 18, 2015 [presented by Dylan Malenfant]
  24. Vlora Riberdy presentation"Rapid Elemental Analysis of Human Fingernails Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,"  51st Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Edmonton, AB, June 15, 2015 [presented by Vlora Riberdy]
  25. Anthony Piazza presentation"Optical Pumping Within a Laser-Induced Plasma to Enhance Trace Element Signal Intensity," 51st Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Edmonton, AB, June 17, 2015 [presented by Anthony Piazza]
  26. * "Progress and Challenges in Using LIBS for Bacteriological Identification,”  Pittcon Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, March 9th, 2015.
  27. * “An Undergraduate Degree Program at the University of Windsor for Students Interested in a Non-Academic Career in Medical Physics,”  50th Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Sudbury, ON, June 17, 2014.
  28. Russell Putnam with Dr Rehse in front of poster“Recent Advances in the Measurement of Rare-Earth Metal Oscillator Strengths Using Laser-Induced Plasmas,” 50th Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Sudbury, ON, June 17, 2014. [presented by Russell Putnam]
  29. * “The “Whys” of Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (advantages and applications),” Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Undergraduate Research and Teaching (LIBS-URT), Huntingdon, PA, November 15-16, 2013.
  30. “Oscillator Strength Measurements in Lanthanides and Transition Metals Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy National Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, September 30, 2013. [presented by Russell Putnam]
  31. Russell Putnam presentation“Chemometric Data Analysis Strategies for Optimizing Pathogen Discrimination and Classification Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Emission Spectra,” North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy National Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, September 30, 2013. [presented by Russell Putnam]
  32. * “Healing Humanity One Spark at a Time: Medical Applications of LIBS,” North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy National Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, September 30, 2013.
  33. “Recent advances in the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a rapid point-of-care pathogen diagnostic,” American Physical Society Annual DAMOP Division Meeting / CAP DAMOP Division Meeting, Quebec City, QC, June 4, 2013.
  34. “Recent advances in the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a rapid point-of-care pathogen diagnostic,” Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress, Montreal, QC,  May 29, 2013.
  35. * “Recent advances in the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a rapid point-of-care pathogen diagnostic,” Colloque de Plasma-Québec  (Plasma-Quebec Colloquium), May 24, 2013.
  36. * "Using Lasers to Detect and Identify Bacteria: An Interdisciplinary Physics Project," PHUNC, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, April 9, 2013
  37. "Spectral Analysis for Discrimination of Bacterial Fingerprints," (presented by Russell Putnam), PHUNC, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, April 9, 2013
  38. * "Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS): a new paradigm for rapid pathogen identification,” Departmental Colloquium, University of Ottawa, March 28, 2013.
  39. “Oscillator Strength Measurements in Singly-Ionized, Doubly-Ionized and Neutral Lanthanides and Transition Elements (Sm, Nd, Pr, Gd, Cu, and Fe) Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, Calgary, AB, June 14, 2012.
  40. “Chemometric Data Analysis Strategies for Optimizing Pathogen Discrimination and Classification Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Emission Spectra,” Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, Calgary, AB, June 12, 2012.
  41. * “From lasers to the tricorder: The future of pathogen identification,” Canadian Science Writers' Association 41st Annual General Conference, Windsor, ON, Canada.  June 4th, 2012.
  42. * "Recent advances in the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a rapid point-of-care pathogen diagnostic," invited seminar at the Edgewood Biological Chemical Center.  Edgewood, MD, USA.  Thursday, April 26th, 2012.
  43. * "Recent advances in the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a rapid point-of-care pathogen diagnostic," invited seminar at the Uniform Services University for the Health Sciences.  Bethesda, MD, USA. Tuesday, April 24th, 2012.
  44. "Recent advances in the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a rapid point-of-care pathogen diagnostic," 2012 SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Conference.  Global Health I: Telemedicine and Point-of-Care Diagnostics.  Baltimore, MD, USA.  Monday, April 23rd, 2012.
  45. * “Using Lasers to Detect and Identify Bacteria: An Interdisciplinary Project,” Windsor Humanist Society, January 16th, 2012.
  46. * “Using Lasers to Detect and Identify Bacteria: An Interdisciplinary Project,” Windsor Science Center, October 19th, 2011
  47. * “The Future of LIBS-Based Pathogen Identification,” Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Conference, Reno, NV, October, 2011
  48. * “Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS): a new paradigm for rapid pathogen identification,” Good-Morning Detroit Research Breakfast, Detroit, MI, August 18, 2011
  49. * “Toward the Use of LIBS for the Clinical Diagnosis of Disease-Causing Pathogens,” North American Symposium on LIBS, Clearwater, FA, July, 2011
  50. “Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): An Optical Diagnostic Tool for the Rapid Identification and Classification of Pathogenic Bacteria,” Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, St. John’s, NL, June, 2011.
  51. * “’B is for Biological:’  Using a LIBS-based Elemental Microbiological Multivariate Analysis (EMMA) to detect bacteriological threats,” PacificChem, Honolulu, HI December 2010
  52. * “Lasers to Rapidly Identify/Detect Pathogenic Bacteria, Putting the ‘B’ in CBRNE,” OSA/ACS presentation at the US House of Representative Committee on Science and Technology, Washington DC, November 2010
  53. * “Toward the Use of LIBS for the Clinical Diagnosis of Disease-Causing Pathogens,” Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Conference , Raleigh-Durham, NC October 2010
  54. * “Toward the Use of LIBS for the Clinical Diagnosis of Disease-Causing Pathogens,” LIBS 2010, Memphis, TN, September 2010
  55. * “Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,” Instructor at NSF Laser Micromachining short course, Evanston, IL June 1-3, 2010.
  56. “A New Opportunity Using Elemental Microbiological Multi-variate Analysis for the In Situ Identification of Astrobiological Materials,” 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), Houston, TX, March 1-5, 2010.
  57. * “Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for the Rapid Field Identification and Classification of Pathogenic Bacteria,” OSA topical meeting on Laser Applications to Chemical, Security, and Environmental Analysis (LACSEA), San Diego, CA, February, 2010
  58. “Elemental Multi-variate Microbiological Analysis (EMMA): a Stand-alone Technology and a Sensor-fusion Component for the Rapid Field Identification and Classification of Biomaterials and Biological Agents,” Chemical and Biological Defense S&T Conference (Defense Threat Reduction Agency), Dallas, November, 2009.
  59. “EMMA: Elemental Multivariate Microbiological Analysis.  Real-time Field Identification of Pathogens.”  A brief given to the US DoD Joint Projects Executive Office (JPEO) for Chemical and Biological Defense, Washington DC, August 26th, 2009
  60. * “The potential of LIBS to Diagnose Infectious Diseases and Toxins,” North American Symposium on LIBS, New Orleans, LA, July 2009
  61. “LIBS for Rapid Discrimination/Identification of Gram-negative and Gram-positive Bacteria,” NASLIBS 2009, New Orleans, July 2009
  62. “LIBS for Bacterial Discrimination and Detection and the Observation of Nutrient-Induced Biochemical Membrane Alteration,” LIBS 2008, Berlin, Ger. September 2008
  63. “The Effect of Sequential Dual-Gas Testing on Discrimination of Brass and Bacterial Samples,” LIBS 2008, Berlin, Ger. September 2008
  64. “LIBS for Precision Laboratory Astrophysics Measurements,” LIBS 2008, Berlin, Ger. September 2008.
  65. * “The BIOMAS Project: Bacteria Identification by Optical, Molecular, and Atomic Spectroscopy,” Colloquium, University of Western Ontario, February 28, 2009
  66. * “Using Lasers to Detect and Identify Bacteria: An Interdisciplinary Project,” ICAE-Program, June 8th, 2008
  67. * “Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A future super star atomic spectrometric method and it applications to biological systems,” Colloquium, University of Windsor, Feb. 21, 2008
  68. * “Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A future super star atomic spectrometric method and it applications to biological systems,” Colloquium, Colorado State University, Feb. 11, 2008
  69. “Detection of Trace Aluminum in Model Biological Tissue with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” NASLIBS, New Orleans, LA, October 2007
  70. “Detection of Lead Contamination in Soil,” NASLIBS, New Orleans, LA, October 2007
  71. “Bacteria strain discrimination using nanosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Escherichia coli identification and Pseudomonas aeruginosa membrane alteration,” NASLIBS, New Orleans, LA, October 2007
  72. * “Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A future super star atomic spectrometric method and it applications to biological systems,” Colloquium, Oakland University, March 22, 2007
  73. “Escherichia coli identification and strain discrimination using nanosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,” DAMOP, Calgary, AB, June 2007
  74. “Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A Novel Technology for the Rapid Detection, Identification, and Discrimination of Biological Agents,” Michigan Branch-American Society of Microbiology, Detroit, MI, April 2007
  75. “Broadband Spectroscopy at the Water/Gas Interface: Temporal Evolution of Bath Gas Dependent Molecular Species,” LIBS2006, Montreal, QC, September 2006.
  76. “Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of γ-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles in a Biocompatible Alginate Matrix,” LIBS2006, Montreal, QC, September 2006
  77. “High-Precision Stepping Laser Wavelength Meter,” 2004 CIPI Annual meeting, Sherbrooke, QC, June 2004.
  78. “Optical Pumping Effects in the Laser Cooling of Ga Atoms,” 5th Annual Cross Border Workshop on Laser Science, Waterloo, ON, Canada, May 2003.
  79. “Optical Pumping Effects in the Laser Cooling of Ga Atoms,” 2003 Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, May 2003.
  80. “Collimation of an Atomic Gallium Beam by Laser Cooling,” 2002 Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, May 2002.
  81. “Laser Collimation of an Atomic Gallium Beam,” American Physical Society Four Corners Section Fall 2001 Meeting, Las Cruces, NM, November 2001.
  82. “Measurement of the Hyperfine Structure of the 4d2D3/2,5/2 Levels and Isotope Shifts of the 4p2P3/2 - 4d2D3/2 and 4p2P3/2 - 4d2D5/2 Transitions in Gallium 69 and 71,” 2001 Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Annual Meeting, London, Ontario, Canada, 16 May 2001.
  83. “Light Force Manipulation of an Atomic Gallium Beam,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics / Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 2001.
  84. “One-Dimensional Laser Cooling of an Atomic Gallium Beam,” American Physical Society Four Corners Section Fall 2000 Meeting, Fort Collins, CO, September 2000.
  85. “Laser Manipulation of Gallium Atoms for Direct Write Atom Lithography,” Howard University 2000 Graduate Research Symposium, Washington D.C., April 2000.
  86. “Laser Manipulation of Gallium Atoms for Direct Write Atom Lithography,” Colorado State University 2nd Annual Graduate Student Council Graduate Research and Creativity Symposium, Fort Collins, CO, April 2000.
  87. “Optical Manipulation of Atomic Gallium for Nanoscale Fabrication,” American Physical Society Four Corners Section Fall 1999 Meeting, Tucson, AZ, October 1999.
  88. “Hyperfine Structure Measurements of the 4d2D5/2, 4d2D5/2 Levels of Gallium 69 and 71,” Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 1999.
  89. “Hyperfine Structure Measurements of the 4d2D5/2, 4d2D5/2 Levels of Gallium 69 and 71,” American Physical Society Four Corners Section Fall 1998 Meeting, Provo, UT, October 1998.
  90. “Optical Manipulation of Group III Atoms,” The 42nd International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Chicago, IL, May 1998
  91. “Metastable Atom Nanolithography,” Gordon Research Conferences 1997 Conference on Atomic Physics, Henniker, NH, July 1997.
  92. “Nanostructure Fabrication Using Metastable Neon Atom Lithography and Chemically Assisted Ion Beam Etching,” 1997 Electronic Materials Conference, Fort Collins, CO, June 1997.