FURQAN FAZAL

 

Education


Stanford University, Stanford, CA                                                                                          Sep 2008 - Present

  1. •Ph.D. Applied Physics

  2. •Advisor: Steven M. Block (Applied Physics & Biology)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/blocklab/


Amherst College, Amherst, MA                                                                                            Sep 2004 - May 2008

• B.A. Physics, Chemistry & Biology

• Summa cum Laude with Distinction

Publications


• Fazal Furqan M, Sridharan Tirupati K, Qiu Keping, Whitney Barbara, Zhang Qizhou, Robitaille Tom. Spectral energy distributions of high mass protostellar objects - Evidence for high accretion rates. Astrophysical Journal Letters (2008), 688, L41-4.

http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1538-4357/688/1/L41


• Ghosh Ambarish, Fazal Furqan M, Fischer Peer. Circular differential double diffraction in chiral media. Optics Letters (2007), 32(13), 1836-8.

http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-32-13-1836


• Fazal Furqan M, Hansen David E. Glucose-specific poly(allylamine) hydrogels - A reassessment. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2007), 17(1), 235-8.

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960894X06011097

Thesis Title: Approaches to Controlling the Length of Naphthalenediimide Helical Organic Nanotubes

Advisor: David E. Hansen (Chemistry)

Newspaper Articles


  1. •Previous Articles from The Amherst Student

http://amherststudent.amherst.edu/

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Honors


  1. •NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2009


• Hertz Foundation Applied Sciences Fellowship Finalist, 2009


  1. •Forris Jewett Moore Fellowship, Amherst College, 2008


  1. •Bassett Physics Prize, Amherst College, 2005


  1. •Phi Beta Kappa, 2007