My main research interest is the exploration of the nonlinear dynamics of quantum systems into those challenging domains, for which conventional analytical descriptions are unavailable. Rapid progress here is mainly accomplished by direct computations together with laboratory experiments. Strong-field-matter interactions are fascinating research grounds for me, as the equations are typically computationally feasible, but the dynamics display often a wide variety of quite unexpected features such that appropriate simplifying assumptions necessary for analytical modeling can be difficult to find a priori. For more details, see the home page of the Intense Laser Physics Theory Center at Illinois State

Main collaborators:
J.H. Eberly (University of Rochester)
C.C. Gerry (Lehman College)
S.L. Haan (Calvin College)
Q. Su (Illinois State University)