
Dr. Michael Crescimanno
Professor
Physics, Astronomy, Geology, & Environmental Sciences
Ward Beecher Hall 2031
phone: (330) 941-7109
Research Interests
Physics and Math
Teaching Interests
Physics and Math
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1991
Ph D, Physics
U. C. Berkeley
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Topics in Low-Dimensional Quantum Field Theory"
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1989
MS, Physics
U. C. Berkeley
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1985
BA, Physics
Princeton University
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "On the exactness of the supersymmetric WKB quantization"
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2023
Harvard-Smithsonian ITAMP
Invited Visitor
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2023
YSU
YSU Distinguished Professor Award (Teaching)
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2023
National Science Foundation (DMR)
Grant
NSF Unilateral Lasing in Underwater Animals, with Hawaii Pacific University,
2023-2026, DMR-2226956 RUI, Senior Personnel YSU Portion $69,000 total $393,770 -
2022
YSU
YSU Williamson Summer Science Professor
Williamson Summer Science Institute Support, $8500 to fund a student and buy detector, 2022
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2017
YSU
YSU Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Faculty Investigator
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2017
National Science Foundation (RUI)
Grant
NSF Coherence-Derived Light Fluctuations for Atomic Magnetometry, with Lewis and Clark University,
2017, NSF PHY-211446 RUI, YSU portion $15,281 , total $195,008 -
2016
Radcliffe
Radcliffe Fellow
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2016
National Science Foundation (DMR)
Grant
NSF DMR (OP) “Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Cavity Polaritons,” with CWRU
2016-2019, with C.W.R.U., NSF DMR-1609077, YSU Portion $72,312, total $455501 -
2016
YSU
YSU Distinguished Professor Award (scholarship)
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2016
Harvard-Smithsonian ITAMP
Invited Visitor
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2013
National Science Foundation (EPMD)
Grant
NSF EAGER EPMD “EAGER: Verification of Coherent Perfect Rotation,”
2013-2014, ECCS-1360725, $130000 -
2012
YSU
YSU LEGUP grant
LEGUP grant, “Making quantum wierdness useful,” $50000 2012-2013
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2012
YSU
YSU Research Professorship Award
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2008
National Science Foundation (DUE)
Grant
NSF S-STEM ”Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Scholars Program,” co-PI
2008-2012 DUE-0728616. $600000 -
2007
Radcliffe
Radcliffe Fellow
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2007
YSU
YSU Research Professorship Award
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2006
YSU
YSU Distinguished Professor Award (scholarship)
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2005
Harvard-Smithsonian ITAMP
Invited Visitor
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2005
YSU
YSU Research Professorship Award
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2004
Harvard-Smithsonian ITAMP
Invited Visitor
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2004
YSU
YSU Faculty Improvement Award
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2003
YSU
YSU Dr. Martin Luther King Mentorship Award
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2002
Center for Ultracold Atoms, MIT
Invited Visitor
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2002
Harvard-Smithsonian ITAMP
invited visitor
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2002
NASA (NAG)
Grant
NASA NAG9-1166, Consultant to Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2002 $ 13340
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2002
Center for Ultracold Atoms, MIT
Invited Visitor
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2001
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, U. C. Santa Barbara
Scholars Program Awardee
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2001
YSU
YSU Research Professorship Award
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2001
Ohio Supercomputer Center
Grant
Cluster Ohio Program of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, co-PI, 2001 $70000
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2001
Dep. of Energy (EPSCoR)
Grant
DOE EPSCoR Grant, Subcontractor to U. of Ky. Theory Group, 2001-2003 $58088
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2000
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Scholars Program Awardee
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2000
Harvard-Smithsonian ITAMP
Invited Visitor
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1999
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, U. C. Santa Barbara
Scholars Program Awardee
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1999
National Science Foundation (REG)
Grant
NSF EPSCoR Research Enhancement Grant, PI, 1999 $12000
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1998
Appalachian Colleges Association
Cutting Edge award nominee
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1991
U. S. Department of Education
Graduate Fellowship
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1990
U. S. Department of Education
Graduate Fellowship
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1988
National Science Foundation
Graduate Fellowship
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1987
National Science Foundation
Graduate Fellowship
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1986
National Science Foundation
Graduate Fellowship
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1985
Princeton University
Kusaka Memorial Award
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2007 - 2023
Case Western Reserve University
Adjunct Faculty
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1991 - 1993
Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT
Postdoctoral Researcher
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2004 - 2004
Coordinator
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2001 - 2001
Coordinator
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2025
"Chirp asymmetry in Zeeman electromagnetically induced transparency, with Joseph Gorkos*, Karsten Grenzig*, Erfan Nasirzadeh Orang*, Victoria Thomas* and Declan Tighe*, {\it J. Opt. Soc. Am.} B {\bf 42} {\it 2}, 404-411 (2025)."
M. Crescimanno
josab, volume as above, issue as above
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2024
"Neon tetra fish (Paracheirodon innesi) as farm-to-optical-table Bragg reflectors, with D. Ryan Sheffield*, Anthony Fiorito*, Hengzhou Liu, and Nathan J. Dawson , {\it JOSA}B, {\bf 41}, \#11, pp. D24-D30 (2024) and https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.532583.Josab"
M. Crescimanno
josab, volume See above, issue see aboive
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2024
"Chirp Asymmetry as an analogue of Leptogenesis, with Matthew Commons*, Jonathon T. George*, Aaron Weiser*, Joseph Gorkos*, Karsten Grenzig*, Victoria Thomas* and Declan Tighe*, {\it JOSA}B, {\bf 41}, \#2, pp. 421-431 (2024) and arXiv 2205.05548."
M. Crescimanno
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2023
"Newton's Off-center Circular Orbits and the Magnetic Monopole, with Dipesh Bhandari*, {\it SIGMA} 19 (2023), 099 and arXiv math-ph/2307.15222."
M. Crescimanno
SIGMA, volume as avobr, issue sd aqf c
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2022
"All-optical method of determining laser power from the photomechanical effect, with Frank Sun, Rocco Shasho* and Nathan J. Dawson, {\it Applied Sciences} {\bf 12}, pg. 10708 (2022)."
M. Crescimanno
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2021
"Rubidium Isotope Shift Measurement using Noisy Lasers, with T.J. Bucci*, J.P. Feigert*, B. Chamberlain* and A. Giovannone*, {\it American Journal of Physics} {\bf 89}, 730 (2021)."
M. Crescimanno
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2021
"Mechanisms of the Intensity Dependent Refractive Index in Ultrastrongly Coupled Organic Cavity Polaritons, with S. Schwab*, W. Christopherson and K. Singer, {\it Phys. Rev. B} {\bf 104}, 085307 (2021)."
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