Laboratory Director
Kevin H. Knuth, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics, University at Albany
Director, Knuth Information Physics Laboratory
Editor-in-Chief of Entropy
Vice President of Science & Technology, UAPx
Knuth Information Physics Laboratory, Physics 228
University at Albany (SUNY), 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany NY 12222, USA
Email: kknuth-at-albany.edu, Phone: +1-518-442-4501, FAX: +1-518-442-5260
Current Graduate Students
Risinie Perrera
Graduate Student in Physics
Research: Exoplanet Studies
Former Lab Members
Newshaw Bahreyni
Ph.D. Awarded Aug 2013
Ph.D. Thesis: A Potential Framework for Emergent Space-Time and Geometry from Order
M.S. Awarded Aug. 2007
M.S. Thesis: Estimating Distances to Planetary Nebulae
Currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Kenyon College
Tilman Birnstiel
M.S. Awarded Aug. 2007
M.S. Thesis: Bayesian Estimation of the Diffusion Tensor from Diffusion-Weighted MRI Data
Currently Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at LMU Munich
Bertrand Carado
Graduate Student in Physics
Research: Exoplanet Studies
Jenn Carter
Ph.D. Awarded 2018
Ph.D. Thesis: Estimation of Planetary Photometric Emissions for Extremely Close-in Exoplanets
Currently an Assist. Prof. at Susquehanna University
Tony Gai
Graduate Student in Physics
Research: Exoplanet Studies
Deniz Gencaga
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate at Knuthlab
Currently Assist. Prof. of Electrical Engineering at Antalya Bilim University
Nabin K. Malakar
Ph.D. Awarded Nov 2011
Ph.D. Thesis: Autonomous Entropy-Based Intelligent Experimental Design
Currently Assistant Professor at Worchester State University
Haley Maunu
Graduate Student in Physics
Research: Maximum Entropy Production?
Asim M. Mubeen
Graduate Student in Physics
Research: Brain-Computer Interface
Brian Nathan
M.S. Awarded Aug. 2007
Ph.D. Thesis: Spectral Analysis Methods for Characterizing Organic Molecules in Space
Currently a Postdoc in Marseille France
Benjamin Placek
Ph.D. Awarded Aug. 2014
Ph.D. Thesis: Bayesian Detection and Characterization of Extra-Solar Planets via Photometric Variations
Currently Senior Online Course Developer at MathWorks
Man Kit Tse
Ph.D. Awarded July 2014
Ph.D. Thesis: Power Law Models of Stock Indices
Zachary Richards
Undergraduate Physics Major
Research: Exoplanet Studies
James Walsh
Ph.D. Awarded April 2020
Ph.D. Thesis: Thesis: The Influence Network in 1+1 Dimensions
Research: Foundations?
Kevin Wynne
Graduate Student in Physics
Research: Autonomous Experimental Design?
Former Undergraduate Researchers
Daniel Bedian, Univ. at Albany, Spring 2012 – Fall 2012
Project: Bayesian Vision-Based Robotic Navigation
David Blaich, Univ. at Albany, Summer 2006
Project: Detection and Characterization of PAHs? in the Interstellar Medium
Nicholas M Carrara
Undergraduate Physics Major
Research: Autonomous Experimental Design?
Ali Chaudry, Univ. at Albany, Spring 2009 – Spring 2011
Project: Bayesian Vision-Based Robotic Navigation
Ashley Chontos
Undergraduate Physics Major
Research: Extrasolar Planet Detection
George Coffin, Univ. at Albany, Spring 2012
Project: Bayesian Vision-Based Robotic Navigation
Bryan D'Angelo
Undergraduate Physics Major
Research: Autonomous Experimental Design?
Sean Fallon
Undergraduate Physics Major
Research: Bayesian Vision-Based Navigation?
Daniil Gladkov, Univ. at Albany, Sum 2012 – Sum 2013
Project: Bayesian Vision-Based Robotic Navigation
Rotem Guttman, Univ. at Albany, Honors Project Advisement, Fall 2008 – Spring 2010
Project: Autonomous Entropy-Based Intelligent Experimental Design
David Idell, Univ. at Albany, Fall 2007 – Spring 2008.
Project: Detection and Characterization of PAHs? in the Interstellar Medium
Brett Ingersoll, Univ. at Albany, Fall 2009.
Project: Autonomous Entropy-Based Intelligent Experimental Design
David Jenkins, Univ. at Albany, Spring 2012 – Fall 2012.
Project: Bayesian Vision-Based Robotic Navigation
Tylor Kunkle
Undergraduate Physics Major
Research: Extrasolar Planet Detection
Maggie Lovell, Univ. at Albany, Fall 2011 – Spring 2012.
Project: Autonomous Entropy-Based Intelligent Experimental Design
Haley Maunu, Univ. at Albany, Sum 2006 – Spr 2007.
Project: Detection and Characterization of PAHs? in the Interstellar Medium
A.J. Mesiti, Univ. at Albany, Spring 2007 – Spring 2009.
Project: Autonomous Entropy-Based Intelligent Experimental Design
Brian Nathan, Univ. at Albany, Spr 2007.
Project: Detection and Characterization of PAHs? in the Interstellar Medium
Frank Perillo, Univ. at Albany, Fall 2011 – Spring 2012.
Project: Bayesian Vision-Based Robotic Navigation
Rich Protsko, Univ. at Albany, Spring 2009.
Project: Bayesian Vision-Based Robotic Navigation
Zachary Richards, Univ. at Albany, Fall 2011 – Spring 2013.
Project: Detection and Characterization of Non-Transiting Exoplanets
Benjamin Rosenblum, Univ. at Albany, Spr 2007.
Project: Three-Dimensional Modeling of Planetary Nebulae
Christopher Stiles, Univ. at Albany, Spr 2007 – 2008.
Project: Three-Dimensional Modeling of Planetary Nebulae
Daniel Walker, Univ. at Albany, Spring 2008 – Fall 2008.
Project: Bayesian Vision-Based Robotic Navigation
Gregory Ward, Univ. at Albany, undergraduate research student, Fall 2012. Project: Detection and Characterization of Non-Transiting Exoplanets
Kevin Wynne, Univ. at Albany, Spring 2011 – Spring 2012. Project: Automated Experimental Design and Robotic Implementations