He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Rochester in 2001. He has over sixty peer-reviewed articles in print, including two review articles in Progress in Optics, and is the author of a recent textbook, Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering, published by Cambridge University Press. Dr. Gbur also writes a weblog called “Skulls in the Stars” that focuses on explaining concepts in physics, optics, and the history of science. One of his blog posts was recently published in The Open Laboratory 2010, a printed compilation of the best online science writing for 2010.