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Oskar J. Painter is the John G Braun Professor of Applied Physics and Physics at the California Institute of Technology, affiliated with the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy. He holds a B.S. from the University of British Columbia (1994), M.S. from Caltech (1995), and Ph.D. (2001). Painter has held various academic positions at Caltech, including Visiting Associate (2001-02), Assistant Professor (2002-08), Associate Professor (2008-10), Professor (2010-13), and Braun Professor (2013-). He has also served as Executive Officer (2010-13, 2019) and Co-Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute (2011-13, 2015-19). His research areas are in physics.