Oliver grew up in Shanghai, China. He attended Indian Springs High School in Birmingham, Alabama, where he played on the basketball team. He went on to study Physics and Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is interested in device characterization / metrology using extreme ultraviolet light and currently works on the EUV Reflectometer project. Outside of physics, Oliver plays basketball avidly and snowboards during the season.
Physics Frontiers Centers (PFCs)
The Physics Frontiers Centers (PFC) program supports university-based centers and institutes where the collective efforts of a larger group of individuals can enable transformational advances in the most promising research areas. The program is designed to foster major breakthroughs at the intellectual frontiers of physics by providing needed resources such as combinations of talents, skills, disciplines, and/or specialized infrastructure, not usually available to individual investigators or small groups, in an environment in which the collective efforts of the larger group can be shown to be seminal to promoting significant progress in the science and the education of students. PFCs also include creative, substantive activities aimed at enhancing education, broadening participation of traditionally underrepresented groups, and outreach to the scientific community and general public. Read more about this program at the NSF website.
