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Richard L. Shoemaker, Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona
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Richard L. Shoemaker


Professor of Optical Sciences
Professor of Radiology
Professor of Chemistry
Shoemaker@optics.arizona.edu
Optical Sciences 401
Phone: (520) 621-2825
Fax: (520) 621-6778

Education and Appointments


  • B.S. 1966, Calvin College
  • Ph.D. 1971, University of Illinois

Research Interests


  • Physical
  • Instrumentation
  • Computational

Research Summary

Fields of major current interest:

Multiprocessor computer systems and software, biomedical computing problems in nuclear medicine, computer interfaces to laboratory experiments, and coherent optical effects.

Selected Publications

  • R.L. Shoemaker, H.H. Barrett, A. Landesman, R.H. Seacat III, and B.B. Taylor, "The TRIMM Parallel Processor," Comp. in Phys. 5, 418-425 (1991).

  • M.M. Rogulski, H.B. Barber, H.H. Barrett, R.L. Shoemaker, and J.M. Wolfenden, "Ultra-high-resolution Brain SPECT Imaging: Simulation Results," IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science 40, 1123-1129 (1993).

  • R.L. Shoemaker, "Lasers," in Photonics Devices and Systems, R.G. Hunsperger, ed. (Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1994), pp. 9-60.

  • R.L. Shoemaker and P.H. Bartels, "Image Analysis in Quantitative Histopathology and Cytopathology: Computer Resources," in The Automation of Cervical Cancer Screening, H.K. Grohs, ed. (Igaku-Shoin Medical Publishers, New York, 1994), pp. 147-161.

  • M. Sargent III and R.L. Shoemaker, The Personal Computer from the Inside Out, Third Edition (Addison-Wesley, Reading Massachusetts, 1995) 800 pp., ISBN 0-201-62646-2.