Education
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PhD, Stanford University, 1981
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MS, Stanford University, 1980
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MS, Stanford University, 1978
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BS, Arya-Mehr University of Technology, 1977
Employment
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The University of Arizona: Chair of Optical Data Storage,
2002-date; Professor, Optical Sciences,
1991-date; Associate Professor, 1988-1991
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Boston University: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical,
Computer and Systems Engineering, 1986-1988; Assistant Professor,
1982-1986
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Stanford University: Postdoctoral Fellow, 1981-1982
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Xerox Palo Alto Research Center: Consultant, 1981-1982
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Xerox Research Center of Canada: Research Staff, 1980-1981
Professional Affiliations
Professional
Activities
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Member of
the program committe, Optical Data Storage Conference, 1988-Present.
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National Storage Industries Consortium,
Working Group Drafting the Roadmap on Hybrid Technologies for Magnetic
and Magneto-Optical Disk Data Storage, Chair, 1999
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NIST, DARPA and NSF, WTEC
Panel on the “Future of Data Storage Technologies,” Member
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Asia-Pacific Data Storage Conference,
Program Committee, Member
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NIST, Workshop
on Photonic Materials, Working Group on Optical Data Storage
Technology, Member
Awards
and Honors
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University of Arizona
College Award of Distinction for Graduate Teaching, 2005 and 2006
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DataPlay Co.,
Technical Advisory Board Member
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Toptica Corp., Munich, Germany,
Technical Advisory Board Member
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IBM Faculty Development Award, 1983-1985
Research
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Optical data storage; magneto-optics; optics of polarized light in
systems of high numerical aperture; magnetic and magneto-optical
properties of thin solid films; magnetization dynamics, integrated
optics for optical heads (data storage systems); information theory,
optical signal processing, biological data storage, erbium-doped fiber
amplifiers and lasers.
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