Education
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PhD, Indiana University, 1982
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MS, Indiana University, 1979
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BS, Pahlavi University, 1976
Employment
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The University of Arizona: Chair of Photonics and Lasers,
1994-date; Optical Sciences: Professor, 1991-date; Associate
Professor, 1988-1991; Assistant Professor, 1985-1988; Assistant
Research Professor, 1983-1985; Postdoctoral Fellow, 1982-1983;
Director, Optical Circuitry Cooperative, 1991-1995; Center for
Advanced Multifunctional Nonlinear Optical Polymers and Molecular
Assemblies (CAMP) Co-director, 1995-date; Center for Optoelectronic
Devices, Inter-connects, and Packaging (COEDIP) Director, 1995-date;
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Professor, 1993-date
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DARPA’s Optoelectronic Materials Center; Director of the Arizona
Group, 1993-1996
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NTT, Japan, Visiting Professor: Summer 1990
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Indiana University: Postdoctoral Fellow, 1981-1983; Research
Assistant, 1977-1981
Professional Affiliations
Professional Activities
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Pure and Applied Optics, Journal of Optics, Part A, Editorial
Board, Member, 1999
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SPIE, Photonics West, Co-chair
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SPIE, Photonics West, Optoelectronics Track Chair, 1999-2000
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IQEC Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Chair, 1998
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OSA, Optics Letters, Topical Editor, 1992-1995
Awards and Honors
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Beam Company, Golden
Alligator, 2005
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American Physical Society, Fellow
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Optical Society of America, Fellow
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American Association for
the Advancement of Science, Fellow
International
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Franque Chair of Belgium
Research
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Optical telecommunication, fiber optics, fiber amplifiers and
fiber lasers, integrated optics including waveguide amplifiers,
lasers, modulators. Femtosecond laser spectroscopy and dynamics of
optical phenomena in semiconductors and organic materials. Nonlinear
photonics and high speed optical switching. Characterization of
optical materials in terms of speed and nonlinearities. Polymer
optoelectronics, photorefractive polymers, organic light emitting
diodes and lasers.
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