Education

• Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2007

• M.S., University of Arizona, 2006

• M.S., St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, 2004

• B.S., St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, 2002

Employment

• The University of Arizona: College of Optical Sciences; Assistant Research Professor, 2009–present; Research Associate, 2006–2007; Teaching Assistant, 2006; Research Assistant; 2004-2006

• Cornell University: School of Applied and Engineering Physics; Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2007–2009

• St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, Research Assistant; 2001–2004

Professional Affiliations

• Optical Society of America, Member

• SPIE, Member

Awards and Honors

• Rolyn Optics Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award, 2006.

• Recipient of the Technology & Research Initiative Funding (TRIF), 2006–2007

• Fellowship, awarded by the Vietnamese government for outstanding master students studying abroad: July 2002–July 2004.

• Fellowship, awarded by the Vietnamese government for outstanding undergraduate students studying abroad: September 1997–July 2002.

Patents

• Saturable absorber based on a fiber taper embedded in carbon nanotubes/polymer composite (Pending)

Professional Activities

• Optics Letters: Reviewer

• Optics Express: Reviewer

• Photonics Technology Letters: Reviewer

• Optics Communications: Reviewer

Research

• Ultrafast fiber lasers

• Nonlinear fiber optics

• Nonlinear spectroscopy and frequency comb

• Microresonators and applications

• Biomedical imaging based on supercontinuum and ultrafast fiber light sources

• All-optical switching

• Micromachining with femtosecond lasers

• Fiber optical sensors