Alan Kost

Associate Research Professor of Optical Sciences
Associate Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Contact Information

 Photo: Professor Alan Kost

Education

  • PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1983

  • BA, The University of Texas at Austin, 1977

Employment

  • The University of Arizona, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate Research Professor, 2007-date; Associate Professor, 2005-2007; Optical Sciences, Associate Research Professor, 2007-date; Associate Professor, 2000-2007

  • HRL Laboratories, Senior Staff Physicist, 1994-1999; Senior Member of the Technical Staff, 1990-1994; Consultant, 1990

  • The University of Southern California, Research Scientist, 1985-1990

  • Southern Methodist University, Visiting Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, 1985

  • The University of Texas, Physics Department, Lecturer, 1984

Professional Affiliations

  • American Physical Society, Member

  • OSA, Member

  • SPIE, Member

  • IEEE/Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, Member

  • Materials Research Society, Member

Professional Activities

  • Optical Society of America, Subcommittee on Optoelectronics, Chair

  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002, Committee Member

  • Optical Bistability IV, Committee Member

  • 1994 Annual Meeting of the European Materials Research Society, Committee Member

Teaching

  • Opti 515

  • Opti 541

  • Opti 610

  • Opti 628

Awards and Honors

  • Hughes Electronics, Award for Innovation and Excellence in Laser Technology and Applications, 1985

Research

  • Optical data storage

  • Optical communications

  • Integrated optics

  • Nano-optics