Richard L. Shoemaker

Education

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

Employment

• The University of Arizona: Professor Emeritus, 2008–date; Associate Dean, College of Optical Sciences, 2005–2008; Associate Director, Optical Sciences, 1993–2005; Professor, 1981–2008; Associate Professor, 1976–1981; Assistant Professor, 1972–1976
• IBM Research Laboratories: Visiting Scientist, 1971–1972; Summers 1973, 1979
• University of Illinois: Teaching Assistant, 1966–1967
• Calvin College: Laboratory Assistant, 1965–1966; Research Assistant, Summers 1965, 1966

Professional Activities

• OSA, Annual Meeting Co-chair 2003, Board of Directors, Director-at-Large 1999–2001, Finance Committee Member 1997–2001, Public Policy Committee Member 2000–present, Publications Council Chair 1997–1998, Publications Council Member 1994–1998, Publishing Technology Committee Chair, 1994–1995
• SPIE, Education Committee Member, 1998–1999

Awards and Honors

• The Optical Society (OSA), Fellow
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1976–1980
• National Science Foundation, Predoctoral Fellow, 1968–1970
• Dow Chemical Company, Fellow, 1967–1968

Teaching

• OPTI 360
• OPTI 680

Research

• Multiprocessor computer systems and their application to biomedical imaging problems
• Laboratory applications of microcomputers
• Design and construction of high-speed data acquisition systems
• Computer control of experiments
• Laser scanning microscopes