Nasser Peyghambarian

Chair of Photonics and Lasers, Optical Sciences
Director of ERC NSF Center for Integrated Access Networks
Professor of Optical Sciences
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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Education

  • Ph.D., Indiana University, 1982

  • M.S., Indiana University, 1979

  • B.S., Pahlavi University, 1976

Employment

  • 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) Codirector, 1995–date; Center for Optoelectronic Devices, Inter-connects, and Packaging (COEDIP) Director, 1995–date; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor, 1993–date

  • NSF ERC Center for Integrated Access Networks: Center Director, 2008–present

  • Science and Technology Center, Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research: Associate Director, 2006–present

  • Photonics Initiative (Arizona voters approved initiative, proposition 301): Director, 2001–present

  • NP Photonics Inc.: Chairman of the Board and Founder, 2002–present; Chief Executive Officer, 2008–2002

  • University of California, San Diego: Adjunct Professor, 2007–2010

  • DARPA's Optoelectronic Materials Center, Arizona Group: Director, 1993–1996

  • NTT, Japan: Visiting Professor, July–September 1990

  • Indiana University: Postdoctoral Fellow, 1981–1983; Research Assistant, 1977–1981

Professional Affiliations

  • American Physical Society, Fellow

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow

  • IEEE, Member

  • OSA, Fellow

  • SPIE, Fellow

Awards and Honors

  • University of Arizona Technology Innovation Award, 2007

  • Beam Company, Golden Alligator, 2005

  • Recipient, International Francqui Chair of Belgium, 1998–1999

  • TRW Young Faculty Award, 1989–1990

  • 3M Company Young Faculty Award, 1987–1988 and 1988–1989

  • Indiana University, Physics Department, Outstanding Graduate Student in Research, 1981

Research

  • Optical networks and optical communication

  • Fiber optics, fiber lasers and amplifiers

  • Organic photonics

  • 3-D holographic display and 3-D telepresence

  • Nonlinear photonics, optical modulators and switches

  • Laser spectroscopy

  • Nanostructures and quantum dots