James C. Wyant

**Educational Background**
University of Rochester	PhD	Optics	1968
	MS	Optics	1967
Case Institute of Technology	BS	Physics	1965

**Employment History**

University of Arizona Optical Sciences	Dean	2005-date
	Director	1999-2005
	Professor	1979-date
	Associate Professor	1976-1979
	Assistant Professor	1974-1976
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Professor	1985-date

Changchun University	Visiting Professor	2005-date

Veeco	Board of Directors	1997-1999

WYKO Corporation	President	1984-1997
	Board of Directors - Chairman	1984-1997

ILX Lightwave	Board of Directors	1988-date

Optics 1	Board of Directors	1999-2008

DMetrix	Board of Directors	2001-date

4D Technology Corporation	Board Chairman	2002-date

University of Rochester	Visiting Professor	1983
CSIRO	Visiting Scientist	1983

Itek Corporation	Manager, Optical Engineering	1974
	Optical Engineer	1968-1974

Lowell Technological Institute	Instructor, Math and Physics	1970-1974
	Lecturer, Physics	1969-1972

Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.	Research Assistant	1964-1965 Summers

**Professional society affiliations and activities**
SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Member	1972-date
Associate Editor, Optical Engineering	1976-1984
Board of Governors	1978-1984
Governors' Award	1979
Fellow	1980- date
President	1986

OSA - Optical Society of America
Member	1966-date
Fellow	1977-date
Board of Directors	1979-1981
Executive Committee	1980-1981
Finance Committee	1980-1981
Associate Editor, Applied Optics	1983
Topical Editor, JOSA	1983-1986
Topical Editor, Applied Optics	1989-1992
Topical Editor, Optics Letters	1990-1992
SOAP Committee (Chairman 1993)	1991-1993
Optical Technology Division Editor, Applied Optics	1992-1997
Ives Medal Committee	1997-1999
Investment Committee	2000-2003
Associate Editor, Optics Express	1998-2004
Editor-in-Chief, Applied Optics	2006-2008
Elected to Presidential Chain	2007
(Vice President 2008, President-Elect 2009, President 2010)

American Institute of Physics
Member	1966-date

OSJ - Optical Society of Japan
International Advisory Member, Optical Review	1999-date

OSI - Optical Society of India
Lifetime Fellow	2005-date

U.S. Committee for the International Commission for Optics	1978-1983

American Physical Society
Committee on Directed Energy Weapons	1985-1986

Gordon Conference
"Holography and Optical Information Processing", Chairman	1984

Books
(First 5 Co-edited with R. R. Shannon)

Field Guide to Interferometric Optical Testing, SPIE, 2006 (Co-author Eric Goodwin)

Awards

SPIE Gold Medal, "For significant contributions to the field of interferometry and optical testing," 2003. (oemagazine announcement HTML PDF)

OSA Joseph Fraunhofer Award, "For pioneering work in the development of optical testing technology," 1992.

SPIE Technology Achievement Award (WYKO), "For development of software and instrumentation for optical quality metrology," 1988.

"Model RST Rough Surface Tester," 1993. (WYKO)

�Phase-Cam 1000 � Fizeau Interferometer,� 2004 (4D Technology)

�Phase-Cam 4010-MW � Dynamic multiple wavelength interferometer,� 2005 (4D Technology)

�DX-40 Array Microscope,� 2005 (DMetrix)

Development of multiple-wavelength TOPO, 1988. (WYKO)

TOPO A/F noncontact surface profiler with autofocus, 1990. (WYKO)

MicroProbe 3D scanning probe microscope, 1992. (WYKO)

WYKO rough surface tester, 1993. (WYKO)

PhaseCam 4000, 2004 (4D Technology).

University of Rochester College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1994.

University of Arizona College of Business and Public Administration Entrepreneurial Fellow, 1989.

JAMES C. WYANT

	JAMES C. WYANT
	Dean - College of Optical Sciences Professor - Optical Sciences Professor - Electrical and Computer Engineering
	University of Arizona