Nasser Peyghambarian is Chair of Photonics and Lasers and of the Technology and Research Incentive Funding Committee, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona (1994-present), Professor of Optical Sciences, and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (1991 – present).

He is the Director of two centers; Center for Optoelectronic Devices, Interconnect and Packaging (COEDIP) and Technology and Research Incentive Fund (TRIF), the author of the textbook Introduction to Semiconductor Optics, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1993 and has produced over 300 scientific publications.

Dr. Peyghambarian has been invited to present at over 150 invited, tutorials or keynote speeches at international conferences. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of a high technology corporation. He has been awarded Fellow, Optical Society of American, Fellow, American Physical Society, Fellow, American Association of Advancement of Science, and recipient of the Francquie Chair of Belguim. Research interests include optoelectronic components, photonics devices, and nanofabrication technology.