Masud Mansuripur

Employment

• Chair of Optical Data Storage: The University of Arizona Optical Sciences Center/College of Optical Sciences, 2002-present
• Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center/College of Optical Sciences, 1991-present
• Associate Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1988-1991
• Visiting Chair Professor: National Taiwan University, Physics Department, 2010
• Associate Professor: Boston University, Department of Electrical Computers and Systems Engineering, 1986-1988
• Assistant Professor: Boston University, Department of Electrical, Computers and Systems Engineering, 1982-1986
• Postdoctoral Fellow: Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1981-1982
• Consultant: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 1981-1982
• Member: Xerox Research Center of Canada, Research Staff, 1980-1981

Professional Affiliations and Activities

• American Physical Society/IEEE Photonics Society/OSA: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Program Committee, Member, 1990
• Asia-Pacific Data Storage Conference: International Advisory Committee, 2005-present
• Asia-Pacific Data Storage Conference: Program Committee, Member, 1997-2004
• Committee on Optical Data Storage, Member, 1990
• European Optical Society: Topical Meeting on Diffractive Optics, Program Committee, Member, 2011-present
• IEEE: Intermag Conference, Program Committee, Member, 1989 and 1993
• Institute of Physics: Center for Research in Optics and Photonics (Brazil), International Oversight Committee, Member
• Institute of Physics: IOP Publishing, Reports on Progress in Physics, Editorial Board, Member, 2009-2013
• International Symposium on Optical Memory: Advisory  Committee, 2005-present
• International Symposium on Optical Memory: Program Committee, Member, 1991-2005
• International Symposium on Optical Storage in China: International Advisory Committee, Member, 2008-present
• Magneto-Optical Recording International Symposium: Program Committee, Co-Chair, 1992 and 1999
• Magneto-Optical Recording International Symposium: Program Committee, Member, 1990-present
• MediaTech Showcase and Conference: Program Director, 2006-2007
• National Institute of Standards and Technology: Working Group on Optical Data Storage Technology, Workshop on Photonic Materials, Member, 1992
• NIST/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/National Science Foundation: World Technology Evaluation Center Inc. Panel on the Future of Data Storage Technologies, 1998
• National Storage Industries Consortium: Working Group on Phase-Change Optical Disk Data Storage, 2003
• National Storage Industries Consortium: Workshop Working Group on Hybrid Technologies for Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Disk Data Storage, Chair, 1999
• NSF: Workshop on Advanced Data Storage Technology for Computer Systems, Working
• The Optical Society (OSA): Optics and Photonics News, Contributing Editor, 1996-2006
• OSA: Applied Optics, Topical Editor, 1995-1998
• OSA/SPIE/IEEE Photonics Society: International Conference on Optical Data Storage, Program Committee, Member, 1988-2001, 2006-present
• OSA/SPIE/IEEE Photonics Society: International Conference on Optical Data Storage, Program Committee, Co-Chair, 1992-1994 and 1997-1999
• OSA/SPIE/IEEE Photonics Society: International Conference on Optical Data Storage, Advisory Commitee, Member, 2004-2006
• Optical Storage and New Storage Technology (in conjunction with Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings): Conference Chair, 2009
• Second Arizona Workshop on Magneto-Optical Storage Media: Co-Chair and Organizer, 1991
• Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences: Nanophotonics Down Under, International Steering Committee, Member, 2009
• SPIE: Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, Program Committee, Member, 2009-present
• SPIE: Symposium Honoring Professor Joseph W. Goodman, Conference Chair and Organizer, 2007

Awards and Honors

• Arya Mehr University of Technology (Iran): First Rank in Class, 1977
• Arya Mehr University of Technology (Iran): Full Scholarship for Graduate Studies
• DataPlay Co.: Technical Advisory Board, Member, 1998-2002
• Huangzhu University of Science and Technology (China): Honorary Visiting Professor, 2009-2011
• IBM: Faculty Development Award, 1983-1985
• Instrument Technology Research Center (Taiwan): International Advisory Committee, Member, 2008-present
• NanoChip Co.: Technical Advisory Board, Member, 2003-present
• The Optical Society (OSA): Fellow, 2000
• Polarizonics Co.: Technical Advisory Board, member, 2005-2006
• Quinta Co.: Technical Advisory Board, Member, 1995-2000
• SPIE: Fellow, 2010
• Toptica Photonics (Germany): Technical Advisory Board, Member, 1999-present
• The University of Arizona: College of Optical Sciences, Teacher of the Year Award, 2004-2006
• University of Notre Dame: SPIE Student Chapter, Honorary Advisor, 2012-present
• Xerox Corp.: Full Scholarshipo for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research

Specific Research Interests

• Classical electrodynamics.
• Radiation pressure and photon momentum.
• Interaction of light and matter.
• Optical tweezers.
• Optical data storage.
• Macromolecular data storage.
• Diffraction theory.
• Thin film and multilayer optics.
• Magneto-optical materials.
• Phase-change materials.
• Information theory.

Research Summary

Characterization of phase-change and magneto-optical thin films for application in optical and electronic memories; laser material processing; ellipsometric measurements of thin films and multilayer stacks; modeling and characterization of read/write/erase processes in optical data storage.