Employment

• Research Professor, University of Arizona, 2004-present
• Research Advisor, Oxide Corp., Yamanashi, Japan, 2010-present
• Chief Laser Scientist, NP Photonics, Tucson, AZ 2001-2004
• Senior Research Scientist, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, 1988-2000

Professional Affiliations and Activities

• Program Chair of Advanced Solid-State Lasers, 2022
• Program Committee member of Advanced Solid-State Lasers, 2019 to 2021
• Program Committee Member of CLEO Pacific-Rim, 2013
• CLEO 06 Program Subcommittee of CLEO/IQEC and PhAST Conference, 2009 to 2010

Specific Research Interests

• Solid-state lasers and their nonlinear frequency conversion

Research Summary

Novel approach of laser sources for specific applications, including opectroscopic, guidestar, remote sensing, metrology. Many are in the ultraviolet region