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Full Name
Employer
University of Arizona, Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Job Title
Postdoctoral Research Associate I
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Fall; 2016
Adviser(s)
Fallahi, Mahmoud
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Novel Cavities in Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers for Emission in Broad Spectral Region by Means of Nonlinear Frequency Conversion
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Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2021
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2022
Non-Wyant College Adviser
Jared Males
Full Name
Employer
Rockwell International
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Fall; 1990
Adviser(s)
Wolfe, William L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Simultaneous Alignment and Figure Testing of Optical System Components via Aberration Measurement and Reverse Optimization
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2006
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2008
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Snapshot Imaging Polarimeter Using Spatial Carrier Frequency
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Employer
ACT MicroDevices inc.
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1997
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2000
Adviser(s)
Fallahi, Mahmoud
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Tapered Cavity Surface Emitting Distributed Bragg Reflector Lasers
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2007
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer II; 2008
Adviser(s)
Kostuk, Raymond K.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Novel Biomedical Imaging Systems
Full Name
Employer
SPAWAR (Navy)
Job Title
Scientist
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2010
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2015
Adviser(s)
Norwood, Robert A., Peyghambarian, Nasser
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Geometry and Fluence Effects on Photorefractive Polymer Devices for Holography
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Full Name
Job Title
Research Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Summer II; 1991
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1997
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L., Wyant, James C.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ph.D. - A Diffractive Optic Image Spectrometer
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Employer
Raytheon Technologies
Job Title
Systems Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2016
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2021
Adviser(s)
Norwood, Robert A.
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2011
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer; 2016
Adviser(s)
Jones, Jason R.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ph.D. - Spectroscopy of Neutral Mercury in a Magneto-Optical Trap Based on a Novel Ytterbium Fiber-Amplified Cooling Laser Source
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Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2015
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2015
Adviser(s)
Liang, Rongguang
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Review of General Panoramic Optical Systems and Designing Novel Panoramic Lens Systems with Global View
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Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Summer; 2016
Adviser(s)
Kupinski, Matthew A.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Mathematical Methods for Enhanced Information Security in Treaty Verification
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Job Title
Senior Scientist
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1999
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2003
Adviser(s)
Peyghambarian, Nasser
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Fabrication and Characterization of Erbium Doped Waveguide Amplifiers and Lasers
Full Name
Employer
AXA Advisors LLC
Job Title
Financial Consultant
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2002
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2003
Adviser(s)
Wright, Ewan M.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Transverse Mode Properties of Lasers With Gaussian Gain
Full Name
Employer
University of Arizona, Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Job Title
Adjunct Professor of Optical Sciences; Retired
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1974
Adviser(s)
Gaskill, Jack D.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Real-Time Wavefront Correction Through Bragg Diffraction of Light by Sound Waves
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Fall; 2009
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Spring; 2013
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (3)
PhD; Spring; 2016
Adviser(s)
Schwiegerling, Jim, Tyo, Scott J.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Design, Simulation, and Optimization of a RGB Polarization Independent Transmission Volme Hologram
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Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Summer II; 2007
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer II; 2011
Adviser(s)
Gmitro, Arthur
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
M.S. - Design of a Multi-spectral Mode of Operation for an In-vivo Clinical Confocal Microendoscope
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 2
Ph.D. - Integrated Multi-Spectral Fluorescence Confocal Microendoscope and Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging System for Tissue Screening
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2009
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Spring; 2013
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (3)
PhD; Fall; 2014
Adviser(s)
Burge, James H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Ph.D. - Subaperture Measuring SCOTS (SPOTS)
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2006
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2009
Adviser(s)
Burge, James H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Alignment for Large Telescopes Using Field-Dependent Aberrations of Misaligned Optical Systems for Alignment
Full Name
Employer
OPCO Lab, MA
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1988
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1990
Adviser(s)
Macleod, Angus H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Environmental and Thermo-Mechanical Stability of Thin Films for Optical Applications
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
Ph.D. Spring, 2026
Adviser(s)
Kang, Dongkyun
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Development of a Portable In Vivo Confocal Ophthalmoscope (PICO) for Non-Contact Corneal Imaging
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Employer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Job Title
Post-doctoral Associate
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1996
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2000
Adviser(s)
Barrett, Harrison H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Estimation Methods for Semiconductor Gamma-ray Detectors
Full Name
Job Title
Sr. Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2008
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2010
Adviser(s)
Peyghambarian, Nasser
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Fluidic Astigmatic and Spherical Lenses for Ophthalmic Applications
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Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2014
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer; 2017
Adviser(s)
Kieu, Khanh
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1994
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1998
Adviser(s)
Angel, J. Roger P.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
A continuous Wave Dye Laser for Use I Astronomical Adaptive Optics
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2012
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer; 2015
Adviser(s)
Hart, Michael
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Development and Verification of the Non-Linear Curvature Wavefront Sensor
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Employer
Hewlett Packard
Job Title
Technical Expert (Senior Engineer)
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1995
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2003
Adviser(s)
Barrett, Harrison H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Next Generation of Semiconductor Based Gamma Camera
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Employer
US Army C5ISR Center
Job Title
Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
Ph.D. Fall, 2024
Adviser(s)
Witte, Russell S.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING IN THE SHORT-WAVE INFRARED: ADVANCEMENTS IN THE DETECTION OF DEEP-TISSUE CONSTITUENTS
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Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 2024
Adviser(s)
Furenlid, Lars R.
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Employer
Wright-Patterson AFB
Job Title
Research Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1998
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer II; 1999
Adviser(s)
Marathay, Arvind S.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
A Vector Huygens-Fresnel Model of the Diffraction of Electromagnetic Waves