Vitae

Education

Professional Experience

  • Department of Physics & Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    • Associate Department Chair (2022 – present)
    • Professor (2014 – present)
    • Associate Professor (2006 – 2014)
    • Assistant Professor (2003 – 2006)
    • Adjunct Assistant Professor (1999 – 2003)
  • NSF I/UCRC Center for Freeform Optics (CeFO), Charlotte, NC
    • Site Director (2018 – present)
    • Site Co-Director (2015 – 2018)
  • OptoMill Solutions LLC, Charlotte, NC
    • Co-founder and Managing Director (2016 – 2022)
  • Digital Optics Corporation, Charlotte, NC.
    • Manager, New Technology (2001 – 2003)
    • Senior Research Engineer/ New Technology Group Leader (1997 – 2001)
    • Applications Engineer (1996 – 1997)

Selected Professional Activities

  • Senior Editor, SPIE Journal of Optical Microsystems. (2020 – 2024).
  • External Advisory Board, Department of Physics and Optical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (2018 – present).
  • Senior Editor, SPIE Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS. (2004 – 2020). Associate Editor (2001-2004).
  • Symposium Chair, SPIE Photonics West MOEMS/MEMS Micro & Nanofabrication. (2009-2011). Symposium Co-Chair (2007-2008).
  • SPIE Publications Committee (2010-2015)
  • SPIE MOEMS-MEMS Symposium Executive Steering Committee (2007-2014)
  • SPIE Fellows Selection Committee (2009-2011)
  • Conference Chair, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics I – IV, SPIE Photonics West (2008-2011).
  • Conference Chair, Micromachining technology for microoptics and nanooptics III – V, SPIE Photonics West, (2005-2007).
  • Inaugural Program Co-Chair, Optical Society of America Topical Meeting: Nanophotonics (2006).
  • Technical Group Chair for Diffractive Optics and Holography, Optical Society of America (2004-2006). Vice Chair (2003-2004).
  • Optical Society of America, Science and Engineering Council (2004 – 2006).
  • Conference Chair, Gradient Index, Miniature, and Diffractive Optical Systems II-III, SPIE Annual, (2001-2003).
  • President, Optical Society of America, Charlotte Chapter, (2001-2002).