Distinguished Alumni

The accomplishments of previews CPN members are impressive and varied. Here are some notable examples:

PROF. TOM KOCH
DEAN OF THE WYANT COLLEGE OF OPTICAL SCIENCES, U. ARIZONA
Former director of the Center of Optical Technology, the predecessor of the CPN. Member of the US National Academy of Engineering.
PROF. NELSON TANSU
HEAD OF SCHOOL, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGR, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Former CPN director
PROF. JONATHAN WIERER
PROFESSOR, NORTH CAROLINA STATE U.
Former key faculty member of CPN
DR. JULIE SHIMER
PAST PRESIDENT AND CEO, WELCH ALLYN
From Lehigh’s labs to executive leadership in telecom and manufacturing.
DR. PAUL CORKUM
NRC CANADA/UNIV. OF OTTAWA CHAIR, ATTOSECOND PHOTONICS
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences, Wolf Prize in Physics
DR. HONGPING ZHAO
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CASE WESTERN
A major scientific contributor from her earliest days as a grad student
DR. AJEET ROHATGI
PROFESSOR, GEORGIA TECH
A career in photovoltaics leadership
DR. GRACE XING
PROFESSOR, CORNELL
Developing novel electronic materials and devices
DR. UMESH MISRA
PROFESSOR, UC-SANTA BARBARA
National Academy of Engineering member and UCSB professor
DR. JAMAL DEEN
CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR, MCMASTER UNIV.
Recognized authority in communications systems modeling
DR. PHILIP WONG
PROFESSOR, STANFORD
Nanoscale materials, electronics, and fabrication
DR. DAVID GREVE
PROFESSOR, CARNEGIE MELLON
Sensor technology research for the National Energy Technology Laboratory

CPN-AFFILIATED ALUMNI CATEGORIZED BY FACULTY MENTOR:

Ph.D:
– Gan, Qiaoqiang (2010)
– Gao, Yongkang (2014)
– Kuijpers, Eric Anthony (2010)
– Lin, Bo (2011) (co:advisor: Li)
Ph.D.:
– May, Joshua (2006)
– Esembeson, Bweh (2008)
– Fleischmann, Michelle S. (2010)
– Jin, Zhian (2010) (co:advisor: White)
– La Porta, Philip Robert (2011)
– Irkin, Pavel (2012)
– Regmi, Abhishesh (2012)
– Beels, Marten (2013)
– Lyu, ByungGook (2013)
– Ward, Kebra (2015)
– Zoutenbier, Vincent (2016)
– Erickson, Michael (2018)
– Finton, Drew (2020)
– Dallachiesa, Lauren (2021)
– Su, Jing (2021)
M.S.
– Regmi, Abhishesh (2011)
Ph.D.:
– Chen, Xun (2011)
– Chen, Yin (2007)
– Xue, Zhiyun (2006)
– Yang, Jinzhong (2007)
– Yang, Yang (2009)
Ph.D.:
– Cai, Bingchu (1984)
– Rohatgi, Ajeet (1977)
– Sheu, Yea-Dean (1985)
M.S.:
– Lakis, Rollin (1990)
– Lee, Robert (1980/81)
– Minford, Eric (1988/89)
Ph.D.:
– Campo, Eva Maria (2003)
– Moyer, Laura E. (2005)
– Nikiforov, Alexey Yuriyevich (2003)
– Zhang, Hongqing (2009)
M.S.:
– Xing, Huili (1998)
Ph.D.:
– Biser, Jeffrey M. (2013) (co:advisor: Vinci)
– Dutta, Sreya (2009) (co:advisor: Vinci)
Ph.D.:
– Greve, David (1979/80)
– Jain, Sanjay (1985)
– Shimer, Julie (1982/83)
Ph.D.:
– Jin, Hyunjoon (1997)
M.S.:
– Pattabiraman, Geetha (1995)
Ph.D.:
– Barnard, Matthew John (1995)
– Besson, Morgan (1986)
– Boucher, Derrick Ernest (1993)
– Burnard, Matthew (1995)
– Ignatova, Tetyana (2014)
– Inbar, Iris (1993)
– Tupa, Peter Robert (2011)
M.S.:
– Barry, Geralyn (1985)
– Kralik, John (1985)
Ph.D.:
– Fleischman, Zackery (2008)
– Jha, Naveen (2008)
– Poplawsky, Jonathan D. (2012)
– Sandmann, Christian (2004)
– Stone, Gregory A. (2010)
– Tafon Penn, Samson (2007)
– Woodward, Nathaniel T. (2011)
– Zhou, Liangcheng (2010)
M.S.:
– Dong, Zhaohui (2008)
Ph.D.:
– Song, Renbo (2009)
– Sun, Guan (2013)
– Sun, Hongqian (2010)
– Zhao, Pu (2012)
Ph.D.:
– Chew, Hongzong (1985)
– Dutt, David (1989)
– Falcony, Ciro (1980)
– Gale, Richard (1984)
– Rathman, Dennis (1979)
– Titcomb, Stephen (1983)
– Trombetta, Leonard (1984)
– Zvanut, Mary Ellen (1987 )
M.S.:
– Fixl, Al (1987)
– Lin, J (1980)
– Xie, Danxian (1987)
– Zhan, Xuedong (1987)
Ph.D.:
– Calabrese, Eduardo (1971)
– Chu, Andrew Xun (1991)
– Edwards, Arthur (1981)
– Lipari, Nunzio Ottavio (1970)
– Ma, Qisheng (2000)
– Mammel, Lewis (1979)
– Martin, Kevin R. (1993)
– Melnikov, Dmitriy V. (2001)
– Pilzer, Scott (1998)
– Rudra, Jayanta (1985/86)
– Schneider, Philip (1976)
– Walck, Scott Nelson (1995)
M.S.:
– Cao, Ke (1997)
– Chu, Andrew (1987)
– Francos, William (1989)
– Lun, Xesen (1995) (co:advisor: Licini)
– Snyder, Kenneth (1989)
– Xi, Hao-Wen (1992) (co:advisor: Gunton)
– Xie, Liehua (1996)
Ph.D.:
– Melvin, William Larkin Jr. (1994)
Ph.D.:
– Kumnorkaew, Pisist (2010)
M.S.:
– Xi, Hao-Wen (1992) (co:advisor: Fowler)
Ph.D.:
– Afentakis, Themistokles (2005)
– Choi, Nack-Bong (2012)
– Chuang, Ta-Ko (2008)
– Howell, Robert Samuel (2001)
– Jamshidi-Roudbari, Abbas (2010)
– Karnik, Sooraj Vijay (2003)
– Khan, Shahrukh Akbar (2012)
– Kung, Jerry Ji-Ho (1995)
– Kuo, Po-Chin (2010)
– Lin, Fuyu (1994)
– Lin, Sue Heng (1995)
– Mukherjee, Samrat (2007)
– Nkansah, Franklin Daniel (2001)
– Olasupo, Kolawole (1994)
– Sarcona, Greg Thomas (1996)
– Stewart, Mark J. (1999)
– Troccoli, Matias (2006)
– Voutsas, Apostolos T. (1994)
M.S.:
– Arrackal, Jecko (1998)
– Fleischer, David (1997)
– Klamka, Robert (1995)
– Ma, Xiaoxiao (2009)
Ph.D.:
– Afentakis, Themistokles (2005)
– Choi, Nack-Bong (2012)
– Chuang, Ta-Ko (2008)
– Howell, Robert Samuel (2001)
– Jamshidi-Roudbari, Abbas (2010)
– Karnik, Sooraj Vijay (2003)
– Khan, Shahrukh Akbar (2012)
– Kung, Jerry Ji-Ho (1995)
– Kuo, Po-Chin (2010)
– Lin, Fuyu (1994)
– Lin, Sue Heng (1995)
– Mukherjee, Samrat (2007)
– Nkansah, Franklin Daniel (2001)
– Olasupo, Kolawole (1994)
– Sarcona, Greg Thomas (1996)
– Stewart, Mark J. (1999)
– Troccoli, Matias (2006)
– Voutsas, Apostolos T. (1994)
M.S.:
– Arrackal, Jecko (1998)
– Fleischer, David (1997)
– Klamka, Robert (1995)
– Ma, Xiaoxiao (2009)
Ph.D.:
– Bao, Jianwen (1998)
– Chen, Cheng (2010)
– Chen, Cheng (2010)
– Cherepko, Sergey V. (2003)
– Chung, Hai-Chan (1999)
– Deng, Jie (2009)
– Ding, Guanghai (2013)
– Halder, Subrata (2006)
– Jin, Renfeng (2011)
– Lan, Yi Ellen (1994)
– Leoni, Robert Edward III (1998)
– Marbell, Marvin (2007)
– Peng, Zhen (2010)
– Shirokov, Mikhail Semenovich (2001)
– Sugeng, Basuki (1994)
– Tkachenko, Yevgeniy A. (1995)
– Wang, Weike (2011)
– Whitefield, David Scott (1993)
– Yuan, Xiaobin (2006)
M.S.:
– Alvarino, Konrad (1992)
– Campbell, Kevin (1989)
– Dunn, Roderick (1996)
– Hung, H. C. (1996)
– Seiler, Joseph (1989)
– Tkachenko, Yevgeniy A. (1993)
– Wetzel, Michael (1995)
– Zhang, Zhengan (2004)
Ph.D.:
– Barkanic, John (2004)
– Beck, Scott Edward (1990)
– Correa, Carlos (1992) (co:advisor: Klein)
– Dimitrios, Kouvatsos (1991)
– Fan, Der-Tysr (1991)
– Huang, C-K (1988)
– Huang, Jenn-Gwo (1993)
– Huang, Jenn-Hwa (1987)
– Kim, U S. (1990)
– Kook, Taeho (1985/86)
– Kouvatsos, Dimitrios (1991)
– Lin, Hai-An (2000)
– Lin, Ming-Tzer (2003)
– McCluskey, Frances Patrick III (1991)
– Pearce, Charles (1988)
– Vivekanand, Saikumar (1992)
M.S.:
– Chi, Yi-Pen (1997)
– Corboretto, Tony (1994)
– Diehl, Daniel (1988)
– Fan, Dennis Der-Tsyr (1988)
– Gable, Michael (1991)
– Hoontrakel, Patraporn (1992)
– Kilpatrick, Stephen James (1994)
– Lam, Amy (1991)
– O'Grady, David (1986)
– Raposo, Humberto (1995)
– Richter, Kristine (1985)
– Wolowodiuk, Christine (1985)
Ph.D.:
– Antoine, Keisha (2007)
– Chen, Gang (2004)
– Stone, Adam (2014)
– Zhao, Donghui (2011)
Ph.D.:
– Correa, Carlos (1992) (co:advisor: Jaccodine)
Ph.D.:
– Dailey, James M. (2009)
– Kim, Kangbaek (2012)
– Tummidi, Ravi Sekhar (2011)
Ph.D.:
– Lin, Bo (2011) (co:advisor: Bartoli)
Ph.D.:
– Ontalus, Viorel (2001)
– Slimmer, David Allen (1992)
– Spector, Magaly (1994)
– Stephens, Jeffrey Dale (2010)
– Van Campen, Stephen Daryl (1994)
M.S.:
– Badowski, Alfred (1997)
– Liu, Daoyou (2005)
– Lun, Xesen (1995) (co:advisor: Fowler)
– Ontalus, Viorel Catalin (2001)
– Slimmer, David (1992)
Ph.D.:
– Dimas, Clara E. (2009)
– Ding, Yun-Hsiang (2010)
– Hongpinyo, Vitchanetra (2010)
– Tan, Chee Loon (2010)
Ph.D.:
– Dewalt, Luke (1998)
– Gao, Zihao Michael (1993)
– Hough, Lawrence – (2004)
– Hu, Yi (2012)
– Islam, Mohammad Ferdous (2000)
– Junio, Joseph (2010)
– Kara, Vural (2013)
– Kucks, Michael (1994)
– Latinovic, Olga S. (2005)
– Wang, Chaohua (1995)
– Wang, Jingyu (2012)
M.S.:
– Junio, Joseph (2007)
– Kahn, Fazeel (1997)
– Parmley, Samatha (1998)
– Richter, Betsy (2003)
– Zaorski, Angela (2008)
Ph.D.:
– Snyder, Stacy E. (2008)
– Tayo, Benjamin O. (2012)
Ph.D.:
– Corkum, Paul (1972)
– Hsueh, Fu-Lung (1981/82) (co:advisor: White)
M.S.:
– Mishra, Umesh (1980/81)
– Turner, Mark (1980/81)
Ph.D.:
– Corkum, Paul (1972)
– Hsueh, Fu-Lung (1981/82) (co:advisor: White)
M.S.:
– Mishra, Umesh (1980/81)
– Turner, Mark (1980/81)
Ph.D.:
– Bekisli, Figen (2013)
– Chen, E. Elinor (2003)
– Cheng, Ying (1994)
– Evans, Michael (1998)
– Jiang, Fan (2004)
– Kleekajai, Sue (2008)
– Kozuch, David Michael (1992)
– Peng, Chao (2010)
– Shi, Gang (2006)
– Uftring, Stephen J. (1998)
– Weinstein, Marcie Gayle (2000)
– Wen, Lanlin (2010)
– Zhang, Haoxiang (2013)
– Zheng, Jeff (Zygo Corp.)
– Zheng, Jie-Fei (1996)
– Zhou, Jing (2000)
M.S:
– Gornstein, Marcie (1997)
Ph.D.:
– Arif, Ronald A. (2008)
– EE, Yik Khoon (2010)
– Liu, Guangyu (2013)
– Tong, Hua (2010)
– Zhang, Jing (2013)
– Zhao, Hongping (2011)
– Zhu, Peifen (2015)
M.S.:
– Haas, Jason R. (2006)
– Handara, Vincent Adhi (2010)
– Jin, Zhian (2006)
– Li, Xiao-Hang (2011)
– Liu, Guangyu (2011)
– Mulhern, Joseph B. (2010)
– Sursattayawong, Tidapan (2010)
– Toma, Takahiro (2011)
– Tummidi, Ravi S. (2007)
– Wu, Nan-Lung (2010)
– Zhang, Shaofei (2010)
Ph.D.:
– Gnerlich, Markus Hans (2012)
– Izhar, Umer (2010)
– Jing, Gaoshan (2009)
– Zhang, Wenyue (2008)
M.S.:
– Navneet, Navneet (1994)
Ph.D.:
– Belwalkar, Amit Ajit (2011)
– Blanks, Keith Anthony (1994)
– DiAntonio, Philip (1994)
– Guintrand, Cyril L. (2011)
– Jackson, Daniel K. (2013)
– Knauss, Lee Alan (1994)
– La-Orauttapong, Duangmanee (2003)
– Marjanovic, Sasha (2004)
– McElhenny, John E. (2009)
– McIntosh, Christopher Michael (2001)
– Ndi, Francis C. (2006)
– Oraut-ratong, D. (2003)
– Sasham, Marjanovic (2004)
– Svitelskiy, Oleksiy Vasyl (2003)
– Texier, Sylvain (2005)
– Wang, Rose (1991)
– Wang, Xiao Qin (1992)
– Wang, Xiaomei (1991)
– Yan, Yan (2009)
– Yeniay, Aydin (2000)
Ph.D.:
– Akhtar, Ijaz (2001)
– Cheng, Chun-Wei (2005)
– Deepak, Iyer (2006)
– Glass, Bill (1997)
– Griglock, Tom (2005)
– Kumar, Anil (2004)
– Lafontaine, Corey (2010)
– Langhanoja, Shivesh (2007)
– Walck, Scott (1992)
– Xia, Honsheng (2007)
– Zhang, Aidong (2009)
Ph.D.:
– Meyers, Peter (1974)
Ph.D.:
– Biser, Jeffrey M. (2013) (co:advisor: Chan)
– Cao, Wanjun (2013)
– Dutta, Sreya (2009) (co:advisor: Chan)
Ph.D.:
– Anderson, Frederick G. (1987)
– Barry, William Anthony (1992)
– Chatterjee, Arun (1982)
– Gurer, Emir (1990)
– Harris, Richard (1983)
– Jeon, Duk Young (1988)
– Lee, Keon (1982)
– Mason, Phillip Wayne (1998)
– Newton, James L. (1985)
– Rong, Fang (1988)
– Song, Liwei (1988)
– Sun, Hongjiang (1993)
– Trombetta, John (1989)
– Troxell, John (1979)
– Veloarisoa, Ioly Aubine (1992)
– Williams, Phillip Michael (1994)
– Zhan, Xuedong (1992)
M.S..:
– Bozdog, Cornel (1998)
Ph.D.:
– Agarwal, Anant (1985)
– Booth, Richard (1989)
– Bu, Jiankang (2001)
– Chan, Cheong F. (1985)
– Chao, Chen-Chung (1986)
– Chen, Chun-Yu (1994)
– Chen-Chung Chao (1986)
– Flamouroupoulas, Theodore D. (1990)
– French, Margaret Larson (1993)
– Howard, Steven G. (1998)
– Hsueh, Fu-Lung (1981/82) (co-advisor: Simmons)
– Hu, Yin (1992)
– Jin, Zhian (2010) (co-advisor: Biaggio)
– Krutsick, Thomas (1988)
– Libsch, Frank Robert (1989)
– Ma, Zhigang (1994)
– Martin, Matthew George (1999)
– Pandey, Santosh K. (2006)
– Paulsen, Ronald Eugene (1995)
– Peruzzi, Robert O. (2004)
– Roy, Anirban (1989)
– Shang, Huiling (2001)
– Sharma, Umesh (1989)
– Siergiej, Richard Robert Anthony (1992)
– Tran, Conn-Luan (1990)
– Vathulya, Vickram Ravikumar (1999)
– Wagner, William Edward III (1997)
– Wang, Gan (2008)
– Wang, Yu (2005)
– Wong, Hon-Sum Philip (1988)
– Wrazien, Stephen J. (2005)
– Wu, Huxian (2006)
– Yang Yang (1999)
– Yoon, Sukyoon (1992)
– Zeng, Yu (2004)
– Zhang, Yanli (2008)
– Zhao, Yijie (2006)
M.S.:
– Banerjee, Amit (1993)
– Barton, Daniel (1989)
– Blasko, Joe (1999)
– Bortei-Doku, Akwete (2007)
– Bronico, James (1989)
– Campbell, Edward Eugene (1991)
– Cohen, Neil (1995)
– Eichenlaub, Nate (2009)
– Ferrari, Pamela (1985/86)
– Fuerherm, James (2004)
– Goldman, Philip (1985/86)
– Gross, Michael (1999)
– Lai, Thiet (1982)
– Miller, Floyd (1985/86)
– Nguyen, Andy (1987)
– Opare, Lisa (2004)
– Orphanos, Paul (1992)
– Pham, Hai Q (1984)
– Purwar, Ansha (1995)
– Sathinathan, Harikaran (1993)
– Schaefer, Eric (1989)
– Sherfy, Jay W. (1987)
– Silverthorne, Spencer (1986)
– Strauss, Mark (1991)
– Tam, Marvin (1989)
– Tham, Khong-Meng (1990)
– Tjondromhardjo, Bartholomeus (2002)
– Velopolcak, James (1991)
– Wang, Xiaonan (2006)
– Wartonick, Stephanie (1988)
– Winn, Kimberly (1988)
– Winokur, Eric (2008)
– Wynn, Kimberly (1989)
– Zaneski, Gerald (1995)
– Zhang, Xiaochen (2009)
– Ziemer, Craig (1990)
Ph.D.:
– Lin, Ta-Cheng (1994)
– Sethi, Rakesh (1989)
– Xie, Dunxian (1991)
M.S.:
– Dziuba, Charles (1991)
– Nkansah, Franklin (1993)
– Olasupo, Kalowole (1990)