Full Time Faculty
Jay Mathews
PhD Physics (Experimental Condensed Matter) – Arizona State University (2011) Specialty: photonic materials, photoluminescence spectroscopy, infrared detectors, semiconductor lasers, materials characterization, microelectronic and photonic devices
Ishwar Aggarwal
Link Faculty Web Site Biography Ph.D. Materials Science – Catholic University of America (1974) Specialty: Fiber-Optics, optical wave-guides, fiber devices and Transparent and Laser Gain Ceramics
Vasily Astratov
Link Faculty Web Site Biography Ph.D. Physics – Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (1986) Specialty: Novel structures & materials, Quantum optics, Optoelectronics
Glenn Boreman
Link Faculty Web Site Biography Ph.D. Optical Sciences – University of Arizona Specialty: Infrared antennas and transmission lines, infrared frequency-selective surfaces, nano-scale E-field mapping, BRDF & surface-scatter measurements
Shunji Egusa
Faculty Webpage https://pages.charlotte.edu/shunji-egusa/ Biography B.Sc. Physics – The University of Tokyo; Ph.D. Physics – The University of Chicago Specialty: Nanomaterials synthesis and characterization; Nanomedicine; Plasmonics
Nathaniel Fried
Link Faculty Web Site Biography Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering – Northwestern University (1998) Specialty: Laser-tissue interactions, Biomedical optics, Medical applications of high-power fiber lasers
Greg Gbur
Link Faculty Web Site Biography Ph.D. Theoretical Physics – University of Rochester (2001) Specialty: Classical optics, Inverse problems, Coherence theory, Singular optics
Awad Gerges
Education Ph.D. Physics – University of Kent at Canterbury , England (1990) M.Sc., Engineering Physics, M.T.C., Cairo, Egypt (1986) Specialty Fiber-optics, optical sensors, optical communications, and optical signal processing Link: Faculty Web Site