Biography
Leonid B. Glebov earned his Ph.D. in Physics (major in Optics) from State Optical Institute (SOI), Leningrad, Russia in 1976. He was affiliated with this institute until 1995. During which time he held various positions in research and scientific management. After his tenure at SOI, Glebov joined the University of Central Florida School of Optics/CREOL. He has published one book, 190+ papers in scientific journals and holds more than 16 patents (15+ Russian and 1 US). He is a member of Organizing and Program Committees for a number of International Conferences. The main directions of his research are optical properties of glasses, photosensitive glasses for hologram recording, nonlinear phenomena including laser-induced damage, holographic optical elements.
Awards & Honors
- International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Fellow
- Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow
- American Ceramic Society (ACS) Fellow
- 2017 AmCerSoc Frontiers of Glass Technology Award
- 2014 UCF Innovator
- 2012 National Academy of Inventors Charter Fellow
- 2008 SPIE Dennis Gabor Award