M.J. Soileau

University Distinguished Professor of Optics & Photonics, ECE & Physics

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Biography

M.J. Soileau received his PhD in Quantum Electronics from the University of Southern California, is currently Professor of Optics, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics and is the Vice President for Research. His research interests include the nonlinear optical properties of materials and laser-induced damage. He is a Fellow of IEEE, the SPIE–The International Optical Engineering Society, and the Optical Society of America.

Awards & Honors

American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Fellow
IEEE Photonics Society Life Fellow
Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow
International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Fellow
2016 Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2016 Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
2013 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
2008 2008 SPIE Gold Medal Award
2007 OSA Esther Hoffman Beller Award

Research Group

Conducting research on a variety of nonlinear optical effects, materials, and devices including nonlinear interactions in waveguides, nonlinear signal processing, optical power limiting, and characterizing materials response at picosecond and nanosecond scales.