A T & T Professor of Information Technology
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department, Physics and Astronomy Department, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Director, Center for Photonic Communication and Computing

Faculty Advisor, NU Student Chapter of the Optical Society of America

Fellow, OSA (1996), APS (2000), IoP (2002), and IEEE (2003)

Awards: recipient of the 2006 Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence; 2004 5th International Quantum Communication Award by Tamagawa University,