CV

Education

B.Sc. (Physics) University of Sydney 1979
Ph.D. (Physics) California Institute of Technology 1983

Positions Held

Professor of Biomedical Engineering Emeritus
Tufts University, Jan 2023 – present
Profes
sor of Biomedical Engineering
Tufts University, Sept 2008 – December 2022
Research in optical tweezers, atomic force microscopy, nonlinear optics of biopolymers.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Tufts University, Sept 2002 – Sept 2008
Research in optical tweezers, atomic force microscopy, terahertz source engineering.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Tufts University, Sept. 1986 – Sept. 2002
Research in photorefractive nonlinear optics.
Staff Scientist, Ortel Corporation, Oct. 1984-Sept. 1986.
Lead optical research lab developing optical limiters and applications of phase conjugation for GaAlAs lasers.
Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Jun. 1983-Sept. 1984
Performed research in phase conjugation and nonlinear optics.
Visiting Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Stanford University, Aug. 1996 – Aug. 1997
Research in biophysics, atomic force microscopy, laser tweezers, microscopic measurements of fluid properties.
Visiting Scholar, School of Physics University of Sydney, Australia Jan. 2005 – Dec. 2005
Research in optofluidics and application of optical tweezers to optical switching and sensing
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Aug. 2013 – Aug. 2014
Research in the use of azobenzene-type molecules for the production and use of optically sensitive and patternable silk
Visiting Scientist, Optics Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Nov. 2020 – Jun. 2021

Academic Service

University Tenure and Promotion Committee 2012-2016. Chair 2015-2016
Director Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program 2004-2013

Consulting and other professional activities

Program committee, SPIE Optofluidics II, SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA 2007
Program committee, Controlling light with light, OSA topical meeting, Squaw Valley, CA 2007
Editorial Board, Micromachines 2019-
Guest Editor, Special Issue “Nolinear Optics for Biomedical Applications” Micromachines
Reviewer, NSF SBIR STTR program 2016-present

Honors & Awards

Sydney University Postgraduate Research Travelling Scholarship
Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1987 (National Science Foundation) Denison Distinguished Visitorship,2005, University of Sydney
Visiting scientist CSACS award, McGill University, 2013
Senior Member, IEEE
Fellow, Optical Society of America