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Nanophotonics Device Group
University of Texas at Arlington
Professor Robert Magnusson
General Information
The Nanophotonics Device Group is led by Prof. Robert Magnusson, Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington.
The research group's current focus is on theory and experiment of periodic nanostructures, nanolithography, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, nanoplasmonics, and optical bio- and chemical sensors.
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Professor Magnusson received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He spent several years in industry and then joined the faculty of UT-Arlington. He served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1998-2001, and he was Professor and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut from 2001-2006 and Professor from 2006-2008. In 2008, he returned to UT-Arlington to accept positions as the Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics and as Professor of Electrical Engineering. He currently directs the UT-Arlington Nanophotonics Device Group. He has published more than 400 journal and conference papers and holds more than 30 patents. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and SPIE, a Life Fellow of IEEE, and a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Current theoretical and experimental research addresses periodic nanostructures, nanolithography, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, nanoplasmonics, and optical bio- and chemical sensors. |
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Professor Magnusson is the Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Resonant Sensors Incorporated, a company that provides next-generation optical sensor systems for pharmaceutical and biotech customers. |
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