BA in Physics, University of Chicago; PhD in Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology. Currently, Sr Director of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the Ellison Institute of Transformative Medicine and Irani Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California. Research is focused on advanced functional materials for integrated photonics for telecommunications and cancer diagnostics/prognostics. Fellow: Optica, SPIE, AAAS. 2015 Northrop Grumman Faculty Fellow.