Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University, 1991
M.E., Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1986
B.S., Physics, Binghamton University, 1982

Professional Appointments

• Associate Vice President for Research, Integrative Team initiatives, University of Georgia, 2020 - Present
• Professor and Distinguished Faculty Scholar, University of Georgia, 2014 - Present
• Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Georgia, 2016 - 2019
• Associate Dean for Research, University of Georgia, 2014 - 2016
• R. C. Byrd Professor, West Virginia University, 1991 - 2014

Other Professional Experience

• Founding Partner, NexID Biometrics, LLC, 2006 - 2019
• Program Director, National Science Foundation, 2010 - 2014
• Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1982 - 1991

Research Areas

• Photonic devices - photonic crystals, wide band gap optoelectronic devices 
• Integrated optics - novel inorganic and organic guided wave devices
• Sensor systems - biophotonic integrated sensors, multispectral and biomolecular biometric identification

Patents

Multi-resolutional texture analysis fingerprint liveness systems and methods
U.S. Patent 9,367,729

Fingerprint liveness analysis
U.S. Patent 8,498,458

Regional fingerprint liveness detection systems and methods 
U.S. Patent 8,098,906

Multi-resolutional texture analysis fingerprint liveness systems and methods
U.S. Patent 8,090,163

TitleAssociate Dean for Research