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I've left the National Science Foundation, having retired as an Expert Scientist and, before that, as a Program Director in NSF's Physics Division. Currently I conduct research in ultrafast laser physics and in precision optical metrology as well as in fiberoptic communications. As a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Maryland–Baltimore County, I collaborate with researchers there and elsewhere in the design of stable fiber lasers and mode-locked lasers in general and on time and frequency transfer techniques, and I also provide counseling for graduate students. I am available for other consulting positions in program management as well as in laser optics, telecommunications, and precision optical metrology.At NSF I oversaw the operation of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and the construction of its major upgrade, Advanced LIGO. (LIGO is major facility at the forefront of physics observing gravitational-wave radiation, distortions in the fabric of space-time, predicted by Einstein to be generated by violent events in the distant universe such as the collisions of black holes or neutron stars.) I also served on NSF's IT Security, Ethics Education, Broadening Participation, Energy Efficiency, and Climate Change Working Groups.I am a Senior Member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), an international body of some 1300 professionals that determines the scientific program of LIGO and assists in its operation and development.I've also been active in Optical Society of America service, having chaired the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the Frontiers in Optics conferences and having sat on the conference steering committee.
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Senior Research ScientistUniversity Of Maryland Baltimore County Jun 2009 - PresentBaltimore, MdAt UMBC I assist in research on highly stable picosecond and femtosecond lasers, on low-noise photodetectors, and on precision time and frequency transfer techniques. -
Expert ScientistNational Science Foundation Dec 2012 - Jun 2013Physics DivisionMy primary responsibility at NSF as an Expert was still the oversight of LIGO. This position was part-time, allowing me to wind down my career at NSF as I segue into a career as an independent consultant. -
Large Facility Program DirectorThe National Science Foundation Oct 2005 - Dec 2012Arlington, VaMy primary responsibility in the Physics Division at NSF has been the oversight of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), a large facility with an associated construction project, Advanced LIGO. The facility's goal is the first observation of gravitational waves. I also served in NSF's Ethics Education in Science and Engineering working group.My most recent endeavor for NSF has been to win approval for relocation of one of LIGO's advanced detectors to India. This effort required careful documentation of the risks and benefits of such a move, the organization of a number of peer reviews, and the submission of a detailed justification of the proposal to the National Science Board.I have also overseen the start of Advanced LIGO, a major upgrade to the facility which will increase the volume of space that the facility's detectors can explore by a factor of 1000. Securing the project's start required demonstration of the facility's successful execution of its initial sensitivity and operations goals and the organization of several review panels of distinguished peers, which found that the facility's plans for the upgrade were realistic and fiscally sound.
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Research PhysicistNaval Research Laboratory Jun 1978 - Sep 2005While at NRL, I conducted experimental research in ultrafast and nonlinear optics. I studied ultrafast processes in semiconductors and semiconductor devices, nonlinear pulse propagation in optical fibers, ultra-high-speed optical communications, ultrafast lasers, and precision optical metrology.During this time I developed an ultrastable, one-picosecond, 10-GHz fiber laser with exceptional stability which became a successful commercial product and was present in virtually every high-speed optical telecomminucations laboratory in the world. This laser won the 2003 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, the highest level award recognizing Federal laboratory employees for outstanding work in transferring federally developed technology to the marketplace. The work also received a commendation from the Secretary of the Navy.I also developed a practical 80-to-10GHz demultiplexer that uses standard electrooptic technology. With these innovations and with a Raman-pumped, dispersion-managed recirculating transmission line, our group demonstrated error-free propagation of single-channel data at 80 Gigabits/second over nearly 1000 km.Our group also conducted ultrafast studies of planar transistors, ultrafast photodetectors, electronic circuits and on bulk semiconductors, with emphasis on the ultrafast and nonlinear responses of these systems. -
Research AssociateJohns Hopkins University Feb 1974 - Jun 1978While at Hopkins, working with Aaron Bloch and Dwaine O. Cowan, I studied carrier dynamics and transport in restricted-dimensionality organic conductors and semiconductors. I discovered a link between excess carrier noise and phase transitions in these materials. -
Postdoctoral FellowUniversity Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 1971 - 1973While at UNC–Chapel Hill, I studied the physics of amorphous semiconductors — specifically, carrier transport and noise generation in these materials.
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