Prof. Fathpour's Resume

Curriculum Vitae (Download in PDF)


EMPLOYMENT

2018 – Present: Professor, CREOL - The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida (UCF)
2008 – Present: Joint Appointment at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCF
2014 – 2018: Associate Professor, CREOL, UCF
2008 – 2014: Assistant Professor, CREOL, UCF
2008: Senior Researcher, Ostendo Technologies Inc., Carlsbad, CA
2007: Visiting Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2005 – 2007: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA
Mentor: Prof. Bahram Jalali


EDUCATION

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2005)
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Dissertation Title: “High Performance Lasers and Spin-Polarized Light Emitting Diodes with Quantum Dot Active Regions”
Advisor: Prof. Pallab Bhattacharya

University of British Columbia, Vancouver (2000)
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thesis Title: “Performance Predictions for AlGaN/GaN Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors”
Supervisor: Prof. David Pulfrey

Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan (1995)
B.S., Electrical Engineering (Electronics)


AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2017: Elected Fellow of OSA, The Optical Society
2017: Research Incentive Award of the College of Optics and Photonics, UCF
2017: Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award of the College of Optics and Photonics, UCF
2015: UCF’s Reach for the Stars Award
2013: ONR Young Investigator Award for proposal on "Hybrid Second-Order Nonlinear Photonic Devices on Silicon"
2013: Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award of the College of Optics and Photonics, UCF
2013: Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award of the College of Optics and Photonics, UCF
2013: Elevated to Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics Society
2012: NSF CAREER Award for proposal on "Mid-Infrared Photonic Devices and Integrated Circuits on Silicon"
2012: Elevated to Senior Member of OSA, The Optical Society
2011: Elevated to Senior Member of SPIE, The International Society for Optics and Photonics
2007: Featured in the 62nd Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in America
2007: UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research
2000: International Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Michigan
1991 – 1995: Fellowship for Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Isfahan University of Technology
1991: 14th rank of the “National Entrance Exam for Undergraduate Programs Related to Physics and Math,” among more than 300,000 applicants nationwide
1990: Selected Student in Entrance Exam for the National Physics Olympics
1989: First rank of the Isfahan Province Scientific Competitions


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Fellow of OSA, The Optical Society of America
Senior Member of the Photonics Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Senior Member of the International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE)