Geraldo Barbosa, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D, University of Southern California
Research Interests: Quantum optics, coherence and statistical properties of light, photon detection, photon correlation, twin-photons.

William L. Kath, Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology.
Research Interests: Pulse propagation in optical fibers and waveguides, optical solitons, phase-sensitive optical amplifiers, fiber lasers, linear and nonlinear wave propagation, nonlinear dynamics.

Prem Kumar, Professor (joint with Physics); Director, Center for Photonic Communications and Computing; Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, Fellow of OSA, Fellow of APS, Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP).
Research Interests: Optical communications, in particular, novel optical amplifiers and devices for terabits per second fiber-optic communications; quantum fiber-optics, in particular, generation and distribution of quantum entanglement over the fiber channel and quantum cryptography over fiber lines; nonlinear and quantum optics, in particular, applications of novel states of light such as squeezed and twin-beam states.

Selim M. Shahriar, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research Interests: Applications of optically induced spin transitions, nanolithography, optical data storage, and optical phase conjugation.

Allen Taflove, Professor and C. D. McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence; Ph.D., Northwestern University, Fellow, IEEE. Named to the "Highly Cited Researchers List" of the Institute for Scientific Information.
Research Interests: Theory and applications of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) computational electrodynamics spanning the spectral range from near-dc to light, including ELF geophysical phenomena, novel wireless interconnects for ultrahigh-speed digital data buses, UHF/microwave diffraction by buildings in urban wireless microcells, optical interactions with individual living cells and random clusters of cells, and electrodynamics of micron-scale optical devices.

Horace P. Yuen, Professor; D.Sc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Recipient of 1996 Quantum Communication Award.
Research Interests: Optical communication, theoretical quantum optics, measurement theory, physical cryptography.

Hui Cao, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ph.D. Stanford University.
Research Interests: Cavity quantum electrodynamics and coherent matter-wave "optics".

G. Mauro D'Ariano: Professor of Quantum Optics and Quantum Systems and Information, Dipartimento di Fisica "A. Volta", University of Pavia, Italy, Fellow of Optical Society of America.

Anupam Garg: Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ph.D. Cornell University.
Research Interests: Decoherence in complex quantum systems, including quantum computers; Classical and quantum magnetization dynamics; Macroscopic quantum tunneling.

Seng-Tiong Ho: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research Interests: Quantum optics, nonlinear optics, ultra-fast optical devices, and micro-cavity lasers.

John B. Ketterson: Fayerweather Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. University of Chicago.
Research Interests: Condensed matter physics, novel thermoelectric materials, nanostructured magnetic, optical, metallic, and semiconducting materials, nonlinear optical and excitonic materials, Josephson-junction devices.

Antonio Mecozzi: Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. Fellow of OSA and Fellow of IEEE.
Research interests: Optical communication - the effect of optical nonlinearity in optical communication systems. Optoelectronics - the study of devices for all optical signal processing. Quantum optics and its relation with optical communications.

Alan V. Sahakian: Associate Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin.
Research Interests: Instrumentation, signal and image processing for medical and aerospace applications. Automatic detection and treatment of the atrial cardiac arrhythmias by implanted devices.

Kenneth W. Spears: Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D. The University of Chicago.
Research Interests: Use of picosecond and femtosecond visible, ultraviolet, and infrared laser methods to understand specific chemical phenomena involving electron transfer and reaction dynamics in liquids and solids.

Bruce W. Wessels: Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research Interests: Opto-electronic integrated circuits, compound semiconductors, electro-optic thin films and devices, nanoelectronics.