Core Faculty

David Brady, Michael J. Fitzpatrick Professor, specializes in computational optical sensor systems such as hyperspectral microscopy, Raman spectroscopy for tissue chemometrics, optical coherence sensors and infrared spectral filters.

April Brown, John Cocke Professor and Sr. Associate Dean for Research, specializes in the synthesis and design of nanostructures to microelectronic devices.

Lawrence Carin, William H. Younger Professor, specializes in short-pulse scattering, subsurface sensing, and wave-based signal processing.

Leslie Collins, Professor, specializes in physics-based statistical signal processing, subsurface sensing, auditory prostheses and pattern recognition.

Steven A Cummer, Jeffrey N. Vinik Associate Professor, specializes in remote sensing, electromagnetic modeling, and complex electromagnetic materials.

William Joines, Professor, specializes in electromagnetic field and wave interactions with materials and structures.

Nan Marie Jokerst, J.A. Jones Professor, specializes in integrated nanosystems and microsystems with an emphasis on photonic integration for sensing and telecommunications systems.

Tom Katsouleas, Professor and Dean, specializes in the use of plasmas as novel particle accelerators and light sources.

Jeff Krolik, Professor, specializes in statistical signal and sensor array processing. Some of his current projects include signal processing algorithm development for over-the-horizon HF radar, passive and active sonar, microwave remote sensing of the marine boundary layer, and robust functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Xuejun Liao, Assistant Research Professor.

Qing Liu, Professor, specializes in computational electromagnetics and acoustics, inverse problems, subsurface sensing, biomedical imaging, and simulation of photonic and high-speed electronic circuits and devices.

Loren Nolte, Professor, specializes in signal detection and estimation theory with applications to ocean acoustics, biomedical statistical image processing, and optimal decision fusion.

Doug Nowacek, Repass Rogers University Professor, specializes on the link between acoustic and motor behavior in marine mammals, primarily cetaceans and manatees, specifically, how they use sound in ecological processes.

Jeremiah Remus, Assistant Research Professor, specializes in statistical signal processing with application to subsurface sensing, pattern recognition, and speech perception.

Matt Reynolds, Assistant Professor, specializes in RFID and its application to robotics and human-computer interaction, ultra low power sensing and computation, parasitic power, and smart materials, surfaces, and spaces.

David R Smith, William Bevan Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, specializes in photonic crystals, metamaterials and negative index media, plasmon nanophotonics, and self-monitoring composites.

Stacy L Tantum, Assistant Research Professor, specializes in signal processing with applications in remote sensing and ocean acoustics.

Rebecca Willett, Assistant Professor, specializes in compressive optical sensor design, anomaly detection in sensor networks, activity detection in fMRI, and hyperspectral image reconstruction for astronomy and multiphoton microscopy.

Scott Wolter, Assistant Research Professor, specializes in the growth and characterization of wide band gap semiconductors.