Employment history: 

1. Research Associate, University of London (1976‑1980)

2. Higher Scientific Officer, Royal Aircraft Establishment, England (1980‑1982)

3. Post‑doctoral Fellow, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1982‑1984)

4. Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1984‑1989)

5. Associate Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1989‑ ) 

Other appointments: 

Consultant for various industries 

Academic Visitor, IBM Thomas Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, (sabbatical leave Jan 21 to May 30, 1991): An evanescent field fiber optic sensor for detection of trace metal ions in aqueous solution. 

1991 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship: Fiber optic sensors for laser light scattering - Advanced technology development. 

Professional affiliations and services:

Member of the Stony Brook University of the National Academy of Inventors

Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 

Member of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) 

Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA) 

Member of the Long Island Optical Society 

Member of Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu  

April 17-21, 2016 Member ot the Program Committee, Conference 9868, Dimensional optical metrology and inspection for practical applications V, SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, 2016, Baltimore, MD 

Sept 2006 Reviewer for “The Handbook of Computer Networks” John Wiley and Sons [2007] 

5/2/05-5/03/05 Member NSF Reviewer Panel for Sensor and Sensor Solicitation 

7/1/88 - 12/30/94 Chairman of the Lasers and Electro‑Optics Society chapter of the IEEE on Long Island 

7/1/89 - 6/30/90 Secretary of the Long Island Section of IEEE 

9/1/85 - 6/30/88 Student Activities Coordinator of the Long Island Section of the IEEE 

2/26/92 Site coordinator for the IEEE video conference (VC46) on "Making Optoelectronic High Performance Data Communications Work,"