{"id":1586,"date":"2019-07-02T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labsites.wdev.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/?page_id=1586"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:44:46","slug":"curriculum-vitae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/people\/group-members\/govind-agrawal\/curriculum-vitae\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Govind P. Agrawal, James C. Wyant Professor of Optics<\/strong><br> Professor of Physics  (Joint appointment at Dept.&nbsp;of Physics &amp; Astronomy)<br> Senior Scientist (Joint appointment at Laboratory for Laser Energetics)<br><br> <strong>The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester<\/strong><br> Goergen 515, Rochester, NY 14627-0186, USA<br> 585-2754846 (Office); 585-2444936 (Fax)<br> Email: gpa@optics.rochester.edu <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Higher Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>B. S. <\/td><td>1969 <\/td><td>University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India <\/td><td>Physics &amp; Statistics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>M. S. <\/td><td>1971 <\/td><td>Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi <\/td><td>Physics <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ph.&nbsp;D. <\/td><td>1974 <\/td><td>Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi <\/td><td>Physics\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professional Appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Ecole Polytechnique,  France <\/td><td>1974-1976 <\/td><td>Attach\u00e9 de Recherche<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>City University of New York<\/td><td>1977-1979 <\/td><td>Research Associate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Quantel S. A., Orsay, France <\/td><td>1980-1981 <\/td><td>Staff Scientist <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AT&amp;T Bell Laboratories<\/td><td>1982-1988 <\/td><td>Member of Technical Staff<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>University of Rochester,  NY <\/td><td>1989-2012 <\/td><td>Professor of Optics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>University of Rochester,  NY <\/td><td>2013-present <\/td><td>James C. Wyant Professor of Optics<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visiting Appointments (recent)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, Carl Zeiss Guest Professor, May-June 2006 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, Physics Dept., January-March 2008 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Ecole Nationale Sup\u00e8rieur des Telecommunications, Paris, France, April-June 2008 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Institut d&#8217;Optique, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Palaiseau, France, May-June 2009 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Universit\u00e9 Lille: Sciences et Technologies, Lille, France, May-June 2010 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Ecole Normale Sup\u00e8rieur (ENS), Paris, France, June 2012 and June 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boston University, ECE Department, Boston, USA, September-December 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indian Institute of Technology, Optics and Photonics Center, Delhi, India, 2022-2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Universite Bourgogne Europe, ICB Laboratory, Dijon, France, April 2025-Dec. 2028<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Honors and Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Fellow, Optical Society of America (1986).  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  Exceptional Contribution Award, AT&amp;T Bell Laboratories (1987).  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Fellow, IEEE, Institution of Electrical &amp; Electronics Engineers (1996). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Distinguished Alumni Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (2000). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Life Fellow, Optical Society of India (2006). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> University Dean&#8217;s Award for Meritorious Service in Ph.D.\u00a0Defenses (2010). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>  Quantum Electronics Award, IEEE Photonics Society (2012). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2013). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Esther Hoffman Beller Medal, the Optical Society (2015). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Life Fellow, IEEE, Institution of Electrical &amp; Electronics Engineers (2018).  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Max Born Award of the Optical Society (2019). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Quantum Electronics Prize, European Physics Society (2019). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lifetime Achievement Award, Hajim School of Engineering, Univ. of Rochester (2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professional Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Topical Editor, Journal of Optical Society of America B (1993-1998). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Editorial Board Member, Journal of European Optical Society (1994-1997). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Member, Educational Committee, IEEE Photonics Society  (1996-1998). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Member, Holonyak Award Committee, Optical Society of America     (1997-2000). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Editor, Academic Press Book Series for <em>Optics and Photonics<\/em>     (1998-2016). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Editorial Board, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters  (1998-present). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Associate Editor, Optics Express, Optical Society of America     (2001-2004). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Editorial Advisory Board, Book series, Progress in Optics (2001-2008). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Publication Council, OSA, Member (2006-2008); Chair (2009-2010). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Board of Directors, Optical Society of America (2009-2010). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Editorial Board Member, Advances in Optics and Photonics,  (2009-2013). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Editorial Board Member, Journal of Optics, Optical Society of India (2011-2018). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Editor-in-Chief, Advances in Optics and Photonics, OSA Journal (2014-2019). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Max Born Award Committee, Optical Society of America (2020&#8211;2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Author or coauthor of 10 books, three edited books, many book chapters, and more than 500 research papers (separate list  available). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Regularly delivering invited talks at international scientific  conferences and invited seminars at universities worldwide (separate  list available). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Vigorous research program in the areas of optical communications,  silicon photonics, nonlinear fiber optics, and lightwave technology. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Total citations exceed 98,600 with an h-index of 95 in June 2025 (per Google Scholar).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a aria-label=\"ORCID page (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4486-8533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ORCID page<\/a> ; <a aria-label=\"Scopus page (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.url?authorId=56457603900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scopus page<\/a>;  <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=StqcycAAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar page<\/a>  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Teaching Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on subjects related to <br>Optical Communications, Lasers, Quantum Mechanics, Optical Waveguides, <br>Nonlinear Optics, and Electromagnetic Theory (separate list available).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Supervision of 30 Ph.D. theses, multiple M.S. and B.S. projects, <br>and more than 25 Master&#8217;s research papers (separate list available).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Teaching occasionally short courses during summer and winter <br>schools held in the U.S. and other countries (separate list available).<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Govind P. Agrawal, James C. Wyant Professor of Optics Professor of Physics (Joint appointment at Dept.&nbsp;of Physics &amp; Astronomy) Senior Scientist (Joint appointment at Laboratory for Laser Energetics) The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester Goergen 515, Rochester, NY 14627-0186, USA 585-2754846 (Office); 585-2444936 (Fax) Email: gpa@optics.rochester.edu Higher Education B. S. 1969 University of Lucknow, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/people\/group-members\/govind-agrawal\/curriculum-vitae\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Curriculum Vitae&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":1506,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1586","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19802,"href":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1586\/revisions\/19802"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/agrawal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}