Hooman Mohseni

Appointments

Awards and Honors

External Activities and Services

Recent Invited and Keynote Talks:

1. Resonant Optics of Metallic and Dielectric Nanostructures, MRS Spring conference (2013) {invited}
2. Quantum Structured Infrared Photodetector International Conference, Corsica, France (2012) {Invited}
3. Future Trends in Microelectronics Workshops, France (2012) {Invited}
4. Euro-American Workshop on Information Optics, Quebec City, Canada (2012) {invited}
5. IBM Watson Research Center, MA (2012) {invited}
6. SPIE Photonic West, San Jose, CA (2012) {invited}
7. IEEE Photonics Annual Meeting, Arlington VA (2011) {Invited}
8. Euro-American Workshop on Information Optics, Benicassim, Spain (2011) {invited}
9. SPIE Symposium on Security and Defense, Orlando, FL (2011) {invited}
10. SPIE Optics & Photonics, San Diego, CA (2010) {invited}
11. National Academy of Engineering -Developments in Detector Technologies, Albuquerque, NM (2010) {invited}
12. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, NM (2010) {invited}
13. Euro American Workshop on Information Optics, Paris, France (2009). {Invited}
14. Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA, CA (2009) {invited}
15. The Next Generation Vision Sensors and Algorithms, DARPA, DC (2009) {invited}
16. 8th Annual NanoTechnology for Defense Conference, Burlingame, CA (2009) {invited}
17. SPIE Photonic West, San Jose, CA (2009) {invited}
18. SPIE Symposium on Security and Defense, Orlando, FL (2009) {invited}
19. Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA, CA (2008) {invited}
20. SPIE, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, San Jose, CA (2008) {Keynote}
21. SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA (2008) {invited}
22. Department of Aerospace of Engineering, University of Maryland, MD (2007) {invited}
23. US-Korea Workshop on Nano-manufacturing, Seoul, Korea (2007) {invited}
24. SPIE International Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando FL (2007) {invited}
25. US-Japan Young Scientist Exchange Program, Tokyo, Japan (2006) {invited}
26. IEEE Indium Phosphide and Related Material Conference, Princeton NJ (2006) {invited}
27. Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA), Washington, DC (2006) {invited}
28. SPIE International Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando FL (2006) {invited}
29. Symposium on Infrared Material and Technologies, Penn State PN (2005) {invited}
30. SPIE Photonic West, San Jose, CA (2005) {invited}
31. Symposium on Infrared Material and Technologies, Penn State PN (2005) {invited}
32. Government Microcircuit Applications & Critical Technology Conference, Las Vegas NV (2005) {invited}
33. SPIE Security and Defense, Orlando FL (2005) {invited}

Advisory/Steering Committees

• Elected TC Chair for Integrated Optics and Optoelectronics Division, IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society (2007-2010).
• International Advisory Committee Member, International Joint Journal Conference in Engineering (2009-2010).
• International Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on Control, Communication and Power Engineering - CCPE (2010-2012)

Conference Chair & Co-Chair

• Bio-sensing and Nano-medicine, SPIE Optics & Photonics (2012)
• Mid-Infrared Optoelectronics: Materials and Devices (2012)
• Bio-sensing-III, SPIE Optics & Photonics (2010)
• Optics and Photonics, IEEE-MWSCAS (2009)
• Integrated Optics & Optoelectronics, LEOS Annual Meeting (2008)
• Nano-Science and Engineering symposium, SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference (2008)
• Enabling Photonic Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications, SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando FL (2007)

Technical Program Committees

• Euro-American Workshop on Information Optics, Benicassim, Spain (2011)
• IEEE/ICNSC International Conference on Networking Sensing and Control, Delft, The Netherlands (2011)
• Euro-American Workshop on Information Optics, Helsinki, Finland (2010)
• IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Chicago, IL (2010)
• SPIE International Symposium, Quantum Sensing, Photonics West, San Jose CA (2007)
• IEEE Laser Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) 20th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada (2006)
• SPIE International Symposium, Photonics West, San Jose CA (2006)
• IEEE Laser Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) 19th Annual Meeting, Sydney Australia (2005)

Recent Review Panels

• Department of Energy (DOE), Basic Energy Sciences (2011)
• National Science Foundation (NSF), International Research Fellowship Program (2011)
• European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant review panel (2010)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) - EPDT (2010)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) - EPDT (2009)
• National Institute of Health (NIH) - Challenge Grant (2009)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) -Physics Division (2009)
• US-Isreal Bi-national review panel (2009)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) - Major Equipment Grants (2009)
• European Research Council (ERC) review panel (2008-2012)
• National Science Foundation review panel for Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT-2007)
• The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (2007)

Patents:

1. H. Mohseni, US Patent # 7,745,816 "Single-photon detector with a quantum dot and a nano-injector" 2010.
2. H. Mohseni, US Patent application #20100080954 "Process for formation of highly uniform arrays of nano-holes and nano-pillars" 2010.
3. H Kwakernaak, H. Mohseni, and G. Pajer, US Patent # 7,546,011 "Monolithically integrated optical devices with amorphous silicon arrayed waveguidi gratings and INGaAsP gain " 2009.
4. H. Mohseni, J. Abeles, M. Kwakernaak, and V. Khalfin, U.S. Patent# 7,376,319 "Vertically Coupled Large Area Amplifier" 2008.
5. H. Mohseni and W. Chan, US Patent # 7,026,641 "Electrically tunable quantum dots and methods for making and using for same" 2006.
6. H. Mohseni, US Patent # 7,064,881 "InP-based phase modulators and methods for making and using for same" 2006.
7. US Patent application #20050117844 "Method and system for coupling waveguides" 2005.
8. US Patent J. Abeles, A. Braun, V. Khalfin, M. Kwakernaak, R. Martinelli, H. Mohseni, US Patenet # 7,477,670 "High power diode laser based source" 2009.
9. US Patent application # 20070147762, International Patent # WO2007044543 "Interface for a-Si waveguides and III/V waveguides." 2007.
10. US Patent application # 20070160326, International Patent Application # WO2007044545 "Monolithically integrated optical devices with amorphous silicon arrayed waveguide gratings and InGaAsP gain" 2007.
11. US Patent application # 20050721007 "A Single-photon Detector and Application of Same" 2007.
12. US patent application # 20050724535; International Patent application # WO2007044542 "Method of reducing edge height at the overlap of a layer deposited on the edge of a stepped substrate" 2007.
13. International Patent application # WO2007044554 "Amorphous silicon waveguides on III/V substrates with a barrier layer" 2007