Demetri Psaltis

Demetri Psaltis (Greek: Δημήτρης Ψάλτης) is a Greek-American electrical engineer who was the Dean of the School of Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne from 2007 to 2017.[2] He is a Professor in Bioengineering and Director of the Optics Laboratory of the EPFL.[3] He is one of the founders of the term and the field of optofluidics.[4] He is also well known for his past work in holography, especially with regards to optical computing, holographic data storage, and neural networks. He is an author of over 350 publications, contributed more than 20 book chapters, invented more than 50 patents, and currently has a h-index of 80.

Demetri Psaltis
Born1953[1]
NationalityGreek and American
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical Engineering
InstitutionsCaltech
EPFL
Doctoral advisorDavid Casasent

Education

Demetri Psaltis received his B.S. (1974), M.S. (1975), and Ph.D. (1977) at Carnegie Mellon University.

Academic career

From 1980 to 2007, he worked at Caltech as an Assistant Professor (1980–1985), Associate Professor (1985–1990), Full Professor (1990–1996), Executive Officer for Computation and Neural Systems (1992–1996), Director for the National Science Foundation Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering (1996–1999), Thomas G. Myers Professor (1996–2007) and Director for the DARPA Center for Optofluidic Integration (2004–2007). In 2007, he moved to Switzerland as a Professor and Dean of the School of Engineering at EPFL.

His current research focuses on optofluidics[5][6][7] and nonlinear optics particularly in scattering media.[8]

His past research had focused on optical computing,[9] holographic data storage,[10] and neural networks.[11]

Honors

2012 Emmett N. Leith Medal.[12]
2006 SPIE Dennis Gabor Award.[13]
2005 IEEE Fellow.[14]
2003 Humboldt Prize for Senior U.S. Scientists.
2002 NASA Space Act Award.
1997 SPIE Fellow.[15]
1989 International Commission for Optics (ICO) Prize for contributions in Optical Information Processing.[16]
OSA Fellow.

References
  1. https://www.idref.fr/069919755
  2. NEWS EPFL :: The new face of engineering
  3. "LO – Optics Laboratory". lo.epfl.ch.
  4. "Research on New Types of Optical Devices Modifies Optics".
  5. Erickson, David; Sinton, David; Psaltis, Demetri (September 11, 2011). "Optofluidics for energy applications". Nature Photonics. 5 (10): 583–590. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.209.
  6. Cuennet, J. G.; Vasdekis, A. E.; De Sio, L.; Psaltis, D. (2011). "Optofluidic modulator based on peristaltic nematogen microflows". Nature Photonics. 5 (4): 234–238. Bibcode:2011NaPho...5..234C. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.18. S2CID 106400512.
  7. Psaltis, D.; Quake, S. R.; Yang, C. (2006). "Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics". Nature. 442 (7101): 381–386. Bibcode:2006Natur.442..381P. doi:10.1038/nature05060. PMID 16871205.
  8. Yaqoob, Z.; Psaltis, D.; Feld, M. S.; Yang, C. (2008). "Optical phase conjugation for turbidity suppression in biological samples". Nature Photonics. 2 (2): 110–115. Bibcode:2008NaPho...2..110Y. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.297. PMC 2688902. PMID 19492016.
  9. Psaltis, D. (2002). "Coherent Optical Information Systems". Science. 298 (5597): 1359–1363. Bibcode:2002Sci...298.1359P. doi:10.1126/science.1078823. PMID 12434049.
  10. Psaltis, D.; Buse, K.; Adibi, A. (1998). "Non-volatile holographic storage in doubly doped lithium niobate crystals". Nature. 393 (6686): 665–668. Bibcode:1998Natur.393..665B. doi:10.1038/31429.
  11. Psaltis, D.; Brady, D.; Gu, X. G.; Lin, S. (1990). "Holography in artificial neural networks". Nature. 343 (6256): 325–330. Bibcode:1990Natur.343..325P. doi:10.1038/343325a0. PMID 2300184.
  12. EMMETT N. LEITH MEDAL Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  13. "Dennis Gabor Award - SPIE". spie.org.
  14. "IEEE - Fellows - P". IEEE. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  15. "SPIE Fellows". SPIE. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  16. "ICO Prizes and Awards". ICO. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
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