Donald R. Uhlmann
Donald Robert Uhlmann (b. 1935) is the Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor of Optical Science at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, where he is also Chairman of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Uhlmann holds a BS degree in physics from Yale University and a Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University. He was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for more than two decades, eventually holding its Cabot Professorship of Materials, before moving to the University of Arizona
He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, and of the U.K. Society of Glass Technology. He has been elected a member of the Academy of Ceramics, and of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He is a Trustee of the Ernst Abbe Foundation and on the Advisory Board of the Institut fur Neue Materialien, both located in Germany, and is a director of Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
He has published over 400 technical papers, and is the author or editor of over 10 books.[1]