Andrei Faraon

Education:

• Ph.D. Applied Physics, Stanford University, USA (2009)
  • Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Jelena Vuckovic
  • Dissertation title: "Locally controlled photonic crystal devices with coupled
    quantum dots: physics and applications."
• M.S. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, USA (2009)
• B.S. Physics with Honors, Caltech, USA (2004)
  • Senior Thesis topic: Nano-scale calorimetry; Advisor: Prof. Michael Roukes
• Undergraduate studies in Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania (1999-2001)
  • Transferred to Caltech after 2 years

Professional Experience:

• William L. Vallentine Profersor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech (02/2023-present)
• Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech (06/2018-02/2023)
• Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Caltech, (09/2012-06/2018)
• Postdoctoral researcher, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA (09/2009-09/2012)

Honors and Awards:

• 2021 Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at University College London
• 2020 Fellow of Optica (formerly Optical Society of America)
• 2018 Adolph Lomb Medal from Optica (OSA), presented to a person who has made a noteworthy contribution to optics at an early career stage.
• 2016 KNI-Wheatley Scholar (Kavli Nanoscience Institute, Caltech)
• 2016 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award
• 2015 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award
• 2015 Air Force Office For Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award
  

Biography:

Dr. Andrei Faraon is the William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology. After earning a B.S. degree in physics with honors in 2004 at California Institute of Technology, he received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering and PhD in Applied Physics both from Stanford University in 2009. From 2009 to 2012 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Hewlett Packard Laboratories. During his PhD he was involved in seminal quantum optics experiments using single semiconductor quantum dots coupled to photonic crystal resonators. At HP, he pioneered quantum nano-photonic devices in single crystal diamond coupled to color centers.

Dr. Faraon left HP in 2012 for a faculty position at Caltech where he works on nano-photonic technologies for both classical and quantum applications including: optically addressable quantum bits, optical quantum memories, microwave to optical quantum transduction, metasurfaces and metamaterials for multi-functional imaging applications.

Dr. Faraon is the recipient of the 2018 Adolph Lomb Medal of Optica that recognizes a noteworthy contribution to optics made by a researcher who is still early in his or her career and was elected as Optica Fellow in 2020.