Thomas L. Koch
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor of Physics
Daniel E. '39 and Patricial Smith Chair
Director, Center of Optical Technologies
Ph.D. Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1982
A.B. Physics, Princeton, 1977
appointed to Lehigh faculty 2003
Contact Information:
Phone: (610)758-2601
Fax: (610)758-2605
email: tlk3 at Lehigh dot EDU
Research Interests:
Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Optical Fiber Communications; Photonic Integrated Circuits; Silicon Photonics
Related Experience:
Vice President, Technology Platforms
Lucent Tchnologies & Agere Systems 2000-2003
Chief Technical Officer, Optoelectronics Products
Director, Semiconductor Photonics Research
Bell Laboratories 1996-1999
Vice President, Research and Development
SDL, Inc., San Jose, California 1995-1996
Department Head, Supervisor, and MTS, Bell Laboratories 1982-1995
Awards:
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Eric E. Sumner Award, The IEEE
William Streifer Award for Scientific Achievements, The IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society
Distinguished Lecturer Award, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Fellow, Optical Society of America
Fellow, Bell Laboratories
Activities & Publications:
Dr. Koch is currently on the Board of Directors of the Optical Society of America, and Vice President Technical Affairs for the IEEE Photonics Society. He has chaired more than a dozen international conferences, and has served on more than 30 conference program committees. Dr. Koch has also served on the advisory boards of 8 international research institutes and companies. He has 36 patents issued; more than 335 combined journal papers and conference presentations, including 7 plenary and 27 invited conference papers, 6 tutorials, 9 short courses and 3 invited journal papers. He has also co-edited 2 book volumes, and authored or co-authored 5 book chapters.