NabilLawandy

Dr. Nabil Lawandy received a PhD in Chemical Physics from Johns Hopkins University in 1980. After joining the faculty at Brown University in 1981, his work focused on instabilities in single and multimode lasers, optically encoded second harmonic generation in bulk homogenous and quantum dot doped glasses, novel laser fabrication methods for nano and micro-optics in glasses, inhibition of spontaneous emission in a 3D photonic lattice of self-organized colloidal crystals, laser action in a 3D FCC structure, and high gain Random Laser action. The latter work created a major resurgence of interest in this area and has since grown into a major field in modern optical interactions. Dr. Lawandy has developed novel authentication technologies used in over twenty central banks, the world’s first banknote cleaning technology using supercritical CO2, and most recently, the first machine-readable polymer banknote substrates. During his eighteen years at Brown University in the Division of Engineering and Department of Physics and since his business transition, Professor Lawandy published over 180 papers in peer-reviewed journals and mentored nineteen PhD students through a combination of funding sources. Dr. Lawandy has founded three companies and in July of 2011, he and the Spectra management team successfully floated Spectra Systems on the AIM segment of the London Stock Exchange. He holds over 150 published US and international patents in several applications spanning optical materials, processes, and devices. Dr. Lawandy is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, a recipient of a Cottrell Award, the Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Slater Foundation Innovation Award, and the Rolex Prize for his work on using Random Lasers for Photo-medicine.