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Townes Laser Institute
In its commitment as a major academic center in the fields of optics, photonics, lasers and optical materials,
directed in part to enabling next-generation advanced technologies, UCF has recently
dedicated a new research and education center, the Townes Laser Institute that will join a cluster of research centers,
including CREOL, and the FPCE centered around the College of Optics & Photonics,
the first optics college in the nation. This new institute, named after Charles Townes, the inventor of the laser will
create a nucleus of expertise, resources and facilities, with major investments in new core laser technologies critical
to their application in medical and biotechnologies, advanced manufacturing technologies and defense applications of
lasers. The Townes Laser Institute now opens two new faculty positions in the areas of (i) advanced optical fiber
technologies and fiber lasers and (ii) ceramic laser materials. Tenured in the College of Optics & Photonics, with
possible joint appointments in other departments at levels up to Full Professor the successful candidates for these
positions should possess a PhD in engineering, physics, material science or a related area and will be expected to build
strong graduate research and educational programs, taking advantage of the collaborative research environment within the
Institute and College. Generous funds for startup are available for these positions. In addition successful candidates
will have a significant role in determining the use of the one-time State center-of-excellence funds allocated to the
Townes Laser Institute for major facilities. Significant components of a fiber facility are already available. The
College of Optics & Photonics now comprises some 40 full-time and associated faculty, nearly 200 graduate students and
an annual budget of ~$20M. A new 21,000 sq.ft addition to the CREOL building at UCF has just been completed, and ground
was broken last year on a new medical school as part of a Life Sciences cluster that will include several international
medical research institutes and hospitals.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research
plan, and names of three references to:
Townes Laser Institute Search Committee,
CREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd
Orlando, FL 32816-2700
E-mail inquiries can be directed to
search@creol.ucf.edu.
UCF is an affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are
encouraged to apply. As an agency of the State of Florida, UCF makes
all application materials, including transcripts, available for public
review upon request.
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