John Michael Dallesasse
University of Illinois, USA
Biography
Professor Dallesasse has over 20 years of experience in the Optoelectronics Industry, and has held a wide range of positions in technology development and management. Prior to joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, he was the Chief Technology Officer, Vice President, and co-founder of Skorpios Technologies, Inc., a company involved in the integration of compound semiconductor materials with silicon in a CMOS-compatible process. John’s research at the University is targeting photonic-electronic integration and novel coherent emitters for the mid-IR. His technical contributions include, with Nick Holonyak, Jr., the discovery of III V Oxidation, which has become an important process technology in the fabrication of high-speed VCSELs. John has over 60 publications and presentations, and 29 issued patents. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and OSA.