Biosensors & Bioelectronics

Robert Magnusson

Robert Magnusson
Professor
University of Texas, USA

Biography

Robert Magnusson is the Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington where he leads the Nanophotonics Device Group. Professor Magnusson is the Chief Technical Officer for Resonant Sensors Incorporated RSI a company that provides next generation optical sensor systems for pharmaceutical and biotech customers. Professor Magnusson received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington in 1984. He was Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington from 1998-2001 and he served as Professor and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut from 2001-2006 and Professor 2006-2008. He served as Associate Editor of Applied Optics and Optical Engineering and as General Chair for the Diffractive Optics and Micro Optics Topical Meeting With his students and colleagues. Prof Magnusson has authored over 300 journal articles and conference papers. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering. He is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and the Academy of Distinguished Scholars.

Research Interest

His areas of expertise include theory and experiment of periodic nanostructures, nanolithography, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, nanoplasmonics, optical bio- and chemical sensors, nanofabrication, integrated nanoscale devices. The research group′s current focus is on theory and experiment of periodic nanostructures, nanolithography, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, nanoplasmonics,  optical bio- and chemical sensors.