Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in Physics: University of Essen, Germany, 1989

Positions after Doctorate

Distinguished Professor, Illinois State University, 2004 - present.
Professor, Illinois State University, 2001 - 2004.
Associate Professor, Illinois State University, 1997 - 2001
Assistant Professor, Illinois State University, 1995 - 1997
Assistant Professor (pt), University of Rochester, New York, 1993 - 1995
Senior Research Associate, University of Rochester, New York, 1990 - 1995
Lynen Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Rochester, New York, 1989 - 1992

Awards or Grants

American Physical Society, Undergraduate Research Prize, 2006.
National Science Foundation, PHY-9970490, 2008-2011.
Research Corporation, Cottrel Science Award, CC-6638, 2006-2010.
Illinois State University, Dean's Award, 2005.
National Science Foundation, PHY-0456790, 2005-2008.
American Physical Society, Fellow, 2002.
National Science Foundation, PHY-0139596, 2002-2005.
Illinois State University, Arts and Science Lecturer Award, 2002.
Illinois State University, Outstanding University Researcher Award, 2001.
Research Corporation, Cottrel Science Award, CC-5331, 2001-2006.
National Science Foundation, PHY-9631245, 1999 - 2002.
National Science Foundation, PHY-0758058, 1996 - 1999.
Research Corporation, Cottrel Science Award, CC-4088, 1996-2001.
Illinois State University, Outstanding College Researcher Award, 1997.
US Department of Energy, Undergrad. Comp. Engineering and Science Award, 1997.
Illinois State University, URG-grant, 1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Research Fellow, 1994 - 1995.
National Science Foundation, Research Associate in Computational Science and Engineering, 1991 - 1993.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Feodor Lynen Research Fellow, 1989 - 1992.
Fulbright Award, University of Colorado, 1984 - 1985.

Services

Mentor: 2002 Leroy Apker Award winner Robert Wagner.
Member: American Physical Society (Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Division of Laser Science).
Referee: Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Physica Scripta, Journal of Physics B, Optics Communications, Astro. Phys. Space Sci., Cambridge University Press, Plenum Press, Laser and Particle Beams, Journal of Computational Physics.
Reviewer: National Science Foundation, Nat. Res. Council, Israel Science Foundation., CUNY Research Foundation, Research Corporation
Selected Committees:
Conference Co-Chair: SILAP V 1999.
Organizer and Chair: Symposium: Optical Society of America Ann. Meeting 1997,
Chair: DTL committee of the American Physical Society - Division of Laser Science.

Patents

"Improvements in Long Distance Transmission of Optical Signals"
R. Grobe and J.H. Eberly, US Patent No. 5,920,415.

"A device for trans-illumination imaging and detection based on intensity modulation"
R. Grobe and Q. Su, US Patent No. (pending)

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