Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
- M.Eng in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
- B.S. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis | Davis, CA
- Staff Scientist, Northrop Grumman, NG-NEXT | Redondo Beach, CA
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) | Hamburg, Germany
Narrative
William received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT as well as undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and physics (also from MIT). Following his Ph.D. he held postdoctoral positions at MIT and the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) at the University of Hamburg, Germany. After his postdoctoral work and prior to joining the faculty at UC Davis, William spent several years as a staff scientist at Northrop Grumman’s basic research laboratory, NG Next where he worked on ultrafast electronics and frequency comb technology. From his undergraduate years to his postdoctoral work to his time in industry, William’s research has centered around both fundamental and applied studies of optics and quantum electronics. His teaching interests are in undergraduate circuits and electromagnetics, and graduate-level optics, nonlinear dynamics, and laser science.
