UCSB Engineering

Acting Dean Larry Coldren

Professor Larry Coldren has been Acting Dean of the College of Engineering since July 1. He also holds the endowed Fred Kavli Chair in Optoelectronics and Sensors within our Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a joint appointment in the Department of Materials, in which he directs our Optoelectronics Technology Center.

Dean Coldren received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Prior to joining UC Santa Barbara in 1984, he spent 13 years conducting research at Bell Laboratories. His pioneering contributions in many aspects of diode laser design, fabrication, and analysis have had important practical impact in commercializing new sources for fiber optic communications, particularly in the areas of vertical-cavity and widely tunable DBR lasers.

He has authored or co-authored over a thousand papers, seven book chapters, and a textbook, and has been issued 63 patents. Professor Coldren has received numerous honors for his achievements and contributions, including election to the National Academy of Engineering and the 2004 John Tyndall Award from the Optical Society of America.

• Nobel Prize Winners
• 2007 National Academy Members