Alan Eli Willner

Background

Willner, Alan Eli was born on November 16, 1962 in Brooklyn. Son of Gerald and Sondra (Bernstein) Willner.

Education

Bachelor, Yeshiva University, 1982. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1988.

Career

Summer technical staff David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton, New Jersey, 1983, 84. Graduate research assistant department electrical engineering Columbia University, New York City, 1984-1988. Postdoctoral member technical staff American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1988-1990.

Member technical staff Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, 1990-1991. Professor University Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1992, associate director Center Photonic Technology, since 1994. Head delegate Harvard Model United Nations Yeshiva University, 1982.

Instructor Columbia University, 1987. Review panel member National Science Foundation, Washington, 1992, Washington, 93, Washington, 94, invited optical communications workshop, 94. Chair panel on optical information and communications, 94.

Co-chair Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Steering committee and technical committee member Conference Optical Fiber Communications.

Achievements

• Alan Eli Willner has been listed as a noteworthy electrical engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member faculty advisory board University Southern California Hillel Organization, 1992. Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Optical Society of America (symposium organizer annual meeting 1992, panel organizer annual meeting 1993, symposium organizer annual meeting 1995, panel organizer annual meeting 1995, program committee for conference on optical fiber commission 1996, 1997, program co-chair annual meeting 2001, vice chair optical communications group, technical council chair-photonics division, co-chair science and engineering council, board directors, program co-chair of The Optical Society Annual meeting, technical council chair photonics division). Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior.

Editor-in-chief Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/The Optical Society Journal Lightwave Technology), Society Photo-Instrumentation Engineering (program chair telecommunications engineering photonics west 1995, chairman conference on emerging technologies for all-optical networks photonics west 1995, program committee for Conference on Optical Fiber Communications 1996, conference program committee components for Wavelength Division Multiplexing ), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (chairman optical communications subcommittee annual meeting 1994, board governors 1998—2001, vice president technical affairs, member optical communications technical committee, board governors, member optical networks technical committee, various awards committees, chairman optical commission technical committee, awards committee member Quantum Electronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow, president-elect, Distinguished Lecturer award), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Michelle Frida Green, June 25, 1991.

Father:

Gerald Willner

Mother:

Sondra (Bernstein) Willner

Spouse:

Michelle Frida Green