Background
Capasso, Federico was born on June 24, 1949 in Rome. Came to the United States, 1976.
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Federico Capasso
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Education
D in Physics summa cum laude, University of Rome, 1973.
Career
Researcher, Fondazione Bordoni, Rome, Italy, 1974-1976;
visiting scientist, Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1976-1977;
member technical staff, Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1977-1978;
member technical staff, Lucent Technologies (formerly American Telephone & Telegraph Company), Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1978-1987;
head quantum phenomena and device research department, Lucent Technologies (formerly American Telephone & Telegraph Company), Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1987-1997;
head semiconductor physics research department, Lucent Technologies (formerly American Telephone & Telegraph Company), Murray Hill, New Jersey, since 1997. Co-chairman International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1995. Chairman International Conference on Advances in Semiconductors and Superconductors, Newport Beach, 1988, 90.
Program co-chairman Picosecond Electronics and Optoelectronics Conference, Lake Tahoe, 1987. Program committee, member of 20 international conferences. Invited lecturer at over 100 international conferences.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (Newcomb Cleveland prize 1995), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (David Sarnoff award1991, Leos W. Steifer Science Achievement award 1998), Lasers and Electroptics Society (Science Achievement award 1998), NAS, American Physical Society, Optical Society American, International Society for Optical Engineering, National Academy Engineering, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient award New York Academy Sciences, 1993, Gold medal Heinrich Welker Memorial, 1994, Vinci Excellence award LMVH, 1995, medal Materials Research Society, 1995, Electronics Letters Premium award Institute of Elec. Engineers (London), 1995, Bell laboratories fellow award, 1997, John Price Wetherill medal Franklin Institute, 1997, Rank prize, 1998, Capitolium prize, 1998. Named honorary member Franklin Institute, 1997.Recipient award New York Academy Sciences, 1993, Gold medal Heinrich Welker Memorial, 1994, Vinci Excellence award LMVH, 1995, medal Materials Research Society, 1995, Electronics Letters Premium award Institute of Elec. Engineers (London), 1995, Bell laboratories fellow award, 1997, John Price Wetherill medal Franklin Institute, 1997, Rank prize, 1998, Capitolium prize, 1998. Named honorary member Franklin Institute, 1997.