About Our Team

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Robert Magnusson received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He spent several years in industry and then joined the faculty of UT-Arlington. He served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1998-2001 and he was Professor and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut from 2001-2006 and Professor from 2006-2008. He returned to UT-Arlington to accept positions as the Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics and as Professor of Electrical Engineering. He currently directs the UT-Arlington Nanophotonics Device Group. Current theoretical and experimental research addresses periodic nanostructures, nanolithography, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, nanoplasmonics, nanolasers, and optical bio- and chemical sensors. Magnusson has published 450 journal and conference papers and holds 35 patents. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and SPIE, a Life Fellow of IEEE, and a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

He is Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Resonant Sensors Incorporated, a company that provides next-generation optical sensor systems for pharmaceutical and biotech customers. 

He founded Tiwaz Technologies LLC in 2011. The company provides consulting services in optical engineering, laser design, and nanophotonics technology. The company has capability and resources to design, fabricate, and test device prototypes for its customers.