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Prof. Armani received her B.A. in Physics from the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology. She has received numerous awards, including the ONR Young Investigator PECASE, and has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Currently, she is the Director of the Northrop Grumman Institute for Optical Nanomaterials and Nanophotonics. Her overarching mission in research is to develop novel nonlinear materials and integrated optical devices, which are applicable to portable disease diagnostics and telecommunications. Her efforts encompass a wide range of topics, including materials synthesis and the development of integrated optics instruments, alongside computational modeling. In the field of materials synthesis, she employs various deposition growth methods and polymerization reactions to create new optically active responsive materials. Through these innovations, she has invented integrated photonic devices such as waveguides and lasers, which are now utilized in fundamental scientific research and biodetection applications. Prof. Armani's core focus is on developing low-cost, portable instruments for diagnostics and prognostics across a wide range of diseases, supported by her experimental work and advanced modeling techniques.
Requires general GRE for all graduate degrees.