Dr. Craig Arnold

Biography

Craig B. Arnold serves as the Vice Dean of Innovation at Princeton University, leading the Office of Innovation and strengthening partnerships with entrepreneurs, alumni, industry, and investors. He collaborates with key offices on campus, focusing on technology licensing, corporate engagement, and the Princeton Entrepreneurship Council. Arnold has been the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering and the director of the Princeton Materials Institute from 2015 to 2022. His research spans advanced manufacturing, energy storage, and optics, resulting in 17 patents and 225 publications. He co-founded TAG Optics, which developed the award-winning TAG lens that is widely used in industrial research applications. Arnold has received numerous honors, including the Edison Patent Award and the International Society for Optics and Photonics Prism Award, and is a fellow of both SPIE and the Optical Society of America. A dedicated educator, he has earned multiple teaching awards and mentored numerous students. He earned his doctorate in experimental condensed matter physics from Harvard University and joined Princeton’s faculty in 2003 after completing postdoctoral research at the Naval Research Laboratory. His research primarily focuses on laser processing and transport of materials, emphasizing the shaping of laser-material interactions to develop a deep understanding of the fundamental materials and optical physics that impact applications in various cutting-edge technology fields, especially in energy, biology, and imaging nanoscience.

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