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Mohammed Islam joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1992, currently serving as a Full Tenured Professor. He holds a joint appointment as a Full Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan Medical School. Between 1985 and 1992, he was a member of the Technical Staff in the Advanced Photonics Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, N.J. His research predominantly focuses on taking basic science projects from the laboratory to the commercial marketplace. He is the founder and Chief Technology Officer for several companies, including Xtera Communications and Omni MedSci. Xtera Communications, a publicly traded company, sells communication systems based on his groundbreaking work on Raman amplifiers. He has published over 135 papers in refereed journals and holds 145 patents, with additional patents pending. Prof. Islam has been an invited speaker at 80 conferences and symposia, demonstrating significant influence in his field. His contributions have been recognized with numerous awards, including the OSA Adolf Lomb Medal and Fellow status in both the Optical Society of America and IEEE.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI
Joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and holds a joint appointment at the Biomedical Engineering Department.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science