CUNY, UNCC, Clarkson and WCU have numerous distinguished professors and expert metamaterials, materials, and fabrication process researchers who will be Project PIs and researchers for CfM projects. This team of researchers is well balanced among the technical foci of the CfM: Metamaterials Theory (MT), Materials and Structures Development (MSD), and Fabrication Process Development (FPD).

City University of New York

➢ Robert Alfano (Dept: Physics; Focus: MT, MSD) - Photonic devices, ultrafast lasers and spectroscopy
➢ David Crouse (Dept: EE; Focus: MT, MSD) - Metamaterials, optoelectronic devices
➢ Roger Dorsinville (Dept: EE; Focus: MSD) – Nonlinear optical materials
➢ AzrielGenack (Dept: Physics; Focus: MT) - Classical wave propagation in the presence of disorder
➢ Godfrey Gumbs (Dept: Physics; Focus: MT) - Theoretical condensed matter physics, electronic and optical properties of semi-conductor mesoscopic systems and metamaterials.
➢ Ronald Koder (Dept: Physics; Focus: FPD) – Self-assembly with organic systems, de novo engineered proteins
➢ Alan Lyons (Dept: Chemistry; Focus: FPD) – 3D printing techniques and polymeric materials
➢ Nicholas Madamopolus (Dept: EE; Focus: MT, MSD) – Optical integration, photonic devices
➢ Hiroshi Matsui (Dept: Chemistry; Focus: FPD) - Biomimetic fabrication of nano-electronics, engineering new peptide nanowires from Nature, bio-sensor chips engineered by peptide nanowires.
➢ Igor Kuskovsky (Dept: Physics; Focus: MT, MSD) – Photonics crystals, metamaterials and optoelectronic Devices
➢ Sang-Woo Seo (Dept: EE; Focus: MT, MSD) – Optoelectronic Devices

University of North Carolina Charlotte

➢ Angela Davies - (Dept: Physics; Focus: MT and MSD) - Optical metrology using variety of interferometric and imaging techniques
➢ Matt Davies (Dept: ME; Focus: MSD, FSD) - Fabrication by 5-axis diamond turning of optical quality complex surfaces, e.g., for molding optics
➢ Mike Fiddy (Dept: ECE, Focus: MT, MSD) - Modeling and design of metamaterials, microwave and optical experiments and metamaterials
➢ Greg Gbur (Dept: Physics; Focus: MT) - Theoretical and computational optics, especially plasmonic phenomena
➢ Tsinghua Her (Dept: Physics; Focus: FSD) - Laser directed chemical vapor deposition of micro and nanoscale fabrication on surfaces
➢ Eric Johnson (Dept: ECE; Focus: MT, MSD, FPD) - Meta-optics, design and fabrication of active and passive micro and nano-optics
➢ Tom Schmedake (Dept: ChemEngr; Focus: FSD) - Synthesis of layered and porous microspheres and nanoparticles; self assembly
➢ Tom Suleski (Dept: Phys; Focus: FSD) - Design and fabrication of 2D and 3D periodic structures (photonic crystals and metamaterials)

Clarkson University

➢ AjitAchuthan (Dept: Mech. & Aero. Engr: Focus: MT, MSD) - Acoustic and Ferro electric metamaterials
➢ S.V. Babu (Dept: Chemistry and Biomolecular Science; Focus: MSD, FPD): Nanolevel surface planarization for semiconductor device processing
➢ Dan Goia (Dept: Chemistry and Biomolecular Science; Focus: MSD, FPD) - Metallic nanoparticles and structures
➢ Bill Jemison (Dept: ECE; Focus: MT, MSD): Radar, microwave photonics for wireless communications, phased array antennas
➢ Devon Shipp (Dept: Chemistry; Focus: MSD, FPD) - Polymer materials and composites

Western Carolina University

➢ Patrick Gardner (Dept: Center for Rapid Product Realization; Focus: FPD) - electro-optical sensors, directed energy systems and chemical, biological, radiological, and explosives detectors
➢ Phil Sanger (Dept: Engr. and Tech.; Focus: FPD) - Advanced materials for electronics, glass forming, new product development, cryogenics, a systems approach to energy efficient technologies.
➢ Weiguo Yang (Dept: Engr. and Tech.; Focus: MTA, MSD, FPD) - Metamaterials and its applications in opto-electronic devices