Hugo E.
Hernández Figueroa Full Professor - MS-6
Hugo
E. Hernández-Figueroa received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal
University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1983, the M.Sc.
degree in electrical engineering and the M.Sc in informatics, from the
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in
1985 and 1987, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in physics from the Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, UK, in 1992.
After spending two years as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department
of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London (UCL),
London, UK, he joined the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), School of
Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC), Department of Microwaves and Optics
(DMO), as an Assistant Professor, in 1995. In 2005 he became Full Professor. He
has published over 60 papers in renowned journals and over 120 international
conference papers. He is also a Co-Editor of the book Localized
Waves: Theory and Applications (Wiley and Sons, 2007). His
research interests concentrate on a wide variety of wave electromagnetic
phenomena and applications mainly in photonics and microwaves. He is also
involved on research projects dealing with information technology applied to
technology-based education.
Prof. Hernández-Figueroa has been very active with IEEE (Laser and
Electro-Optics Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, and Education
Society) and the Optical Society of America (OSA) for the last 15 years, acting
as organizer for several international conferences, guest editor for special
issues, an AdCom member, and a Chapter Chair. Since 2001 he has been a member
of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave, Theory and
Techniques. He is an Associate Editor (Opto-Electronics/Integrated Optics) of
the IEEE / OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (January 2004 – December 2009). He
currently serves as a General Co-Chair for the OSA Integrated Photonics and
Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPNRA) 2008 topical meeting. He was a
recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000.
E-Mail:
hugo@dmo.fee.unicamp.br
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