Dennis G. Deppe

Dennis G. Deppe was a Professor of Optics & Photonics at the University of Central Florida and is now CEO of sdPhotonics, LLC.

He has received a number of awards, including the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Robert & Jane Mitchell Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering (from 1991-2003), the IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE LEOS Engineering Achievement Award, and the Cullen Trust Endowed Professorship (2004-20015). He is a Fellow of Optica and IEEE. In 1999, he received the Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award “for the development of the oxide-confined vertical cavity surface-emitting laser.”