Alexander Gaeta
About Optica
Alexander Gaeta
Columbia University
Awards & Distinctions
- Charles Hard Townes Medal - 2019
- Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award - 2023
- Fellow - 2004
Gaeta received his doctorate in Optics from the University of Rochester, USA. Gaeta joined Columbia University as the David M. Rickey Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science in 2015. Prior to that, Gaeta was the Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering at Cornell University, USA, and was Chair of the School of Applied and Engineering Physics from 2011–2014. He has published more than 300 journal articles in quantum and nonlinear photonics. He served as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Optica from 2014–2020, and has chaired the FiO and CLEO Conferences, and the Nonlinear Optics Topical meeting. He served on the Optica Board of Directors from 2008–2010 and is currently the Chair of the Strategic Planning Council. He co-founded Xscape Photonics, Inc., and was CEO from 2021 to 2023. He is a Fellow of Optica, American Physical Society (APS), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher. He received the 2019 Charles H. Townes Medal and the 2023 Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award.
