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Robert R. Alfano
Citizenship
United States
Alma mater
Fairleigh Dickinson University 1963 – B.S. (Physics) 1964 – M.S. (Physics) New York University 1972 – Ph.D. (Physics)
Known for
Biomedical Optics Biophysics Ultrafast Spectroscopy Optics and Photonics
Awards
SPIE Gold Medal (2019)[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Physics
Institutions
CUNY Graduate School GTE Labs
Notable students
Anthony M. Johnson
Robert Alfano is an Italian-American experimental physicist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering at the City College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, where he is also the founding director of the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (1982). He is a pioneer in the fields of Biomedical Imaging and Spectroscopy, Ultrafast lasers and optics, tunable lasers, semiconductor materials and devices, optical materials, biophysics, nonlinear optics and photonics; he has also worked extensively in nanotechnology and coherent backscattering. His discovery of the white-light supercontinuum laser is at the root of optical coherence tomography, which is breaking barriers in ophthalmology, cardiology, and oral cancer detection (see "Better resolution with multibeam OCT," page 28) among other applications. He initiated the field known now as Optical Biopsy
He recently calculated he has brought in $162 million worth of funding to City University of New York during his career, averaging $4.6 million per year. He states that he has accomplished this feat by "hitting the pavement"; he developed a habit of aggressively reaching out to funding partners and getting them interested in his work. Alfano has made discoveries that have furthered biomedical optics, in addition to fields such as optical communications, solid-state physics, and metrology.
Alfano has an outstanding track record for achievements regarding the development of biomedical instruments. His contributions to photonics are documented in more than 700 research articles, 102 patents, several edited volumes and conference proceedings, and well over 10,000 citations. He holds 45 patents and published over 230 articles in the biomedical optics area alone. His discovery of the white-light supercontinuum laser is at the root of optical coherence tomography, which is breaking barriers in ophthalmology, cardiology, and oral cancer detection (see "Better resolution with multibeam OCT," page 28) among other applications. Alfano has trained and mentored over 52 PhD candidates and 50 post-doctoral students. For the past ten years, he has trained innumerable high school students in hands on photonics.
RobertAlfano is an Italian-American experimental physicist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering at the City College and the Graduate...
Feigenbaum, Myriam Sarachik and Leonard Susskind. Current faculty include RobertAlfano and Michio Kaku. CCNY hosts a research center focusing on nanotechnology...
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(IET): 270–271. doi:10.1049/el:20057011. ISSN 0013-5194. Spie (2014). "RobertAlfano on the supercontinuum: History and future applications". SPIE Newsroom...
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of Gaetano Badalamenti and his son Vito Badalamenti together with Pietro Alfano in Madrid, Spain; on November 15, they were extradited to the United States...
the Middle East". In January 2017, the Italian foreign minister Angelino Alfano said that Italy hopes for "resuming the G8 format with Russia and ending...
(2013). Poland. North Mankato: ABDO Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61783-634-3. Alfano V, Sgobbi M (January 2022). "A fame, peste et bello libera nos Domine: An...
biggest home loss in 34–0 rout". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 20, 2024. Alfano, Jonathan (October 22, 2023). "New England Patriots' Bill Belichick Finally...
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