David D. Nolte

David D. Nolte is the Purcell Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University. He is an internationally recognized researcher on photonics, receiving his baccalaureate from Cornell University and his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of over 200 journal papers, has written 14 book chapters or encyclopedia articles, has secured 24 US patents in applied optics and biophotonics, and is a technical founder of two biotechnology start-up companies located in West Lafayette, IN.

David has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He was a Research Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and a Presidential Young Investigator of the National Science Foundation. In 2005 he received the Herbert Newby McCoy Award, which is the highest scientific honor awarded by Purdue University. David is the author of several technical textbooks as well as popular books on the history of science. He is a popular lecturer, received the Best Teaching Award for undergraduate teaching in physics, has given numerous invited talks at conferences and invited seminars, and has been interviewed on public radio and by science magazines on the topics of his scientific research. https://works.bepress.com/ddnolte/