Constance J. Chang-Hasnain


Constance J. Chang-Hasnain is a Taiwanese-born American electrical engineer, and the John R. Whinnery Chair Professor and associate dean for strategic alliances, College of Engineering, the University of California, Berkeley. She is also the current vice president of The Optical Society and will serve as president in 2021.
She obtained a B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of California, Davis in 1982, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984 and 1987, respectively. She was a member of technical staff at Bellcore from 1987 to 1992 and assistant professor at Stanford University between 1992 and 1995.
She is a Fellow of the IEEE, The Optical Society, and the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and editor for the IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technologies.
Her research interests include VCSELs, high contrast gratings, and nanostructure growth.

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