Dr. Jie Qiao
Education:
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Texas at Austin
MBA in Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Finance, and Competitive and Organizational Strategy from Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester
MS in Precision Instruments and Fine Mechanics from Tshinghua University
Bio Sketch
Dr. Qiao is an Associate Professor of Optics at the Carlson Center for Imaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on ultrafast-laser material interaction and optical metrology. She previously worked at the DOE-funded Laboratory for Laser Energetics on ultrafast laser systems, diagnostics and imaging, where she led the demonstration of the world’s first meter-scale tiled-grating pulse compressor that enabled the kilojoule, petawatt OMEGA EP ultrashort laser. She also worked in two startups and an optics company on innovations of photonics devices and metrology systems. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas, Austin and an MBA from Simon School of Business, University of Rochester. Dr. Qiao founded WiSTEE Connect in 2013, for which she is currently serving as the Chair and President. She is an associate editor for Optics Express.