Daniel A. Nolan

Daniel A. Nolan received the Ph.D. degree in physics from Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA, in 1974. He is currently a Corporate Research Fellow with Corning Research and Development Corporation, Corning, NY, USA. His research activities have included the propagation of light in single-mode and multimode fibers, polarization optics, quantum optics, nonlinear effects in fibers, fiber-optic sensors, and components for local area networks. He holds 101 U.S. patents. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He is a recipient of a number of awards including the IR100 Award for the invention of infrared polarizing glass, Polarcor, in 1986, the Corning's Outstanding Publication Award in 1989, the Corning's Stookey Award for Exploratory Research in 1995, the Penn State Outstanding Alumni Award from the College of Science for contributions to optical communications in 2001, and the Journal of Lightwave Technology Recognition Award in 2008.