Curriculum Vitae*

Career Profile

1998–current: Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates

1998: Retired from Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs

1996–1998: Vice President & Chief Scientist, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs Innovations

1995–1996: Vice President & Chief Scientist, AT&T Bell Laboratories

1981–1995: Vice President Research

1979–1981: Executive Director, Communications Sciences Research Division

1976–1979: Director, Radio Research Laboratory

1972–1976: Head, Radio Physics Research

1969–1972: Supervisor

1961–1972: Member Technical Staff

Education

1954: B.S. City College of NY (Physics)

1958: M.A. Columbia University (Physics)

1962: Ph.D. Columbia University (Physics)

Honorary Degrees

1976: Paris Observatory

1979: Rutgers University

1979: Wilkes College

1979: City College of NY

1979: Yeshiva University

1983: Bar Ilan University

1984: Monmouth College

1986: Technion

1986: University of Pittsburgh

1986: Ball State University

1986: Kean College

1988: Ohio State University

1988: Iona College

1989: Drew University

1990: Lafayette College

1990: Columbia University

1992: The George Washington University

1992: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1992: University of Pennsylvania

1994: Bloomfield College

1997: Ranken Technical College

1997: Hebrew Union College

2002: Oxford University

Awards

1977: Herschel Medal, Royal Astronomical Society

1977: Henry Draper Medal, National Academy Science

1978: Nobel Prize in Physics

1979: Edison Lecturer, U.S. NRL

1979: Kompfner Lecturer, Stanford University

1979: Townsend Harris Medal, CCNY

1980: Gamow Lecturer, University of Colorado

1983: Newman Award, City College of New York

1983: Jansky Lecturer, National Rad. Astronomical Observatory

1983: Joseph Handleman Prize in the Sciences

1984: Grad Faculties Alumni Award, Columbia

1985: Big Brothers Incorporated, of New York City Achievement in Science Award

1985: Michelson Memorial Lecturer, US Naval Academy

1987: Grace Adams Tanner Lecture, Southern Utah State College

1987: Klopsteg Lecture, Northwestern University

1987: National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecturer

1989: Priestly Award, Dickinson College

1990: Regents' Lecture, University of California, Berkeley

1990: University Distinguished Lecture, State University of NY at Stony Brook

1990: American Physics Society Pake Prize

1990: Honorary Member IEEE

1991: NJ Literary Hall of Fame

1991: Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor, National University of Singapore

1992: Pender Award, School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

1996: Einstein Lecturer, Princeton

1996: NJ Science/Technology Medal

1997: Fellow Award, International Engineering Consortium

1998: Industrial Research Institute Medalist

Key Interests

Basic and applied science, technology innovation and its impacts, helping inventors and entrepreneurs.

Recent patents include:

auction-based selection of telecommunications carriers;

participant tracking in a telephone conference call;

remote card game using ordinary playing cards;

computer-based transportation system;

fraud prevention in calling cards;

identifying telephone extensions in a residence environment;

doubly-encrypted identity verification system.

migrating personalization information to a new computer

allocating address space in a virtual memory system.

Societies and Professional Groups

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Astronomical Society

American Physical Society

National Academy of Engineering

National Academy of Sciences

World Academy of Art and Science

Affiliations

2004–Current: Board of Directors, Konarka Technologies

1999–Current: Board of Directors, Alien Technologies

1997–1999: Board of Directors, Home Wireless Networks

1997–2000: Board of Directors, Fibex Technologies

1997–1998: Board of Directors, Commercial Data Servers

1996–1999: Board of Directors, Warpspeed Communications

1996–2000: Board of Directors, LCC International

1995–1996: Board of Directors, Duracell

1992–2000: Board of Directors, A. D. Little

1989–Current: Council on Competitiveness

1983–1994: Union of Councils for Soviet Jews Advisory Board

1982–1990: NSF Industrial Panel on Science & Technology

1975–Current: Committee of Concerned Scientists; (1976–Current: Vice Chairman)

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* This CV was provided by the Laureate in June 2005.