Russell A. Chipman

Employment

• Professor of Optical Sciences: The University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences, 2002-2022
• Senior Manager: JDS Uniphase, Network Appliances Department, 2000-2002
• Senior Manager: TeraStor Corp., Optical Engineering Department, 1999-2000
• Director of Optics Research and Development: Johnson & Johnson Inc., 1997-1998
• Assistant/Associate/Full Professor: University of Alabama, Huntsville, 1987-1997
• Graduate Research Assistant: The University of Arizona, 1982-1985
• Physicist: Beckman Instruments Inc., 1978-1987
• Optical Engineer: Perkin-Elmer Corp., 1977-1978

Professional Affiliations and Activities

• OSA: Fellow
• SPIE: Fellow
• SPIE: Board of Directors, 1996-1998

Awards and Honors

• NASA: Tech Brief Award, 2005
• The Optical Society (OSA): Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burkley Prize, 2015
• SPIE: G.G. Stokes Award in Polarization Optics, 2007

Specific Research Interests

• Polarization engineering.
• Polarization optical design software development and analysis.
• Low polarization optical systems.
• Polarimetry.
• Polarimeter construction and calibration.
• Precision polarization measurements.
• Anisotropic materials, theory, ellipsometry of biaxial and optically active materials and films.
• Polarization of scattered light.
• Mueller matrix BRDF.
• Retinal oximetry.