Dr Stan Lumish has joined the board of directors at Chiral Photonics.
Dr Lumish, most recently, is the former chief technology officer at JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU). JDSU is a provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for the telecommunications industry. Dr Lumish began his career at AT&T Bell Labs, after receiving his PhD in Electrical Engineering from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1982. Dr Lumish held numerous management positions with AT&T Network Systems and Lucent Technologies, where he received the Bell Labs Fellow award for his work in Dense WDM systems.
Dr Lumish joined JDS Uniphase in February 2000 as vice president of network product applications and subsequently also led the R&D efforts of the transmission subsystems group. From July 2002 to June 2003 he was president of the optical layer group. He then became the CTO for JDSU, where he was responsible for technology strategy across communications, commercial, and consumer markets. Currently, Dr Lumish continues to serve JDSU as a consultant on intellectual property. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, OSA and a senior member of the IEEE. He is a member of the External Advisory Board of the Tyndall National Institute and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Lightwave Magazine.