He leads the research activities of the Diffusive Micro-Optics Laboratory. Dr. Poutous joined the Department in 2008, first as the Senior Scientist of the Microphotonics Laboratory (led by Prof. E. Johnson), at the Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications, and then as an Assistant Research Professor in 2011. He co-founded the Optical Structured Surfaces Lab with Prof. Aggarwal in 2013. His previous experience includes a Principal Development Engineer position at Digital Optics Corporation, and before that a Lecturer’s position with the Dept. of Physics at Emory University, in Atlanta, GA. He received his Doctorate in 1996, from the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.