David Burghoff

• Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
• S.M, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
• B. S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007

An electrical engineer and an applied physicist, David Burghoff is an assistant professor in the electrical engineering department at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to this, he was a postdoc and research scientist at MIT. The overarching theme of his research is the development of new platforms that will allow long-wavelength light to be used in scalable sensors and systems. Broadly speaking, it focuses on devices and systems that blend nanoscale optoelectronics, ultrafast & nonlinear optoelectronics, and integrated long-wavelength photonics, with applications in healthcare, energy, sensing, security, and transportation. His broader ambition is to usher in an era of ubiquitous mid-infrared and terahertz photonics, and he is excited about the possibility of using these technologies to address some of our most pressing challenges.

Awards and recognition:

• ONR Young Investigator Award (2021)
• NSF CAREER Award (2021)
• AFOSR Young Investigator Award (2021)
• Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017)
• MIT’s Best Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Thesis (2014)