Roberto Ricardo Panepucci

Roberto Panepucci received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996, following an M.S. (1990) and B.S. (1989) degrees from Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP). He was a post-doc at the Device Research Lab at UNICAMP in Brazil, working on III-V optoelectronics. Dr. Panepucci joined the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility (CNF) in 1999 and soon after he joined Galayor Networks, a start-up developing silicon photonics devices. Joined Cornells Nanophotonics Group , where he further developed silicon-based integrated optic devices. Dr. Panepucci was associate professor at FIU in 2003, and received his Tenure in 2009, when soon after he took the position of Senior researcher at CTI where he headed the IC Design Division, acted as General Coordinator of Projects and Services and Deputy Director. He coordinates research and development projects in photonic integrated circuits and micro/nanosystem fabrication. Currently on leave from CTI, he is a Sr. Researcher at CNF, Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)