The firm specialized in the design, prototyping, and manufacturing of diffractive and micro-optics components and subsystems, and was acquired by Corning Incorporated in 1999.
He holds 17 U.S. patents, and has published more than 70 referred journal articles, 3 book chapters and numerous conference proceedings.
He is the recipient of the 2005 Optical Society of America Joseph Fraunhofer/Robert M. Burley Prize; the 2002 Rochester Engineering Society’s Leo H. East Engineer of the Year Award; and the 1997 Rochester Chamber of Commerce Civic Award for Science and Technology.
He is also an Honorary Member of the OSA, Rochester Section, and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and SPIE.
[2] In 2016, he received OSA's Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award,[3] and in 2020, the David Richardson Medal.