Herbert Graves Winful (born 3 December 1952)[1] is a Ghanaian-American engineering professor, whose honours include in 2020 the Quantum Electronics Award.

[6] From 1980 to 1986, Winful was a Principal Member of Technical Staff at GTE Laboratories in Waltham, Massachusetts,[7] conducting research in fiber optics and semiconductor laser physics.

"[4] A close colleague at the University of Michigan was Gérard Mourou,[3] who in 2018 was co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of a technique known as Chirped Pulse Amplification.

[4] In January 2021, he was a recipient of the University of Michigan North Campus Deans' MLK Spirit Award, given to those "who exemplify the leadership and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."[10] In November 2022, Winful was inducted as a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS).

[11] Winful's mother was the headmistress of St. Michael's School in Cape Coast, and his father was a civil engineer who worked on the Akosombo Dam during its construction and later become executive secretary of the Volta River Authority.