Currently retired. Worked for 25+ years as a physicist doing electro-optic research at Northrop-Grumman in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Received B.S. in Physics 1977 from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated with High Departmental Distinction. Received an M.S. in Physics 1979 from UCLA. Areas of specialization include Optics and Spectroscopy and Diffraction theory and also Electromagnetic Theory.