Mario Paniccia

Outstanding Alumni Award 2007

• 1990 M.S., Physics, Purdue University
• 1994 Ph.D., Physics, Purdue University

Dr. Mario Paniccia is an Intel Fellow and director of the Photonics Technology Lab. Joining Intel in 1995, Paniccia was a lead researcher for the development of a novel optical testing technology for probing transistor timing in microprocessors that is today’s industry standard. Scientific American named Paniccia one of 2004’s top 50 researchers for his work in the area of silicon photonics. Dr. Paniccia’s advisor at Purdue University was Professor Ron Reifenberger.

Presentation given October 5th, 2007 (pdf)