Dr. Hu joined QPC Lasers in 2004 as Technical Manager of Laser Subsystems and was promoted to VP of Engineering in 2007. From 1997 to 2004, he served as VP of High Power Lasers at Quantranix Corporation, a subsidiary of Excel Lasers. While at Quantranix, he managed R&D and production of High-power Solid State Lasers, founded and managed the Lasers Applications Center, and worked closely with the CEO in managing all operations. Prior to joining Quantranix, Dr. Hu was a research scientist at Institute of Industrial Science and Technology in Pohang, Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Optical Engineering in 1995 from the Shanghai Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R.CHINA. He received his Bachelor in Optical Engineering in 1990 from the Department of Optical Instrumentation Engineering, Zhejiang University, P.R.CHINA. Dr. Hu has published and presented over 40 papers at conferences and in journals (LEO, ICALEO, Applied Optics, Optical Engineering, Chinese Journal of Lasers, Acta Optica Sinica) and he has been granted two patents and has one pending. |