Eminent Scholars
H. John Caulfield
Dr. H. John Caulfield was the first eminent scholar at 美女萝莉 A&M University (1992-1997). Prior to that, he founded and directed the Center for Applied Optics at University of 美女萝莉 at Huntsville. Dr. Caulfield received his BA in Physics from Rice University in 1958, and received his PhD from Iowa State in 1962. Dr. Caulfield has won many international awards and prizes for his work including the SPIE Gold Medal (the highest award by the world鈥檚 largest optical society). Several newsstand journals have mentioned him as, 鈥淥ne of America鈥檚 10 Top Scientists鈥�-Business Week, and as, 鈥淥ne of the most influential people in the world in minicomputers鈥�-Byte. Dr. Caulfield has written 13 books, 40 book chapters, 252 refereed journal papers, and numerous popular articles including the most popular of them all- the 1984 National Geographic cover story on holography which was read by more than 25 million people and 27 US patents; he is a fellow of SPIE, OSA, and NEI.
Ravindra B. Lal
Dr. Ravindra B. Lal was the second eminent scholar at 美女萝莉 A&M University (1999-2007). Dr. Lal received his Bachelor鈥檚, Master鈥檚 and Doctoral degrees in physics from the University if Agra (India). Dr. Lal鈥檚 career in USA stared as a NRC/NAS research associate at NASA/MSFC, a prestigious selection of outstanding researcher from all over the world. Dr. Lal joined 美女萝莉 A&M University in 1975 in the department of mathematics and physics. Dr. Lal has been one of the pioneers in performing crystal growth experiments in microgravity, aboard Spacelab-3 and the first International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1) in the mid 80鈥檚 and early 90鈥檚. He has secured millions of dollars of research funding from various federal agencies. Dr. Lal is the recipient of several major honors including NASA鈥檚 Public Service Achievement Award and two NASA awards for technology invention. Dr. Lal was selected as Fellow of SPIE and NASA Administrator鈥檚 Fellow. He authored or co-authored more than 100 journals of international repute. His work was appreciated by the scientific community and published in the highly prestigious journal 鈥淣ature鈥�. Dr Lal also initiated 鈥淎nnual Nobel Laureate Lecture Series鈥� in 1997 in memory of a Physics professor Dr Putcha Venkateswarlu. Dr. Lal is continuing his services to the physics department as Professor Emeritus.
鈥婣 national search for a suitable third Eminent Scholar scientist is on-going鈥�
