John D. Joannopoulos

John is a Board Member and founder of Typhoon HIL. He has been on the Faculty of Physics at MIT for 37 years, and currently serves as the Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.

Professor Joannopoulos is the author or co-author of about 500 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, three textbooks on Photonic Crystals, and holds over 50 issued U.S. Patents. Since 2003, he has been recognized as one of the Thompson ISI most Highly Cited Researchers. He has received numerous prestigious fellowships and awards for his research and teaching experience.

He has served as Divisional Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters and as a member of the Editorial Board of Reviews of Modern Physics. He is also co-founder of three other start-up companies: OmniGuide, Luminus Devices, and WiTricity.

He received his B.A. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley.