DAVID CROUSE, PH.D.

Founder and President. Dr. David Crouse is Professor and former Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. Dr. Crouse is the former Site Director at Clarkson University for the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Metamaterials (CfM) and he is a founder and owner of Phoebus Optoelectronics LLC. Dr. Crouse has over 100 publications in engineered composite optical materials, has been an invited speaker at numerous international universities and photonics conferences, and has multiple patents in the field. Dr. Crouse and his research laboratories perform extensive R&D collaborations with industry. Dr. Crouse started Phoebus in 2004 to commercialize the optical and metamaterial innovations developed in his academic lab and to tailor the R&D to specialized commercial and government interests. Before taking an academic faculty position, David was a Senior Process Engineer at Intel. David received his BS in Honors Physics from Purdue University and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Dr. Crouse can be reached at dcrouse@phoebusopto.com.

NICOLE AVALLONE, PH.D., J.D.

Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Nicole Avallone manages the business contracts and projects and oversees compliance with federal regulations. Nicole received her J.D. from Cornell Law School and entered private practice at Latham & Watkins and Allen & Overy LLP in New York City. In her practice as an attorney, Nicole’s work included regulatory compliance of large companies and litigation defense of both private and public entities. Nicole also received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Nicole can be reached at navallone@phoebusopto.com.