John Kohoutek, Ph.D. Jack.kohoutek@u.northwestern.edu www.johnkohoutek.com EDUCATION September 2007-July 2012 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois PhD in Electrical Engineering Optical Near Field Interactions and Forces for Optoelectronic Devices Hooman Mohseni (Chair), Mark Hersam, Selim Shariar, and Matthew Grayson August 2005-August 2006 August 2001-May 2005 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE September 2007-Present August 2006-February 2007 Summer 2005 August 2005-August 2006 Summer 2004 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Graduate coursework Champaign, Illinois Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering Graduate Research Assistant Bio-Inspired Sensors and Optoelectronics Laboratory Northwestern University Advisor: Associate Professor Hooman Mohseni at EECS Assisted in writing multiple proposals for NSF and DOE Given multiple conference presentations at SPIE and IEEE See publications for further details Research Assistant Quantum Information Group, Physics Advisor: Professor Paul Kwiat Characterized jitter of APD-based single photon counting modules Built feedback system for XY stabilization of UV laser source Graduate Research Assistant Penn Optics and Imaging Group University of Pennsylvania, BioEngineering Advisor: Professor John Schotland Wrote LABVIEW interface to control optical switch Undergraduate Research Assistant Optical Sciences Group, ECE Advisor: Associate Professor Scott Carney at UIUC ECE Built interferometer to measure nanometer-scale OPD Designed and built thermal enclosure for said interferometer John Kohoutek, August 2012 1
WORK EXPERIENCE August 2006-August 2007 Summer 2005 Summer 2003 August 2002- May 2005 TEACHING EXPERIENCE September 2007-Present Intern Distant Focus Corporation Champaign, IL Manager: Ronald Stack Wrote tutorials for educational camera kit Assisted with realization of kit from idea form to marketable form Held booth at FIO OSA conference Characterized sensor and novel folded lens for imaging system Intern IBM Corporation Rochester, MN Manager: KC Hinz Simulation of hardware in development for testing and verification purposes Wrote test case programs in hardware-specific microcode Worked with specific chip architectures as well as industry-wide specifications Analyzed digital output for debugging purposes Lead Lab Instructor Calculus&Mathematica Manager: Professor Jerry Uhl Hired Class Assistants for undergraduate math classes Supervised and managed Class Assistants Answered questions regarding Mathematica-based math classes at UIUC Coordinated room assignments for math classes Main Advisor Served as main advisor to four undergraduates for a total of eight quarters o Ivy Wan: Author in two journal publications. Currently employed at top telecommunications firm in Malaysia. o Meredith Chow: Won an undergraduate research award worth $1,000 for one quarter of research. Currently employed at Northrop Grumman. o Gregory Huffman: Currently employed as patent agent at a Chicago law firm. o Alejandro Sklar: Won an undergraduate research award worth $1,000 for one quarter of research. Author in one journal publication and two conference proceedings. Recently accepted to dual ECE-ETIM graduate program at Carnegie Mellon University. John Kohoutek, August 2012 2
March 2009-December 2009 January 2006-May 2006 January 2004-May 2004 August 2003-December 2003 August 2002-May 2005 Graduate TA EECS Department Northwestern University Fundamentals of Solid State Engineering Fundamentals of Circuits Electronic Properties of Materials Graduate TA Bioengineering Department University of Pennsylvania Fluid Mechanics Undergraduate TA Electrical Engineering Department Electricity and Magnetism Teacher Training for Undergraduates (NSF-sponsored) Collaborated with Professor Jerry Uhl in the teaching of a Calculus I class Participated in and guided classroom instruction Prepared and graded assignments and examinations Undergraduate Class Assistant Calculus&Mathematica Calculus I Calculus II Differential Equations Linear Algebra PUBLICATIONS J. Kohoutek, D. Dey, A. Bonakdar, R. Gelfand, V. Fathipour, O. G. Memis, and H. Mohseni, Mechanical Frequency and Amplitude Modulation of Quantum Cascade Laser Integrated with Plasmonic Nanoantenna, Small, (2012). Joint first authors A. Bonakdar, J. Kohoutek, D. Dey, and H. Mohseni, Optomechanical Nanoantenna, Optics Letters 37 (15), 3258-3260 (2012). J. Kohoutek, A. Bonakdar, R. Gelfand, D. Dey, I. Hassani, V. Fathipour, O. G. Memis, and H. Mohseni, Integrated all-optical Infrared Switchable Plasmonic Quantum Cascade Laser, Nano Letters 12 (5), (2012). J. Kohoutek, D. Dey, A. Bonakdar, R. Gelfand, A. Sklar, O. G. Memis, and H. Mohseni, Opto- Mechanical Force Mapping of Deep Subwavelength Plasmonic Modes, Nano Letters 11 (8), (2011). R. M. Gelfand, D. Dey, J. Kohoutek, A. Bonakdar, S. C. Hur, D. D. Carlo and H. Mohseni, Towards an Integrated Chip-Scale Plasmonic Biosensor, OPN Optics and Photonics News, 22, 32 (2011). O. G. Memis, J. Kohoutek, W. Wu, R. M. Gelfand, H. Mohseni, A Short-Wave Infrared Nano-Injection Imager with 2,500 A/W Responsivity and Low Excess Noise, IEEE Photonics Journal 2, 858 (2010). John Kohoutek, August 2012 3
D.Dey, J. Kohoutek, R. M. Gelfand, A. Bonakdar and H. Mohseni. Quantum cascade laser integrated with metal-dielectric-metal based plasmonic antenna Optics Letter. 35(16), 2783-85 (2010). D.Dey, J. Kohoutek, R. M. Gelfand, A. Bonakdar and H. Mohseni. Composite nano-antenna integrated with Quantum Cascade laser, IEEE Photonic Technology Letters 22, 1580 (2010). (COVER ARTICLE) O. G. Memis, J. Kohoutek, W. Wu, R. M. Gelfand, H. Mohseni, Signal-to-noise performance of a short-wave infrared nanoinjection imager, Optics Letters 35(16), 2699 (2010). J. Kohoutek, I. Y. L. Wan, and H. Mohseni, Dynamic measurement and modeling of the Casimir force at the nanometer scale, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 063106, (2010)3 J. Kohoutek, I. Y. L. Wan, O. G. Memis, and H. Mohseni An opto-electro-mechanical infrared photon detector with high internal gain at room temperature Optics Express 17 (17), 14458, (2009) CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS J. Kohoutek, D. Dey, A. Bonakdar, R. Gelfand, V. Fathipour, O. G. Memis, H. Mohseni, Nano-optomechanically modulated plasmonic nanoantenna-integrated quantum cascade laser, SPIE Optics+Photonics 2012, (Accepted). J. Kohoutek, A. Bonakdar, D. Dey, R. Gelfand, I. Hassani Nia, O. G. Memis, V. Fathipour, H. Mohseni, Antenna integrated quantum cascade laser switchable via telecommunications wavelength probe beam, SPIE Optics+Photonics 2012, (Accepted). I. Hassani Nia, O. G. Memis, J. Kohoutek, R. Gelfand, H. Mohseni, Surface plasmon enhancement of photon extraction efficiency by silver nanoparticles: with applications in laser cooling of semiconductors, SPIE Optics + Photonics Conference, San Diego, CA, (2012). (Accepted). D. Dey, J. Kohoutek, A. Bonakdar, R. Gelfand, O.G. Memis, H. Mohseni, "Plasmonic Antenna Integrated Quantum Cascade Laser for Mode Confinement used for High Sensitivity Bio-Sensing Applications", Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE, 77-78, (2011). J. Kohoutek, D. Dey, A. Bonakdar, R. Gelfand, A. Sklar, O.G. Memis, H. Mohseni, "Optical Force Mapping of Plasmonic Modes Generated by a Nanoantenna", Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE 183-184, (2011). J. Kohoutek, D. Dey, A. Bonakdar, A. Sklar, O.G. Memis, R. Gelfand, H. Mohseni, " Opto-mechanical force measurement of deep sub-wavelength plasmonic modes", Proceeding of SPIE, Paper No. 8097-63 (2011). D. Dey, J. Kohoutek, R. M. Gelfand, A. Bonakder, and H. Mohseni, A new generation of mid-infrared sensors based on quantum cascade laser, Proceeding of SPIE, Paper No. 803404 (2011). J. Kohoutek, D. Dey, R. Gelfand, W. Wu and H. Mohseni, "An apertureless near-field scanning optical microscope for imaging surface plasmons in the mid-wave infrared," Proc. SPIE, vol 7787, pp.77870r-1-77870r-9(2010). D. Dey, R. Gelfand, J. Kohoutek, A. Bonakdar and H. Mohseni, "Quantum cascade Laser integrated with metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic antenna," Proc. SPIE, vol. 7789, pp.77890l-1-77890l-11 (2010). D.Dey, J. Kohoutek, R. M. Gelfand, A. Bonakdar and H. Mohseni. Near field imaging of a plasmon photonic crystal patterned on the facet of a quantum cascade laser, Proceeding of SPIE Vol. 7757, 77573H (2010). John Kohoutek, August 2012 4
O.G. Memis, J. Kohoutek, and H. Mohseni, Toward single-photon imaging at short wave infrared (SWIR), Proceeding of SPIE Vol. 7780, Paper No. 77801N, (2010) D. Dey, J. Kohoutek, R. M. Gelfand, A. Bonakdar and H. Mohseni. Integration of plasmonic antenna on quantum cascade laser facet for chip-scale molecular sensing, IEEE Sensors 2010, 1381 (2010). O.G. Memis, J. Kohoutek, W. Wu, R.M. Gelfand, and H. Mohseni, Short-Wave Infrared Nano-Injection Imaging Sensors, IEEE Sensors 2010, 1765 (2010). J. Kohoutek, I. Y. L. Wan, Hooman Mohseni, Simulation and measurement of the time-varying Casimir force, International Mathematica User Conference 2009. H. Mohseni, J. Kohoutek, O.G. Memis, A Novel Opto-Electro-Mechanical Photon Sensor, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7222, 72220S, (2009). O.G. Memis, J. Kohoutek, D. Dey,W. Wu, and H. Mohseni, "Resonant Tunneling Injection Detectors and Imagers," IEEE Photonics Society, 22nd Annual Meeting of the, TuCC2, 47, (2009). J. Kohoutek, G. Memis, H. Mohseni, An Optoelectromechanical Light Sensor at 1.55 µm, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 21st Annual Meeting of the, 719, (2008). POSTERS R. Gelfand, D. Dey, J. Kohoutek, and H. Mohseni, Plasmonic Metamaterial Devices for Molecular Bio- Sensing, Gordon s Research Conference on Plasmonics, Waterville, ME (2010), Won best poster at 2010 NanoBiophotonics Summer School, UIUC, Urbana, Illinois Won best poster at Northwestern EECS Graduate poster fair 2010 R. M. Gelfand, J. Kohoutek, A. Bonakdar, D. Dey, and H. Mohseni, Plasmonic nanoantennas for mechanical and optical methods of modulating at the facet of a laser, Gordon s Research Conference on Plasmonics, Waterville, ME (2012). HONORS AND AWARDS 2010 SPIE Educational Scholarship Awarded to students in optics, photonics, imaging, or optoelectronics and judged relative to other applicants with similar educational backgrounds 2007-2008 Murphy Fellowship Enables outstanding students to pursue their first year of their graduate study with no teaching or research obligations 2004 Electrical Manufacturing and Coil Winding Association Scholarship Provides scholarship funding to the career opportunities available in the electrical manufacturing industry 2002-2003 UIUC ECE Outstanding Sophomore Award Given to one sophomore annually by IEEE/ECE alumni to a student with an outstanding scholastic record 2001-2005 University of Illinois Children of Veterans Scholarship Full four-year tuition waiver given to one student per county, per conflict, in the state of Illinois, based on academic record 2001-2005 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Designed to recognize exceptionally able students who show promise of continued excellence in postsecondary education 2001-2005 IBM Thomas Watson Scholarship Open to children of IBM employees and retirees, winners are selected by an independent panel and selected based on demonstrated leadership and academic performance. In 2012, top 2.3% of over 15,000 applicants were selected for 4-year awar John Kohoutek, August 2012 5
2001-2005 UIUC James Scholar Students in ECE department at UIUC must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.5 for this 4-year honor, and in the final 2 years complete an honors contract, which consists of additional coursework or research 2001-2002 UIUC ECE Outstanding Freshman Award Awarded to top incoming freshman, in 2001, awarded to 17 freshman out of 75 top applicants PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 2011-Present 2011-Present 2010-Present 2008-Present IEEE Photonics Society Member OSA Member SPIE Member IEEE Member LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE 2001-2005 Founder and President Illini Wrestling Club 2002-2005 Vice President Illini Runners John Kohoutek, August 2012 6