2025-2026 BLOCK-GIFT PROGRAMS

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    • Optics, Lasers and Photonics CUNY, City University of New York, Qiushi Guo, Octave-Wide Electrically Wavelength-Tunable On-Chip Optical Amplifiers Lehigh University, Professor Ivan Biaggio and Professor Junpeng Wang, Electrically Poled Vapor-Deposited Organic Glasses for Nanophotonic Electro-Optic Modulators University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Professor John Dallesasse, Long-Wavelength 1550nm VCSELs for Optical Communication University of Pittsburgh, Professor Kevin...

    Tenth Anniversary

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    • THE II-VI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY In 2017 the II-VI Foundation celebrated ten years of “Encouraging and Enabling Students to Enter a Career in Engineering, Science and Mathematics while Maintaining a Standard of Excellence in that Pursuit”. In the first ten years $24,882,836 was invested and 11,457 students were impacted. We thank you for...

    Fifteenth Anniversary

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    • THE II-VI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY In 2022 the II-VI Foundation celebrated fifteen years. In the first fifteen years almost $33 million was invested in our programs and over 17,000 students were impacted. Recent years saw generous contributions to the foundation by Coherent Incorporated, a move of the staff to working from home, and...

    II-VI Foundation Announces New Name

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    • The Board of Directors and Staff of the II-VI Foundation are pleased to announce our new name and logo. We look forward to many more years of supporting students and valuable research as Coherent/II-VI Foundation

    Board of Directors’ Announces Changes

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    • After fifteen years of generous service and exemplary guidance, Dr. Carl Johnson, founder and primary donor to the Coherent/II-VI Foundation, will be stepping down as Chairman of the Board of Directors but remaining on the Board as Chairman Emeritus. We look forward to Dr. Johnson continuing his invaluable advice and counsel. We are pleased to...

    2023-2024 Block-Gift Projects

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    • Optics, Lasers and Photonics University of Arizona, Professor Mahmoud Fallahi, High-Order Laguerre-Gaussian Beam Mode Locked VECSELs for Secure Free Space and Fiber Communications University of Buffalo, Professor Jonathan Bird, Plasmonic Transistors for Terahertz-Band Communication University of Delaware, Professor Matthew Doty and Professor Stephanie Law, Wafer-scale Growth of Site-Determined Wavelength-Turntable Quantum Emitters in Atomically-Thin (2D) Semiconductors...

    Dr. Alan Hedges, Block-Gift Program Manager

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    • The Coherent/II-VI Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Alan Hedges as Manager of the Block-Gift Program beginning January 1, 2024. Dr. Hedges has served as Associate Block-Gift Manager for the last year. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from Southampton University, UK and his PhD from Imperial College, London,...

    2024-2025 BLOCK-GIFT PROGRAMS

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    • Optics, Lasers and Photonics University of Buffalo, Professor Jonathan Bird, Plasmonic Transistors for Terahertz-Band Communication University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, Professor John Dallesasse, Long-Wavelength 1550nm VCSELs for Optical Communication University of Rochester, Professor Jannick Rolland and Professor Nick Vamivakas, Establishing and Verifying the Fundamental Optical and Material Capabilities and Limitations of Metasurfaces Quantum University of...