Prof. Schmidt is a member of the California Institiute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), the Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering (CBSE), and the Storage Systems Research Center (SSRC).

Research interests:
- Single particle optics
- Integrated optofluidics
- Integrated optics for biomedical applications
- Nano-magneto-optics, nano-magnetism
- Time-resolved spectroscopy of molecules, semiconductors and nanostructures
- Quantum interference, electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)
- Nonlinear optics
- Quantum optics
- All-optical semiconductor devices


Employment:

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, UC Santa Cruz
07/05 - present

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, UC Santa Cruz
07/01 - 06/05

Postdoctoral Fellow, Semiconductor Laser Group, Research Lab of Electronics, MIT
08/99 - 06/01

Postdoctoral Associate, Semiconductor Quantum Optics Group, UC Santa Barbara
04/99 - 07/99

Research Assistant, Semiconductor Quantum Optics Group, UC Santa Barbara
09/94 - 03/99

Postgraduate Researcher, Microstructure Laboratory, University of Stuttgart, Germany
04/94 - 07/94


Education:

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara, March 1999
Advisor: A. Imamoglu
Thesis: Quantum interference in linear and nonlinear optics

M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara, December 1995

Diploma in Physics
University of Stuttgart, Germany, April 1994
Advisor: M. Pilkuhn
Thesis: Dynamics of low-dimensional, optically pumped semiconductor lasers


Honors and Awards:

Keck Futures Nanotechnology Award, 2005 - 2007

NSF CAREER Award, 2002 - 2007

NEC Fellowship, 1999 - 2001

QUEST Vice Chancellor's Fellowship for Advanced Research in Quantum Structures, 1998 - 1999

Postgraduate Fellowship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 1994 - 1995

Extension of DAAD Fellowship, Oct - Dec 95