Dr. Swapnajit Chakravarty obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering, specializing in optoelectronics and nanophotonics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2007. He obtained his B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2001 from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Materials and Devices) from the University of Cincinnati in 2003. Prior to joining Omega Optics, Dr. Chakravarty held a research scientist position at Philips Lumileds Lighting Company in the Device Development Division, and an Applications Development Engineer position at KLA-Tencor in the Reticle and Photomask Inspection Division (RAPID) . Dr. Chakravarty has been an active researcher in photonic crystal microcavity devices. His research area includes electrically and optically injected 2D photonic crystal lasers and light emitting arrays and photonic crystal sensors. His recent research interest is to utilize photonic crystal slot waveguide devices and photonic crystal microcavity devices for optical sensing and spectroscopy. Dr. Chakravarty is proficient with optical device design and fabrication, and has solid foundation in semiconductors, integrated optics and photonic crystal sensing. Dr. Chakravarty has over 20 publications in refereed journals and conferences. His research on electrically injected 2D quantum dot photonic crystal light emitting arrays received critical acclaim with the Raith Micrograph Award in 2006.