Govind P. Agrawal received the M. S. and Ph. D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi in 1971 and 1974 respectively. After holding positions at the Ecole Polytechnique, France, City University of New York, New York, and AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, he joined the University of Rochester in January 1989. Dr. Agrawal is a Fellow of both the IEEE and the Optical Society of America (OSA). He was a Topical Editor for the Journal of the Optical Society of America (JOSA B) during 1993-1998 and is currently serving on the Editorial Board of several journals and book series devoted to optics.
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Dr. Agrawal's research interests focus on quantum electronics, nonlinear optics, and laser physics. He has made important contributions to the fields of semiconductor lasers, nonlinear fiber optics, and optical communications. He has authored three well-known books entitled "Semiconductor Lasers" (Kluwer Academic, 2nd ed. 1993), "Nonlinear Fiber Optics" (Academic Press, 3rd ed. 2001), and "Fiber-Optic Communication Systems" (Wiley, 2nd ed. 1997) and published in 2001 another book entitled "Applications of Nonlinear Fiber Optics" (Academic Press, 2001). He has also edited two books entitled "Contemporary Nonlinear Optics" (Academic Press, 1992) and "Semiconductor Lasers: Past, Present, and Future" (AIP Press, 1995). He has published more than 300 research papers in various internationally reputed scientific journals.