Lawrence A. Hornak, Ph.D. - College of Engineering

University of Georgia

Lawrence A. Hornak, Ph.D.

Professor

Phone Number

Email

lahornak@uga.edu

Address

130 Paul D. Coverdell Center
500 D.W. Brooks Drive
Athens, Georgia 30602
United States

Research focus includes photonic devices

Associate Dean for Research

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University, 1991
M.E., Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1986
B.S., Physics, Binghamton University, 1982

Professional Appointments

Associate Vice President for Research, Integrative Team initiatives, University of Georgia, 2020 – Present
Professor and Distinguished Faculty Scholar, University of Georgia, 2014 – Present
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Georgia, 2016 – 2019
Associate Dean for Research, University of Georgia, 2014 – 2016
R. C. Byrd Professor, West Virginia University, 1991 – 2014

Other Professional Experience

Founding Partner, NexID Biometrics, LLC, 2006 – 2019
Program Director, National Science Foundation, 2010 – 2014
Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1982 – 1991

Areas of Expertise

Photonic devices – photonic crystals, wide band gap optoelectronic devices
Integrated optics – novel inorganic and organic guided wave devices
Sensor systems – biophotonic integrated sensors, multispectral and biomolecular biometric identification

Patents

Multi-resolutional texture analysis fingerprint liveness systems and methods
U.S. Patent 9,367,729
Fingerprint liveness analysis
U.S. Patent 8,498,458
Regional fingerprint liveness detection systems and methods
U.S. Patent 8,098,906
Multi-resolutional texture analysis fingerprint liveness systems and methods
U.S. Patent 8,090,163

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