Dr. Michael Morris
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Morris is the CEO and founder of RPC Photonics. Michael is internationally recognized as a pioneer and expert in the design, fabrication and application of diffractive- and micro-optics components and subsystems. Prior to founding RPC Photonics, he was the CEO of Corning Rochester Photonics Corporation; CEO and Co-Founder of Rochester Photonics Corporation (RPC); and Professor of Optics at The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester. He is a Past-President of the Optical Society of America (2003) and a Past Chairman of the Board of the OSA Foundation (2014). He is the recipient of the 1997 Rochester Chamber of Commerce Civic Award for Science and Technology; the 2002 Leo H. East Rochester Engineering of the Year Award; the 2005 OSA Joseph Fraunhofer/Robert M. Burley Prize; an Honorary Member of the OSA, Rochester Section; and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and SPIE. Michael received his Bachelor’s degree with Special Distinction in Engineering Physics from the University of Oklahoma, and his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).