Vera Gorfinkel Associate Professor Address Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Light Engineering Building 259 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-2350 Phone: (631) 632-9768 Fax: (631) 632-8494 E-Mail: vera@sbee.sunysb.edu Education Ph.D. in Physics & Mathematics from A.F.Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute St. Petersburg, Russia, 1980 M.S. (with honors) in Semiconductor Physics, Saratov State University, Russia, 1973 Previous Appointments University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany Institute of Radio Electronics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov Branch, Saratov Research & Development Institute “VOLMNA”, Saratov, Russia Past and Present Research Interest Semiconductor physics, including theory of semiconductor and semiconductor optics, research      development and computer simulation of semiconductor microwave and optoelectronic       devices Problem oriented systems based on semiconductor components Fluorescent detection for biomedical applications (DNA sequencing)  Parallel optical imaging systems Supported by Funding Agencies and Industry More than 15 projects granted from Ministry of Electronics of the USSR      Russian Academy of Science, NIH (USA) Courses Taught ESE 515: Quantum Electronics ESE 512: Bipolar Junction & Heterojunction Electronic Devices ESE 331: Physical Electronics ESE 362: Optoelectronic Devices & Imaging Tech. Publication/Patents Over 50 technical publications Over 30 invited talks and conference presentations 7 patents Over 20 programs developed for simulating kinetic phenomena in III-V semiconductors and      heterostructures, physical and experimental modeling of semiconductor microwave and          optoelectronic devices, signal processing for modulated and correlated signals