Research group: Photonics Networking Research Laboratory (PNRL)

Research Areas

• Hybrid optical/wireless networks
• Broadband optical access
• Green energy-efficient networks
• Green data centers
• Novel photonics for green networks
• Optical networks
• WDM technologies

Education

• M. Sc., St. Petersburg University of Communications,
  St. Petersburg, Russia
• Ph.D., St. Petersburg University of Communications,
  St. Petersburg, Russia.

Biographical Sketch
Dr. Leonid G. Kazovsky joined Stanford University in 1990.  After joining Stanford, Prof. Kazovsky founded Photonics and Networking Research Laboratory (PNRL).  He leads PNRL since then.  Prior to joining Stanford, Prof. Kazovsky was with Bellcore (now Telcordia) doing research on WDM, high-speed and coherent optical fiber communication systems.

While on Bellcore assignments or Stanford sabbaticals, Prof. Kazovsky worked at the Heinrich Hertz Institute, Berlin, Germany; Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories, Bristol, England; Technical University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherland; Scuola Superiore St. Anne, Pisa, Italy; and Danish Technical University, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Through research contracts, consulting engagements, and other arrangements, Prof. Kazovsky worked with many inductrial companies and U.S. Government agencies including Sprint, DEC, GTE, AT&T, IVP, Lucent, Hitachi, KDD, Furukawa, Fujitsu, Optivision, and Perimeter on the industrial side; and NSF, DARPA, Air Force, Navy, Army, and BMDO on the government side. He also worked extensively with many leading VCs and intellectual property law firms.

Prof. Kazovsky serves or served on Editorial Boards of leading journals (IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Wireless Networks) and on Program Committees of leading conferences (OFC, CLEO, LEOS, SPIE, and GLOBECOM).  He also served as a reviewer for various IEEE and IEE Transactions, Proceedings, and Journals; funding agencies (NSF, OFC, ERC, NRC, etc.) and publishers (Wiley, MacMillan, etc.).

Prof. Kazovsky authored or co-authored two books, some 190 journal technical papers, and a similar amount of conference papers.  His third book, "Broadband Optical Access Networks: Emerging Technologies and Optical-Wireless Convergence," is being prepared for publication by John Wiley & Sons. You can find here a list of most recent publications of Prof. Kazovsky and his research group.

Prof. Kazovsky is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of OSA.

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