SPECTRUM PHOTONICS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Vice President of Research, Dr. Adam Bingham

Dr. Adam Bingham received his B.S. in Optical Engineering from the University of Rochester and his Ph.D. in Photonics from Oklahoma State University. Dr. Bingham is currently serving as Spectrum Photonics' Vice President of Research and leads the development of compact spectral imaging technologies for a wide variety of applications. These imaging technologies include multi-band imaging for detection of disturbed earth, hyperspectral imaging for the detection of explosives, chemical agents, and other threat materials, polarized spectral imaging for detection of liquids on surfaces and broadband imaging for target detection. Currently Dr. Bingham serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) for Spectrum's Chemical Surface Detector project, and previously served as the PI for Spectrum's two Next Generation Chemical Detection System efforts. While primarily focused on long wave infrared remote sensing applications, recently, Dr. Bingham has focused more attention on hyperspectral imaging based technologies in the mid-wave, and short-wave infrared. Prior to joining Spectrum, Dr. Bingham served as a Project/Product Manager at FLIR Systems (formerly ICx Technologies). At FLIR, his work focused on developing Raman spectroscopy and Hyperspectral imaging for the standoff and contact identification of explosives hazards, TICs/TIMs and other hazardous materials. Dr. Bingham designed and built standoff detection systems based upon Raman, IR and fluorescence technologies for both point and wide area detection. Dr. Bingham has served as the Program Manager for multiple programs with FLIR and Spectrum, with contract values in excess of $15,000,000 during his tenure.

Job Titles:

• Founder
• Member of the Leadership Team
• CEO and President, Dr. Edward Knobbe
• Nomadics As Corporate Vice - President, Research

Dr. Edward Knobbe received the Ph.D. degree (Engineering) from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1990. Dr Knobbe has broad academic and industrial expertise in sensor research, development, and commercialization activities acquired over his career spanning a period of nearly 30 years. Upon completion of the doctorate, Dr. Knobbe joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma as a tenure-track Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Chemistry and the University Center for Laser Research. During his period of service on the faculty at Oklahoma State University (1990-2001), Dr. Knobbe was promoted through the ranks of Associate Professor and Professor. Served as founding Director of the College of Arts and Sciences Center for Sensors and Sensor Technologies (1996) and Associate Dean for Multidisciplinary Research while working in the Office of the Vice President or Research (1997-2001). In 2004 Dr. Knobbe joined Nomadics as Corporate Vice-President, Research, where his duties included PI responsibilities for a variety of federally-funded sensor systems and technology development programs. Sponsors during this time (2004-2009) included ONR, DHS (HSARPA and TSL), US Army, and DARPA. His experience during this period spanned Nomadics' acquisition by ICx Technologies (with concomitant formation of the ICx Nomadics subsidiary unit) and ICx Technologies initial public offering in 2006. He subsequently organized ICx Nomadics' Advanced Concepts Group and managed that unit until initiating his transition from ICx Nomadics to Spectrum Photonics in 2009. In June 2008 Dr. Knobbe became the principle founder of Spectrum Photonics, Inc. In the past 12 years Spectrum Photonics has received numerous federally-funded R&D contracts, including 2 DARPA seedlings, 12 Phase I SBIRs (Army, CBD, NSF, and Navy), 7 Phase II SBIRs, and two Phase III SBIR. Spectrum now has 18 employees, with plans to expand further over the next 12 months. Dr. Knobbe has been the Principal Investigator or Project Director for numerous sensor-oriented technology development projects including efforts focused on standoff detection, recognition, and tracking technologies.

Job Titles:

• Chief Scientist
• Member of the Leadership Team
• Chief Scientist, Dr. Paul Lucey

Dr. Paul Lucey serves as Chief Scientist at Spectrum Photonics and is a professor at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Lucey's academic research is focused on the optical engineering of spectral systems and the space-science applications of multi-spectral imaging. He has been the principal investigator of numerous programs developing imaging spectrometers for the DoD and NASA. Dr. Lucey is the editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research and has produced more than 100 publications in the area of hyperspectral imaging and remote sensing technologies. He is the co-inventor of three patents, including the IP for Sagnac interferometer-based long wave infrared (LWIR) hyperspectral imaging technology for which Spectrum Photonics holds the exclusive license.