David Burghoff

• Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• S.M, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• B. S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

David Burghoff is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to this, he was a postdoc and research scientist at MIT and faculty at Notre Dame. Dr. Burghoff’s research primarily focuses on the confluence of phase-active nonlinear photonic devices and long-wavelength photonics for applications in sensing, computing, and energy. His work emphasizes broadband devices and systems, and he is particularly known for his work in the mid-infrared and terahertz wavelength ranges.

Awards and recognition:

• DARPA Young Faculty Award (2025)
• IRMMW-THz Society Young Scientist Award (2024)
• Moore Inventor’s Fellowship (2022)
• ONR Young Investigator Award (2021)
• NSF CAREER Award (2021)
• AFOSR Young Investigator Award (2020)
• Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017)
• MIT’s Jin Au Kong Award for Best Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Thesis (2014)