Reader Poll: School & Major

University programs with “photonics” in their names are a rather new development – a reflection of the growing importance of photonics not only to science but to the world – so we decided to poll our readers and find out what subjects they studied at university that led them into the field of photonics.

School: Autonomous University of Barcelona
Major: Computer Science (hopefully, MSc in photonics in 2012)
Jordi Alonso @jordialonso (Twitter)

School: University of St. Andrews
Major: Physics BSc

School: University of St. Andrews and Heriot-Watt University
Major: Photonics MSc

School: University College London and Cambridge University
Major: MRes in Photonic Systems

School: UCL
Major: PhD
Lee Cairns @leecairnsy (Twitter)

School: University of Utah
Major: Physics (Experimental and Theoretical) and Electrical Engineering (mostly optical and microwave engineering)
Patricia Comeford (Facebook)

School: Monroe Community College
Major: Electro-Optics
David DiPonzio @ddiponzio (Twitter)

School: Temple University
Major: Laser & Photon Engineering, and Mass Media
Matthew Falcon (Facebook)

School: Imperial College London
Major: Everything from rods and cones to Q-switched lasers and lens design
Antony Hurden @GroundedInnov (Twitter)

School: Defence Institute of Advanced Technology in India
Major: Laser and Electro-Optics
Rudrakant M. Sollapur (Facebook)

School: NIT Warangal, India
Major: Photonics in college
Rajeev Ranjan @rajee_vran (Twitter)