Jason Valentine

Jason Valentine is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt University's School of Engineering. He serves as the Director of Graduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering and Deputy Director of the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE). His research focuses on optical metamaterials, plasmonics, nanophotonics, and scalable nanomanufacturing. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California and a B.S. from Purdue University.

Research interests include metamaterial-based optical systems, meta-optic accelerators for machine vision, and advanced nanophotonic devices. His work bridges fundamental optics and applied engineering, with applications in energy conversion, sensing, and imaging.

Notable projects involve electrochemically actuated metasurfaces, meta-imagers for compact flow cytometry, and large-scale nanomanufacturing techniques. He has contributed to foundational studies on dielectric metamaterials and nonreciprocal optical systems.

Grants include the NSF CAREER award for all-dielectric metasurface development (2014) and MRI funding for advanced fabrication tools (2017). His research is disseminated through high-impact publications and collaborations across engineering, physics, and biomedical fields.