Jie Qiao

Jie Qiao serves as an Associate Professor at the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science within the College of Science at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where she directs the Advanced Optical Fabrication, Instrumentation & Metrology Laboratory focused on cutting-edge photonics research.

Her academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, an M.S. in Precision Instruments and Fine Mechanics from Tsinghua University, and an MBA in entrepreneurship, strategy, finance, and marketing from the University of Rochester's Simon Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Qiao's research spans femtosecond laser micromachining of transparent and metal materials, wavefront sensing, and spatial-temporal laser beam control. Her work drives innovations in optics structuring, photonic circuits, waveguide lasers, and micro-bonding for opto-mechanics and bio-implants, supported by expertise in ultrafast laser fabrication and optical metrology.

She has secured research funding from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and private industry while mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Dr. Qiao also founded and chairs the Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Entrepreneurship Connect initiative, and serves as Chair/co-Chair for major conferences including Photonics West LAMOM and CLEO Applications and Technology.