Shin-Tson Wu

Dr. Shin-Tson Wu is a UCF Trustee Chair Professor in Optics & Photonics at CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics. His research focuses on augmented and virtual reality systems, including microdisplays (mini-LEDs, micro-LEDs, OLEDs), optical systems (lightguides, diffractive optics), and materials (liquid crystals, quantum dots, perovskites). He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Southern California and BS from National Taiwan University.

Awards include the SID Lawrence Tannas Award (2025), Optica/IS&T Edwin H. Land Medal (2022), and SPIE Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award (2022). He has authored over 690 journal papers, 330 conference papers, and 100 patents, with an h-index of 114. His work spans academic leadership roles, including founding editor of the IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology.

Current graduate students include Luke Benoit, Po-Sheng Chiu, Yuqiang Ding, and Shruti Jayaprakash Saiji. Notable alumni include Qian Yang, Zhiyong Yang, and En-Lin Hsiang. His research group explores cutting-edge AR/VR technologies, emphasizing optical efficiency and material innovation.