Michael Lebby

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Dr. Michael Lebby is the CEO of Lightwave Logic (LWLG). An Anglo-American entrepreneur in the fields of optoelectronics/photonics, electronics and semiconductors, Michael’s career began with the British Government in 1977 in telecommunications. He did research at the prestigious RSRE Malvern labs in the early 1980s and worked at AT&T Bell Labs from 1985-1989 in photonics. At Motorola in the 1990s he drove the development of (and co-authored the first patent regarding) the oxide VCSEL diode laser which is now used in laser mice, 3D sensing/FaceID in mobile phones, and optical interconnects with volumes over 1B units. From 2005-2010 he led the USA trade association in optoelectronics (OIDA) and represented the optoelectronics industry on Capitol Hill. He has run technical start-ups and commercialized optoelectronic and photonics technology into manufacturing. He was voted PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) business leader of the year by the PIC International Conference in 2018. He is a technical expert to the European Commission and a Fellow of IEEE and OSA.