ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 18,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG), a
technology platform company leveraging its proprietary
electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with
less power, today announced the retirement of Dr. Joseph A. Miller from the Board of Directors and
his transition to the Company's Advisory Board. In conjunction with
Dr. Miller's retirement, Dr. Craig
Ciesla, currently a Company Advisory Board member, has been
appointed to the Board of Directors.
Dr. Craig Ciesla is currently the
Vice President, Head of the Advanced Platforms and Devices Group at
Illumina, a leading provider of DNA sequencing and array
technologies. There he leads a team driving innovation in
sequencing platforms, microfluidics, electronics, and
nanofabrication. Prior to Illumina, he was Vice President of
Engineering at Kaiam, where he was responsible for the development
and production of 100G transceivers for the data-center market. He
was also the founding CEO of Tactus Technology, an innovator in the
user interface industry, where he was the co-inventor of Tactus'
polymer morphing screen technology. Before Tactus he had a variety
of roles at Intel, JDSU (now Lumentum), Bookham (now Oclaro) and
Ignis Optics developing a wide range of products in the
fiber-optics market. He started his career at Toshiba Research
Europe, where he performed early terahertz images of skin cancer.
Dr. Ciesla holds a BSc (Hons.) in Applied Physics and Ph.D. in
Physics from Heriot-Watt University in
Edinburgh.
"We are privileged to welcome Craig to the Board of Directors,
stepping up from his current role as a member of the Advisory
Board," said Tom Zelibor, Chairman
of Lightwave Logic. "He is an accomplished expert in silicon
photonics, silicon foundries, fiber optic communications and he was
previously CEO of Tactus Technology, a company developing tactile
polymer materials for consumer products. He has impressed us not
only with his technology expertise, but also his business acumen,
and will be invaluable as we drive forward towards
commercialization of our proprietary electro-optic polymers.
Craig's knowledge of both the fiber optic communications markets as
well as non-communications markets (such as consumer, display,
sensing, medical, biotech, etc.), will help Lightwave hone business
strategies for growing our electro-optic polymer business."
Dr. Joseph A. Miller, Jr. served
as a Director of Lightwave Logic since 2011. From 2002 to 2012, Dr.
Miller served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology
Officer of Corning Incorporated, having joined Corning Incorporated
in 2001 as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer.
Prior to joining Corning Incorporated, Dr. Miller was with E.I.
DuPont de Nemours, Inc., where he served as Chief Technology
Officer and Senior Vice President for Research and Development
since 1994. Dr. Miller began his career with DuPont in 1966. Dr.
Miller was a Director of Greatbatch, Inc. and Dow Corning
Corporation and holds a doctorate degree in Chemistry from
Penn State University. He is a fellow
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a
member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Zelibor concluded: "For more than a decade, Joe has played a
pivotal role on our Board of Directors as we transformed from a
startup to a leader in the photonics industry. His chemistry
expertise has been invaluable to our many successes, and we can't
thank him enough. Joe's insight from a materials and chemistry
perspective has made him an incredible asset to Lightwave. His
leadership and collaboration on the Board will be greatly missed,
and I am deeply grateful for his significant contributions. We are
honored Joe will continue to advise us in his new capacity on our
world class Advisory Board alongside our full team of technical
experts. Joe will bring his full materials experience, rather
like an emeritus professor, and this transition is extremely
exciting for Lightwave as we move forward in our working with
silicon foundries."
About Lightwave Logic,
Inc.
Lightwave
Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG) is developing a platform leveraging its
proprietary engineered electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data
at higher speeds with less power. The Company's high-activity and
high-stability organic polymers allow Lightwave Logic to create
next-generation photonic EO devices, which convert data from
electrical signals into optical signals, for applications in data
communications and telecommunications markets. For more
information, please visit the Company's website
at lightwavelogic.com.
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