Euan Mcleod

Biography

Euan McLeod started as an assistant professor at the College of Optical Sciences in the University of Arizona in 2015. He was previously a postdoc in Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering at UCLA, as well as a postdoc in Applied Physics at Caltech. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, and his B.S. from Caltech. Euan’s background and interests lie at the intersection of optics, nanoscience, and soft bio-materials science. His most recent work has been a mixture of experiments and simulation with the goal of improving the sensitivity of lens-free holographic microscopy for imaging virus-sized and smaller particles.

Degrees

• Ph.D. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
• Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
• Bessel Beams in Tunable Acoustic Gradient Index Lenses and Optical Trap Assisted Nanolithography
• M.A. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
• Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering
• California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States

Awards

• Senior Membership Designation
• National Academy of Inventors, Spring 2025
• The Photonics100
• Electro Optics (trade magazine), Fall 2024
• Senior Member Designation
• SPIE, Summer 2021
• Optical Society of America (OSA), Summer 2019
• CAREER Award
• National Science Foundation (NSF), Spring 2021
• Vebleo Scientist Award
• Vebleo, Spring 2021
• Edison Patent Award
• The Research & Development Council of New Jersey, Fall 2017
• George H. Davis Travel Fellowship
• University of Arizona, Spring 2016
• Oral Presentation Award, Symposium D (Materials and Concepts for Biomedical Sensing)
• Materials Research Society, Fall 2014
• Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research
• UCLA, Spring 2013 (Award Nominee)
• Incubic/Milton Chang Travel Award
• Optical Society of America, Spring 2009
• Lawrence Fellowship
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Spring 2009 (Award Finalist)
• Newport Award in Photonics
• Newport and Princeton University, Spring 2009
• Theodore Maiman Outstanding Student Paper
• Optical Society of America, Spring 2009 (Award Finalist)
• Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Fellowship
• Princeton University, Fall 2008
• Best Student Oral Presentation
• Conference on Laser Ablation, Fall 2007
• Best oral presentation
• Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Spring 2006
• Daniel & Florence Guggenheim Fellowship
• Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Fall 2005
• Francis Upton Fellowship
• Princeton University, Spring 2004
• 1st place, ME72 Engineering Design Contest
• Caltech, Spring 2002