John Dallesasse

John M. Dallesasse
Born (1963-11-13) November 13, 1963
TitleHolonyak Lab Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
AwardsFellow of the IEEE
Fellow of The Optical Society
Member of IEEE Electron Devices Society Board of Governors
Academic background
EducationB.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering (1985)
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering (1987)
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering (1991)
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
Doctoral advisorNick Holonyak
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois

John Michael Dallesasse is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where his research is focused on silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs), nanophotonics, semiconductor lasers / transistor lasers and photonics-electronics integration. He has over 60 publications and presentations, and holds 29 issued patents.

In 2010, Dallesasse co-founded Skorpios Technologies Inc., a silicon photonic integrated circuit company and foundry backed by Ericsson, Nokia Networks and venture-capital, where he was the Chief Technology Officer & Vice President. He is an advisor and consultant to numerous photonic companies and startups.

Dallesasse was named a Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) in 2012 a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015 and was elected into the IEEE Electron Devices Society Board of Governors in 2020.