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Biography

Shin-Tson Wu is a physicist and inventor who has helped change the way we view everyday content. Wu’s contributions to liquid-crystal research and the resulting patent portfolio for next-generation liquid crystal displays (LCDs), adaptive optics, laser-beam steering, biophotonics, and new photonic materials, have had a major impact on display technology worldwide.

Association Fellow
Academician of Academia Sinica, Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, member of Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida, one of the first six inductees to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
College
College of Optics and Photonics

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