{"id":120733,"date":"2021-06-11T16:15:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T20:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=120733"},"modified":"2021-06-15T09:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:14:16","slug":"david-hagan-named-dean-of-the-college-of-optics-and-photonics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/david-hagan-named-dean-of-the-college-of-optics-and-photonics\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hagan Named Dean of the College of Optics and Photonics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Hagan was announced today as the new dean of the College of Optics and Photonics by Michael D. Johnson, interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Hagan joined UCF in 1987 and is a founding faculty member of CREOL, UCF\u2019s renowned Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers. Since December 2019, he has served as the college\u2019s interim dean and was previously an associate dean for academic programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid is a top scholar and a seasoned leader. I am grateful that he has accepted this important responsibility, as I know his colleagues are as well,\u201d says Johnson. \u201cI look forward to working with him to keep the College of Optics and Photonics on its remarkable upward trajectory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"282\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-120758 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/06\/David-J-Hagan.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"282\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-120758 img-fluid lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20282%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/06\/David-J-Hagan.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>As dean, Hagan will direct efforts to advance the college\u2019s world-class excellence in optics, lasers and photonics, particularly in research, education and industry partnerships. Hagan\u2019s appointment concludes an intensive search process for the successor of former Dean Bahaa E.A. Saleh, who led the college for a decade before returning to the faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Hagan has been a major influence in shaping curriculum in the college and is highly accomplished in teaching and research. Aside from being a Pegasus Professor, which is the highest distinction a faculty member can earn at UCF, Hagan is an International Society for Optics and Photonic Fellow, an Optical Society of America Fellow and a senior member of the IEEE Photonics Society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to have been chosen to lead the exceptional group of faculty, students and staff that form CREOL and the College of Optics and Photonics,&#8221; Hagan says. &#8220;This is an exciting time for UCF as we pursue the goal of becoming a top 50 U.S. public research university. I will make sure that optics and photonics are right up front, leading the charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hagan earned his bachelor of science and his doctorate in physics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new dean is a Pegasus Professor whose distinguished work has helped the college become known globally for its innovation and excellence in research and academics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":120756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,23,24],"tags":[981,1112,5393,36716],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-120733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-research","category-science-technology","tag-college-of-optics-and-photonics","tag-creol","tag-david-hagan","tag-michael-d-johnson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Hagan Named Dean of the College of Optics and Photonics | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new dean is a Pegasus Professor whose distinguished work has helped the college become known globally for its innovation and excellence in research and academics.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/david-hagan-named-dean-of-the-college-of-optics-and-photonics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Hagan Named Dean of the College of Optics and Photonics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new dean is a Pegasus Professor whose distinguished work has helped the college become known globally for its innovation and excellence in research and academics.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/david-hagan-named-dean-of-the-college-of-optics-and-photonics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-11T20:15:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-15T13:14:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/06\/ucf-optic.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1199\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/david-hagan-named-dean-of-the-college-of-optics-and-photonics\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/david-hagan-named-dean-of-the-college-of-optics-and-photonics\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9640ca0c84355d1c971ce4e83999b1cc\"},\"headline\":\"David Hagan Named Dean of the College of Optics and Photonics\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-11T20:15:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-15T13:14:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/david-hagan-named-dean-of-the-college-of-optics-and-photonics\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":332,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/david-hagan-named-dean-of-the-college-of-optics-and-photonics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/ucf-optic.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"College of Optics and Photonics\",\"CREOL\",\"david hagan\",\"Michael D. 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