Marko Lončar received his undergraduate degree at the University of Belgrade (Serbia) and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the California Institute of Technology, all in electrical engineering.

Dr. Lončar has co-authored 30 journal articles and has given more than 30 invited talks and seminars. His work on photonic crystal devices was published in a book Optical Microcavities (World Scientific, 2004).

His past awards include: Outstanding Performer Award (DARPA University Optocenters, 2003); Graduate Student Silver Award (Material Research Society, 2002); C. Powel Fellowship (California Institute of Technology, 1997-1998); Valedictorian Faculty of Electrical Engineering (University of Belgrade, 1997); and a Fellowship from the Foundation for Development of Science and Art (Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Serbia, 1990-1997).