Peter C. Schultz

Peter C. Schultz ( born December 3, 1942 in Brooklyn ) is an American materials scientist who was a pioneer in optical waveguides.

Schultz, whose father was German - American, graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in 1964 and his doctorate in 1967 on Ceramic Materials. Then he went to the Corning Glass Works, where he first suitable for long-range communication optical fibers developed in the late 1960s with Robert D. Maurer and Donald Keck, with losses below 20 decibels per kilometer. They were doped with titanium and manufactured in a special heating process.

From 1988 to 2001 he was president of the U.S. subsidiary of Heraeus. He also works as a consultant with expertise in patent, among other processes. In 1997 he was president of a start-up company for non-invasive measurement of blood glucose with glass fibers ( Biosensor).

In 2000 he was awarded with Maurer and Keck, the National Medal of Science in 1993 and all three were included in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

From 1978 to 1984, Schultz was a guest professor of materials science at Cornell University from 1976 to 1994 at the George Washington University and from 1988 to 1998 Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia.

He holds 26 patents ( 2013).