Daniel G. Georgiev (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.S. degree in engineering physics from Sofia University, Bulgaria, in 1994, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA, in 2003. In 2006, he joined The University of Toledo, where he is currently an Associate Professor and serves as the Graduate Program Director for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His research interests include electronic materials and devices, laser processing of materials, photovoltaics, and semiconducting glassy materials.