David Pepper:
CLASS OF 1964
John Burroughs Junior High SchoolClass of 1964
Los angeles, CA
University of CaliforniaClass of 1971
Los angeles, CA
UCLA- Letters & scienceClass of 1971
Los angeles, CA
Fairfax High SchoolClass of 1967
Los angeles, CA
Hancock Park Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Los angeles, CA
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Dr. David M. Pepper is owner and scientist of his own company, Malibu Scientific, which specializes in technical consulting, intellectual property (patents), and educational services. He recently retired as a Senior Research Scientist at HRL Laboratories, LLC in Malibu, California. Dr. Pepper received his B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) in Physics from UCLA in 1971; and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology, in 1974 and 1980, respectively. He joined HRL in 1973 as a Howard Hughes Masters and Doctoral Fellow, and has extensive research and applied technology experience in lasers, quantum electronics, nonlinear optics, phase conjugation, laser communications, remote sensors, and laser-based ultrasound. He has over 250 technical publications and presentations, including lectures at universities, international workshops and short courses. Dr. Pepper has also published 2 feature articles in "Scientific American" and 6 invited chapters in 5 reference textbooks, and has 65 issued US patents, with more pending. He was recipient of the 1983 Rudolph Kingslake Award and Medal from SPIE for Technical Publication of the Year in the journal, Optical Engineering. He has served as Guest and Associate Editor for SPIE and IEEE and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA),...Expand for more
and is listed in various Who's Who compilations. Dr. Pepper resides with his lovely wife, Denise, and their wonderful canine companions. My life has been very interesting, challenging and replete with fond memories of people, experiences and enlightenment. I value my dear wife and friends as jewels in my life. I have experienced many exciting moments (at least for me), from performing experiments in front of my classmates in the 5th grade, to running searchlights as a teenager, to amateur radio and hidden transmitter hunts, to studying physics at UCLA (BS) and Caltech (MS, PhD), to reveling in scientific research at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center as an undergrad, to performing applied physics research at a world class research lab (HRL Labs in Malibu) as a laser physicist, to seeing my name in print on the pages of "Scientific American" as an author, to inventing over 50 patents, to falling in Love, to marrying my B'Sharit and soulmate, Denise, to having the joy of freedom, to having wonderful doggies and kitties around me, to listening to a concert with friends under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl, to traveling around the world as a laser expert to educate students and scientists, to, finally, smelling the roses and taking in as much as I can, using all my senses, to realizing my dreams and passions....
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