Craig Arnold
energetic, charismatic, collaborative
Vice Dean for Innovation, and Susan Dod Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
As vice dean for innovation at Princeton University, Craig Arnold leads the Office of Innovation, strengthening partnerships with entrepreneurs, alumni, industry and investors. Craig and his team help faculty researchers translate their discoveries and inventions into commercial products and services to benefit humanity, and he’s a driving force in the flourishing economic ecosystem in New Jersey. Arnold’s research spans advanced manufacturing, energy storage and optics, resulting in 17 patents and more than 225 publications. He co-founded three companies, including TAG Optics, which developed the award-winning TAG lens now widely used in industrial and research applications. Arnold has received honors including the Edison Patent Award, the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Prism Award, and the R&D 100 Award. He is a fellow of SPIE and the Optical Society of America. A dedicated educator, Arnold has earned multiple teaching awards and mentored numerous students. He earned his doctorate in experimental condensed matter physics from Harvard University and joined Princeton’s faculty in 2003 after postdoctoral research at the Naval Research Laboratory.