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Ward Lopes is a Sr. Research Scientist who works on display research. His main research interests are applications of dynamic, computer generated holography and holographic optical elements in virtual-, augmented-, and mixed-reality. Prior 2015, Ward focused on self-assembly processes in soft condensed matter and applications of holography in optical micromanipulation and microscopy. Ward has publications on a variety of topics from nano-scale self-assembly and nanotechnology, bio-physics, holographic optical trapping, laser physics, to measurement techniques in the geosciences. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Ward was a physics professor at Williams College and at Mount Holyoke college, and was the Director of Product Research at Arryx, Inc. While at Arryx, he was awarded the R&D 100 Award by R&D Magazine for the 100 “most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace” for the BioRyx200 system (a holographic optical trapping system). Ward has a Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics.