Dan Elliott has been on the faculty of Purdue University since 1984. His current appointment is a joint appointment, as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Physics and Astronomy. While at Purdue, he has served as the ECE Graduate Coordinator (1998-2004), and the Director of Graduate Recruiting and Retention for the College of Engineering (2003-2005). In 1992-1993, he spent a sabbatical year at JILA, University of Colorado and NIST, working with the groups of Jan Hall and Steve Smith. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, he held post-doctoral research positions with Steve Smith at JILA, and with Herbert Walther at the University of Munich. He studied with John Ward at the University of Michigan, completing his PhD in 1981.