# Tibor Juhasz

> Tibor Juhasz is a Hungarian-American physicist, inventor, and company founder whose work centers on femtosecond laser systems. A co-founder of IntraLase and LenSx and founder of ViaLase, he serves as ViaLase’s President and Chief Technology Officer and holds joint professorships at UC Irvine. His honors include a shared 2002 Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize, the 2022 Golden Goose Award, and election as a 2025 National Academy of Inventors fellow.

- **Role:** Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer at ViaLase, Inc.
- **Organizations:** ViaLase, Inc., University of California, Irvine, IntraLase, LenSx Lasers, Alcon, University of Michigan, University of Rochester
- **Nationality:** Hungarian-American
- **Education:** B.S. in Physics, JATE University of Szeged, Hungary (University of Szeged), Ph.D. in Physics, University of Szeged, Hungary, Postdoctoral training, University of California, Irvine
- **Known for:** Co-founded IntraLase and LenSx Lasers and founded ViaLase., Shared the 2002 Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize, second prize, with Ronald Kurtz., Shared the 2022 Golden Goose Award with Ron Kurtz, Detao Du, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland.

## Career timeline

- **1982** — Earned a physics B.S. at JATE University of Szeged.
- **1987–1990** — Completed postdoctoral training at UC Irvine.
- **1994** — Met Ron Kurtz at an optics conference in Toronto; subsequently joined Gérard Mourou’s Michigan team.
- **1997** — Co-founded IntraLase with Ron Kurtz.
- **2001** — IntraLase commercially introduced its femtosecond laser.
- **2002** — Shared the second-place Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize with Ronald Kurtz.
- **2004** — Became a UC Irvine professor; IntraLase went public.
- **2007** — IntraLase was acquired by Advanced Medical Optics following an approximately $808 million announced deal.
- **2010** — Alcon announced its agreement to acquire LenSx for $361.5 million cash at closing plus potential contingent payments.
- **2022** — Received a shared Golden Goose Award and UC Irvine’s Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year recognition.
- **2024** — Inducted as an AIMBE fellow.
- **2025-07** — Transitioned from ViaLase CEO to President and Chief Technology Officer.
- **2025-12** — Named a National Academy of Inventors fellow in the 2025 class.

## Achievements

- Co-founded IntraLase and LenSx Lasers and founded ViaLase.
- Shared the 2002 Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize, second prize, with Ronald Kurtz.
- Shared the 2022 Golden Goose Award with Ron Kurtz, Detao Du, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland.
- Named UC Irvine’s Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year in 2022.
- Inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows in March 2024.
- Named a 2025 National Academy of Inventors fellow.
- UC Irvine reported 46 U.S. and international patents in December 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — UC Irvine announced Juhasz’s election as a 2025 National Academy of Inventors fellow.
- **2025-09** — Participated in a femtosecond laser heritage discussion at the ESCRS congress in Copenhagen, reported in November 2025.
- **2025-07** — Became President and Chief Technology Officer of ViaLase; Shawn O’Neil became CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=7004
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tibor-juhasz-1407b1266

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