Malvin Carl Teich
Also known as Malvin C. Teich, Malvin Teich
Malvin Carl Teich combines quantum photonics with computational neuroscience, and he is professor emeritus at Columbia University and Boston University. In computational neuroscience, he established the role of fractal stochastic processes in neural information processing. He completed a Cornell PhD in 1966 and then joined the faculty of Columbia University in September 1967. An IEEE prize followed in 1969, and he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973. In 1995 he joined Boston University, and in 2005 Wiley published Fractal-Based Point Processes, a book he co-wrote.
- Now at
- Columbia University and Boston University
- Works
- 499
- Citations
- 19,386
- h-index
- 67
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.
Timeline
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1966
A Cornell doctorate
He completes a Cornell PhD in 1966.
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1967–1980
Columbia faculty and chair
He joins the Columbia University faculty in September 1967, and he chairs its electrical engineering department from 1978 to 1980.
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1969–1973
An IEEE prize and a Guggenheim
IEEE gives him the Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize Award in 1969 for "Infrared Heterodyne Detection," and he receives a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973.
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1995
Quantum photonics lab in Boston
In 1995, he joins Boston University as a faculty member and as director of its Quantum Photonics Laboratory.
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2005
Fractal-based point processes
Wiley publishes Fractal-Based Point Processes, which he co-wrote with S. B. Lowen, in 2005. In computational neuroscience, he establishes the role of fractal stochastic processes in neural information processing.
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2019
Fundamentals of photonics
Wiley publishes a third edition of Fundamentals of Photonics, which he co-wrote with B. E. A. Saleh, in 2019.
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2025
A book on LED lighting
He writes LED Lighting: Devices and Colorimetry, which appears in 2025 in hardcover, softcover and PDF editions.
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As of October 2026
Emeritus at two universities
He is professor emeritus at Columbia University and at Boston University.
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