Aaron D. Franklin is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and chemistry at Duke University. A native of Phoenix, Arizona, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and a doctorate from Purdue University, both in electrical engineering. Prior to becoming a professor, he worked as a research scientist at IBM, studying nanotechnology. He is a frequent speaker and the author of The Spiritual Physics of Light: How We See, Feel, and Know Truth. He and his wife, Lianne Walters Franklin, are the parents of three children and reside in Cary, North Carolina.