His current research focuses on ultrafast optical spectroscopy of semiconductor heterostructures and nanostructures, light emitting diodes for general lighting, zinc oxide electronics, perovskite solar cells, nanostructured biosensors, and pixel scale narrow bandpass filters for infrared spectroscopy. Dr. Özgür teaches courses on electromagnetic fields, electronic devices, microwave engineering, nonlinear optical materials and devices, and semiconductor optoelectronics and serves as the Graduate Program Director in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He is a senior member of IEEE, member of APS, and member of SPIE.