Joseph C. Dagher was born in El-Mina, Tripoli, Lebanon, in 1977.  

• In June 1999, he recieved a Bachelor's degree (BS) in Computer Engineering from the University of Balamand, Lebanon.  
• In May 2002, he received his Master's degree (MS) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona, under the advisory of Prof. Michael W. Marcellin.  
• Dr. Dagher graduated with a Ph.D. in Optics from UA's College of Optical Sciences on August 2006.  His dissertation advisors are Profs. Mark A. Neifeld and Michael W. Marcellin.  Dr. Dagher was a research assistant at both the Signal Processing and Coding Laboratory (SPACL) and the Optical Computing and Processing Laboratory (OCPL).

The research interests of Joseph Dagher are in the areas of signal processing and data compression, optical signal acquisition, collaborative optical imaging and processing, task-specific imaging and the joint optimization of optical acquisition and post-processing systems.

Dr. Dagher is currently a Senior Scientist at CDM Optics, Inc (VCard).