Advanced Photonix, Inc. (API) to Participate at Investor Conferences

May 19, 2011 (Business Wire) — Advanced Photonix, Inc.® (NYSE Amex: API) will participate in 12^th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference in California later this month. The conference is May 23-25, 2011 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, California. API’s Chairman and CEO, Rick Kurtz, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, May 24 at 1:30 p.m.

This prestigious two-day, invitation-only annual event, brings together a targeted audience of leading institutional investors, financial services professionals and other qualified investors. The conference will feature presentations by over 150 companies in a broad range of sectors, including: technology, consumer, retail, and financials. One-on-one meetings with company management teams will be available for all client investors. For more information on the conference, the most current list of presenting companies, or registration information, visit www.brileyco.com. Registered conference attendees may request a one-on-one meeting through the B. Riley conference website at http://www.brileyco.com/conference.

Rick Kurtz and Rob Risser, COO and CFO of API, will also participate in one-on-one meetings throughout the event. The presentation will be accessible on the Company’s web site, www.advancedphotonix.com, after the conference.

About Advanced Photonix, Inc.

Advanced Photonix, Inc.® (NYSE Amex: API) is a leading supplier with a broad offering of optoelectronic products to a global customer base. We provide optoelectronic solutions, high-speed optical receivers and terahertz instrumentation for telecom, homeland security, military, medical and industrial markets. With our patented technology and state-of-the-art manufacturing we offer industry leading performance, exceptional quality, and high value added products to our OEM customer base. For more information visit us on the web at www.advancedphotonix.com.

The information contained herein includes forward looking statements that are based on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable but are subject to inherent uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, unforeseen technological obstacles which may prevent or slow the development and/or manufacture of new products; potential problems with the integration of the acquired company and its technology and possible inability to achieve expected synergies; obstacles to successfully combining product offerings and lack of customer acceptance of such offerings; limited (or slower than anticipated) customer acceptance of new products which have been and are being developed by the Company; and a decline in the general demand for optoelectronic products. API-G

Advanced Photonix, Inc.

Richard Kurtz, (734) 864-5688

IR@advancedphotonix.com