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CLEO 2022 Honorees

CLEO 2022 Honorees

Optica is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of our community.

Please join us in congratulating the following honorees being recognized during the CLEO 2022 Plenary Session I.

CLEO 2022 Honorees

Optica is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of our community.

Please join us in congratulating the following honorees being recognized during the CLEO 2022 Plenary Session I.

 

Adolph Lomb Medal

Established in 1940 to honor Adolph Lomb, the Society’s first treasurer, for his devotion to the Society and the advancement of optics, this medal recognizes noteworthy contributions to optics at an early career stage. Contributions from any area of optics, fundamental or applied, are considered.

 

Ido Kaminer
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

For pioneering contributions which led to the creation of a paradigm shift in light-matter interactions of photonic quasiparticles.

 

R. W. Wood Prize

Established in 1975 to honor the many contributions that R.W. Wood made to optics, this award recognizes an outstanding discovery, scientific or technical achievement, or invention in the field of optics  

 

 

Shanhui Fan
Stanford University, USA

For foundational discoveries in photonics, ranging from resonator, topological, and non-reciprocal photonics to energy applications including the discovery of daytime radiative cooling based on a new kind of energy source.
 

2022 Fellows

Recognizing Optica members who have served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics through distinguished contributions to education, research, engineering, business leadership and society. View a complete list of 2022 Fellows.

Anuradha Murthy Agarwal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

For pioneering contributions to integrated mid-infrared photonic sensing, detection, imaging, and leadership in training the next generation in photonics manufacturing

 

Jeffery Allen
US Air Force Research Laboratory, USA

For pioneering contributions in extreme control, wave manipulation, and enhancement of light using metamaterials and plasmonics

 

Konstantin Y. Bliokh
RIKEN, Japan

For outstanding contribution to studies of spin-orbit interactions and angular momenta of light

 

Nicolas Bonod
CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, France

For significant and pioneering contributions in diffractive optics, all-dielectric photonics, and resonant light scattering
 

Maria Chekhova
Max-Planck-Inst for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

For pioneering contributions to the science and applications of photon pairs and twin beams

 

Kristan Corwin
National Inst of Standards & Technology and Kansas State University, USA

For pioneering research in gas-filled hollow fibers for lasers and frequency metrology, technical leadership, and service to the scientific community

 

Dirk Englund
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

For pioneering contributions to quantum photonics and integrated photonics for applications in optical computing

 

Baris I. Erkmen
X, the moonshot factory, USA

For contributions to the advancement of wireless optical communication systems in performance, technology maturity, large-scale manufacturability, and cost

 

Robert Fedosejevs
University of Alberta, Canada

For outstanding and sustained contributions to the understanding of laser-plasma interactions, laser applications, and material interactions, and leadership in photonics

 

Kenneth A. Goldberg
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

For seminal contributions to the development of x-ray optics for applications requiring coherent light

 

Juliet Gopinath
University of Colorado Boulder, USA

For pioneering contributions to nonlinear optics of nanophotonic devices and semiconductor lasers, and to the physics and applications of orbital angular momentum in optical fibers

 

Juejun Hu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

For original and innovative contributions to integrated photonics


Cherie Kagan
USA

For outstanding contributions to low-dimensional, colloidal nanocrystals and layered organic-inorganic perovskites, and to their integration in optical and optoelectronic devices

 

Thomas Katsouleas
University of Connecticut, USA

For lifetime scholarly contributions to the field of laser plasma science and for global leadership in engineering education

 

Alexander V. Kildishev
Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA

For outstanding contributions to the theoretical concepts and advanced numerical modeling of optical engineered materials and metasurfaces

 

Femius Koenderink
AMOLF, Netherlands

For fundamental contributions to subwavelength resonant nanophotonics to control scattering, emission, and amplification of light at the nanometer scale

 

Xiaoqin Elaine Li
University of Texas at Austin, USA

For development and application of new optical spectroscopy methods for the study of fundamental physics of new and novel materials

 

Marco Liscidini
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy

For the study of classical and quantum nonlinear optics in integrated devices, nonclassical light, and field excitations in photonic crystals

 

Renbao Liu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

For original contributions to nonlinear and quantum optics and their applications in quantum information technologies

 

Peter Lodahl
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

For development of photonic hardware based on quantum dots in nanophotonic structures and its applications to quantum communication and simulations

 

David Marpaung
University of Twente, the Netherlands

For pioneering contributions to the research and development of integrated microwave photonic devices and systems

 

Florian Marquardt
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

For pioneering fundamental contributions to the theory of cavity optomechanics

 

Murukeshan Vadakke Matham
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

For pioneering contributions to optical imaging and instrumentation from micro to nanoscale

 

Igor Meglinski
Aston University, UK

For pioneering innovations and sustained contributions to the studies of coherent polarized light with applications in biomedical optics and imaging

 

Terrence Meyer
Purdue University, USA

For outstanding contributions in ultrafast coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering and creative developments in pulse burst laser technology and its applications

 

Arnan Mitchell
RMIT University, Australia

For outstanding and sustained contributions to integrated photonics research, particularly in the lithium niobate platform

 

Sang-Hyun Oh
University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA

For outstanding contributions to the development of fabrication techniques for nanophotonics, of nanophotonic biosensors, and of ultrastrong light-matter interactions

 

Sahin K. Ozdemir
Pennsylvania State University, USA

For seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding and applications of non-Hermitian photonics and optomechanics and quantum information sciences

 

Marco Peccianti
Emergent Photonics Lab, University of Sussex, UK

For sustained pioneering contributions to the field of optical complexity and the development of novel terahertz applications based on ultrafast nonlinear photonics

 



Dario Polli

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

For pioneering contributions to ultrafast spectroscopy and nonlinear label-free microscopy

 



Andrew Wing On Poon

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

For outstanding and sustained contributions to microcavity optics and photonics and their applications in silicon photonics

 



Rohit Prasankumar

Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

For significant contributions to understanding ultrafast phenomena in quantum materials, particularly strongly correlated electron systems, semiconductor nanostructures, and topological materials


Franklyn Quinlan
National Inst of Standards & Technology, USA

For contributions to optical-to-electrical conversion of ultrashort pulses leading to high-fidelity transfer of optical clock stability to the microwave domain

 

Clara Saraceno
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

For seminal contributions to ultrafast science and technology, as well as outstanding service to the optics community

 

Nanfang Yu
Columbia University, USA

For the invention and development of metasurfaces and their application to imaging and cooling

 

Denise Maria Zezell
Nuclear and Energy Research institute, IPEN - CNEN, São Paulo, Brazil

For significant contributions to photonics education, specifically in laser dentistry, and pioneering biophotonics research in Brazil

 
 

 

 

Adolph Lomb Medal

Established in 1940 to honor Adolph Lomb, the Society’s first treasurer, for his devotion to the Society and the advancement of optics, this medal recognizes noteworthy contributions to optics at an early career stage. Contributions from any area of optics, fundamental or applied, are considered.

 

Ido Kaminer
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

For pioneering contributions which led to the creation of a paradigm shift in light-matter interactions of photonic quasiparticles.

 

R. W. Wood Prize

Established in 1975 to honor the many contributions that R.W. Wood made to optics, this award recognizes an outstanding discovery, scientific or technical achievement, or invention in the field of optics  

 

 

Shanhui Fan
Stanford University, USA

For foundational discoveries in photonics, ranging from resonator, topological, and non-reciprocal photonics to energy applications including the discovery of daytime radiative cooling based on a new kind of energy source.
 

2022 Fellows

Recognizing Optica members who have served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics through distinguished contributions to education, research, engineering, business leadership and society. View a complete list of 2022 Fellows.

Anuradha Murthy Agarwal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

For pioneering contributions to integrated mid-infrared photonic sensing, detection, imaging, and leadership in training the next generation in photonics manufacturing

 

Jeffery Allen
US Air Force Research Laboratory, USA

For pioneering contributions in extreme control, wave manipulation, and enhancement of light using metamaterials and plasmonics

 

Konstantin Y. Bliokh
RIKEN, Japan

For outstanding contribution to studies of spin-orbit interactions and angular momenta of light

 

Nicolas Bonod
CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, France

For significant and pioneering contributions in diffractive optics, all-dielectric photonics, and resonant light scattering
 

Maria Chekhova
Max-Planck-Inst for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

For pioneering contributions to the science and applications of photon pairs and twin beams

 

Kristan Corwin
National Inst of Standards & Technology and Kansas State University, USA

For pioneering research in gas-filled hollow fibers for lasers and frequency metrology, technical leadership, and service to the scientific community

 

Dirk Englund
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

For pioneering contributions to quantum photonics and integrated photonics for applications in optical computing

 

Baris I. Erkmen
X, the moonshot factory, USA

For contributions to the advancement of wireless optical communication systems in performance, technology maturity, large-scale manufacturability, and cost

 

Robert Fedosejevs
University of Alberta, Canada

For outstanding and sustained contributions to the understanding of laser-plasma interactions, laser applications, and material interactions, and leadership in photonics

 

Kenneth A. Goldberg
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

For seminal contributions to the development of x-ray optics for applications requiring coherent light

 

Juliet Gopinath
University of Colorado Boulder, USA

For pioneering contributions to nonlinear optics of nanophotonic devices and semiconductor lasers, and to the physics and applications of orbital angular momentum in optical fibers

 

Juejun Hu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

For original and innovative contributions to integrated photonics


Cherie Kagan
USA

For outstanding contributions to low-dimensional, colloidal nanocrystals and layered organic-inorganic perovskites, and to their integration in optical and optoelectronic devices

 

Thomas Katsouleas
University of Connecticut, USA

For lifetime scholarly contributions to the field of laser plasma science and for global leadership in engineering education

 

Alexander V. Kildishev
Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, USA

For outstanding contributions to the theoretical concepts and advanced numerical modeling of optical engineered materials and metasurfaces

 

Femius Koenderink
AMOLF, Netherlands

For fundamental contributions to subwavelength resonant nanophotonics to control scattering, emission, and amplification of light at the nanometer scale

 

Xiaoqin Elaine Li
University of Texas at Austin, USA

For development and application of new optical spectroscopy methods for the study of fundamental physics of new and novel materials

 

Marco Liscidini
Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy

For the study of classical and quantum nonlinear optics in integrated devices, nonclassical light, and field excitations in photonic crystals

 

Renbao Liu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

For original contributions to nonlinear and quantum optics and their applications in quantum information technologies

 

Peter Lodahl
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

For development of photonic hardware based on quantum dots in nanophotonic structures and its applications to quantum communication and simulations

 

David Marpaung
University of Twente, the Netherlands

For pioneering contributions to the research and development of integrated microwave photonic devices and systems

 

Florian Marquardt
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

For pioneering fundamental contributions to the theory of cavity optomechanics

 

Murukeshan Vadakke Matham
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

For pioneering contributions to optical imaging and instrumentation from micro to nanoscale

 

Igor Meglinski
Aston University, UK

For pioneering innovations and sustained contributions to the studies of coherent polarized light with applications in biomedical optics and imaging

 

Terrence Meyer
Purdue University, USA

For outstanding contributions in ultrafast coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering and creative developments in pulse burst laser technology and its applications

 

Arnan Mitchell
RMIT University, Australia

For outstanding and sustained contributions to integrated photonics research, particularly in the lithium niobate platform

 

Sang-Hyun Oh
University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA

For outstanding contributions to the development of fabrication techniques for nanophotonics, of nanophotonic biosensors, and of ultrastrong light-matter interactions

 

Sahin K. Ozdemir
Pennsylvania State University, USA

For seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding and applications of non-Hermitian photonics and optomechanics and quantum information sciences

 

Marco Peccianti
Emergent Photonics Lab, University of Sussex, UK

For sustained pioneering contributions to the field of optical complexity and the development of novel terahertz applications based on ultrafast nonlinear photonics

 



Dario Polli

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

For pioneering contributions to ultrafast spectroscopy and nonlinear label-free microscopy

 



Andrew Wing On Poon

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

For outstanding and sustained contributions to microcavity optics and photonics and their applications in silicon photonics

 



Rohit Prasankumar

Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

For significant contributions to understanding ultrafast phenomena in quantum materials, particularly strongly correlated electron systems, semiconductor nanostructures, and topological materials


Franklyn Quinlan
National Inst of Standards & Technology, USA

For contributions to optical-to-electrical conversion of ultrashort pulses leading to high-fidelity transfer of optical clock stability to the microwave domain

 

Clara Saraceno
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

For seminal contributions to ultrafast science and technology, as well as outstanding service to the optics community

 

Nanfang Yu
Columbia University, USA

For the invention and development of metasurfaces and their application to imaging and cooling

 

Denise Maria Zezell
Nuclear and Energy Research institute, IPEN - CNEN, São Paulo, Brazil

For significant contributions to photonics education, specifically in laser dentistry, and pioneering biophotonics research in Brazil

 
 

 

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