News | December 21, 2010

Sixty-Four OSA Members Elevated To Rank Of Fellow

The Optical Society (OSA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that 64 OSA members have been elected as the newest class of OSA Fellow Members. These esteemed Fellows will be recognized individually at meetings throughout 2011. A listing of all 64 Fellows appears below.

Any regular OSA member who has significantly contributed to the advancement of optics is eligible for election to the rank of Fellow. Drawing from nominations from current Fellows, OSA's Fellows & Honorary Members Committee recommends candidates to the Board of Directors. The number of Fellows is limited to no more than 10 percent of total OSA membership.

"OSA Fellows consistently demonstrate their strong leadership in the field of optics and photonics by pioneering innovative research and new technologies," said OSA President James C. Wyant. "These talented individuals contribute invaluable knowledge and discoveries to the field. On behalf of OSA, I extend my appreciation to the new Fellows for their hard work and congratulate them on their accomplishments."

This year's Fellows illustrate the significant work being done in optics and photonics all around the globe; nearly 40 percent of OSA's newly selected Fellows reside outside of the United States. Fellows are selected on a variety of criteria, such as record of significant publications or patents related to optics, service to OSA or the global optics community, achievements in optics, and management ability.

Following is an alphabetical listing of OSA's 2011 Fellows. Specific information on each Fellow's accomplishments can be found on the Awards and Grants section of OSA's website.

  • Abdul Ahad S. Awwal, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
  • Ady Arie, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
  • Alex Cable, Thorlabs, Inc., USA
  • Alexander A. Balandin, University of California, Riverside, USA
  • Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy, Sun Labs, Oracle, USA
  • Boris Luk'yanchuk, Data Storage Institute, Singapore
  • Brian H. Kolner, University of California, Davis, USA
  • Cesare Paolo Umeton, Universita della Calabria, Italy
  • Charles H. Cox III, Photonic Systems, Inc., USA
  • Charles YC Lee, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA
  • Chris Xu, Cornell University, USA
  • Claire Xiang-Guang Gu, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
  • Detlef Kip, Helmut Schmidt University, Germany
  • Duncan L. MacFarlane, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
  • Elisabeth Giacobino, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Ecole Normal Supérieure, CNRS, France
  • Ewa M. Goldys, Macquarie University, Australia
  • Fetah Benabid, University of Bath, UK, and CNRS, France
  • François C. Delori, Schepens Eye Research Institute, USA
  • Frédéric Merkt, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Gang-Ding Peng, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Gary Brooker, Johns Hopkins University, USA
  • George Barbastathis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
  • Hugo E. Hernandez-Figueroa, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
  • Igor Vurgaftman, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Ilias E. Perakis, University of Crete, Greece
  • James H. Burge, University of Arizona, USA
  • Jonathan Knight, University of Bath, UK
  • Jongmin Lee, Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea
  • Joseph Nilsen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
  • Karl M. Krushelnick, University of Michigan, USA
  • Kenneth E. Moore, Zemax Development Corporation, USA
  • Krishna Bala, Oclaro, Inc., USA
  • Lahsen Assoufid, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
  • Lakshmin S. Tamil, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
  • Leslie A. Kolodziejski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
  • Luc Thévenaz, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Mahendra Prasad Kothiyal, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
  • Mario C. Marconi, Colorado State University, USA
  • Mark Dubinskii, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA
  • Mark I. Stockman, Georgia State University, USA
  • Michael H. Eiselt, ADVA Optical Networking AG, Germany
  • Myung Kim, University of South Florida, USA
  • Natalia M. Litchinitser, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
  • Nicholas J. Frigo, U.S. Naval Academy, USA
  • Nir Davidson, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
  • Phillip Sprangle, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Pietro Ferraro, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Italy
  • R. Edward English, Jr., L-3 Communications, Cincinnati Electronics, USA
  • Rafael Piestun, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
  • Randy A. Bartels, Colorado State University, USA
  • Roberto Morandotti, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique – Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Canada
  • Selim M. Shahriar, Northwestern University, USA
  • Shibin Jiang, AdValue Photonics, Inc., USA
  • Stefan A. Maier, Imperial College London, UK
  • Sterling Backus, KMLabs, USA
  • Upendra Nath Singh, NASA Langley Research Center, USA
  • Viktor Evtuhov, USA
  • William Shieh, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Xiang Liu, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
  • Xiangdong Zhu, University of California, Davis, USA
  • Xiaoyi Bao, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Yasuhiko Arakawa, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Yong-Hee Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea
  • Young-Kai (Y-K) Chen, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

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SOURCE: The Optical Society (OSA)