2012 OSA Fellows
OSA Congratulates the following individuals, who were elected to the rank of Fellow by OSA's Board of Directors at its meeting in October 2011. They will be recognized at conferences throughout 2012. Candidates for the Fellow designation are nominated by current OSA Fellows.
The next deadline for nominations is 15 June 2012. For more information, contact the OSA Awards Office (email awards@osa.org or telephone +1 202.416.1960).
Please join OSA in congratulating your colleagues!
Ali Adibi
Georgia Institute of Technology,
U.S.A.
For numerous contributions in
the fields of integrated nanophotonics,
lab-on-chip sensing and
volume holography.
Ishwar D. Aggarwal
The University of North Carolina
at Charlotte, U.S.A.
For important contributions to
the development and application
of mid-infrared optical fibers
and sources.
John Ballato
Clemson University, U.S.A.
For research on optical and optoelectronic
materials and fibers both directly
and through his formation and
direction of the Center for Optical
Materials Science and Engineering
Technologies at Clemson University.
Harold E. Bedell
The University of Houston College
of Optometry, U.S.A.
For excellence in vision science
education: exceptional teacher,
beloved mentor and insightful
researcher of sensory and oculomotor
mechanisms of vision.
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
The University of Sydney,
Australia
For establishing the field of
astrophotonics, and for pioneering
contributions in photonics
and instrumentation.
Benoît Boulanger
Joseph Fourier University,
Institut Néel, France
For seminal and sustained contributions
to theoretical and experimental
nonlinear optics, especially
the KTP crystal family, metrology
of phase-matching and quasi-phase
matching and pioneering works in
triple photons generation.
Kurt Busch
Humboldt - University of Berlin,
Germany
For seminal contributions to the
theory and modeling of complex
photonic systems, the development
of respective powerful computational
methods and their applications
to light propagation and
light-matter interactions.
Jin-Xing Cai
TE Subsea Communications,
U.S.A.
For outstanding technical contributions
in spectrally efficient
and robust high-speed, long-haul
submarine transmission systems.
Sethumadhavan
Chandrasekhar
Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, U.S.A.
For seminal contributions to
high-performance opto-electronic
integrated circuits, wavelength
division multiplexed transmission
and high-capacity coherent optical
transmission.
Lawrence R. Chen
McGill University, Canada
For contributions to optical fiber
communications, in particular
fiber Bragg gratings, optical
code-division multiple-access
and pulse shaping.
Stephen Y. Chou
Princeton University, U.S.A.
For fundamental contributions to
nanophotonic device patterning
and engineering.
Mark D. Fairchild
Rochester Institute of Technology,
U.S.A.
For significant research and the
education of numerous scientists
and engineers in the fields of color
science and imaging science.
David N. Fittinghoff
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, U.S.A.
For foundational work in optical
field ionization using ultrashort
pulses and innovative engineering
in ultrafast optics and outstanding
contributions to OSA.
Jason W. Fleischer
Princeton University, U.S.A.
For key contributions in
nonlinear optics, including pioneering
experiments in lattice
solitons, optical hydrodynamics
and imaging.
A. Mark Fox
The University of Sheffield, U.K.
For significant contributions to
the linear and nonlinear optical
properties of low-dimensional
and bulk semiconductors.
E. Joseph Friebele
Naval Research Laboratory, U.S.A.
For significant contributions to
the science of radiation effects in
glass and optical fibers and their
underlying defect centers.
Valentin P. Gapontsev
IPG Photonics, U.S.A.
For technical leadership in developing
high-power fiber lasers and
his vision and business leadership
in commercializing high-power
fiber lasers.
Philip Hemmer
Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
For seminal contributions to quantum
logic, magnetic field sensing
and sub-wavelength imaging in
nitrogen-vacancy diamond, slow
and stopped light in solids, efficient
non-linear optics in atomic vapor
and atomic clocks.
Douglas P. Holcomb
LGS Innovations, U.S.A.
For continuing breakthroughs
in the design and optimization
of deployable high power
optical sources for challenging
environments.
Minghui Hong
National University of Singapore,
Singapore
For outstanding contributions to
laser interactions with materials
for the applications in microprocessing
and nanofabrication.
Mary Lou Jepsen
Pixel Qi Corp., Taiwan
For visionary entrepreneurial
and technical leadership of the
One Laptop Per Child program
to develop a rugged, low-cost
educational computer for developing
countries.
Wilhelm G. Kaenders
TOPTICA Photonics AG, Germany
For founding and running successfully
an optical company developing
scientific and industrial grade diode
and fiber-based laser systems as well
as actively serving the optics community
and in particular the OSA.
Magnus Karlsson
Chalmers University of Technology,
Sweden
For pioneering research on the
effects of polarization-mode dispersion
and nonlinearities in optical
fiber communications.
Randall James Knize
The U.S. Air Force Academy,
U.S.A.
For scientific and educational
contributions in the development
of diode pumped alkali
lasers and atomic physics.
Hao-chung Kuo
National Chiao Tung University,
Taiwan
For leadership in high-brightness
light-emitting diode and vertical cavity
surface-emitting laser
education and technology.
Yinchieh Lai
National Chiao Tung University,
Taiwan
For important contributions to
the pioneering development of
quantum soliton theories, experimental/
theoretical investigation
for new types of mode-locked fiber
lasers and novel fiber devices.
Fredrik Laurell
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
(KTH), Sweden
For pioneering contributions to
the development of periodically
poled materials and important
contributions to laser physics and
nonlinear optics.
Kevin K. Lehmann
The University of Virginia, U.S.A.
For his perfection of Cavity Ring-
Down Spectroscopy, an ultrasensitive,
laser-based, gas-phase,
trace-species detection technique,
and for design of robust CRDS
instruments, which operate reliably
in non-laboratory environments.
Miguel Levy
Michigan Technological University,
U.S.A.
For outstanding and fundamental
contributions in the areas of
magneto-optic and opto-electronic
films, and extensions of the theory
and applications of magneto-optic
photonic crystals.
Henri J. Lezec
The National Institute of Standards
and Technology, U.S.A.
For pioneering experimental and
theoretical work in the study of surface
plasmon-polaritons and their
application in nanoscience and in
metamaterials research..
Xingde Li
Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.
For innovative contributions
to biomedical optics, especially
in endomicroscopy and nanobiophotonics
technologies, enabling
translational high-resolution and
molecular imaging.
Luis M. Liz-Marzan
The University of Vigo, Spain
For pioneering works on
nanoparticle plasmonics and
optical sensing.
Lenore McMackin
Inview Technology Corp., U.S.A.
For significant contributions in
basic and applied research in
holographic, tomographic and
imaging systems and for outstanding
contributions to OSA.
Michel Meunier
Ecole Polytechnique de
Montreal, Canada
For fundamentals of laser
materials processing and plasmonics
and their applications
in biomedical, nanotechnology
and microelectronics.
Sergey B. Mirov
The University of Alabama at
Birmingham, U.S.A.
For outstanding contributions to
development of novel vibronic lasers
based on color center crystals
and II-VI wide band semiconductors
doped with transition
metal ions.
Jesper Mørk
The Technical University of
Denmark, Denmark
For contributions to the understanding
of ultrafast dynamics
and slow light in semiconductor
active waveguides and the implications
for lasers and optical
signal processing.
Edward I. Moses
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, U.S.A.
For outstanding technical leadership
of the construction, completion
and use of the world's largest and
most energetic laser system, the
National Ignition Facility.
Sae Woo Nam
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology, U.S.A.
For seminal contributions to the
development of superconducting
single-photon detectors and
photon-number-resolving detectors
and their use in quantum
optics experiments.
Daniel R. Neal
Abbott Laboratories, U.S.A.
For excellence in innovative
technical leadership in
the design and fabrication of
commercially viable wavefront
sensing devices.
Nathan R. Newbury
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology,
U.S.A.
For pioneering contributions to
the development of fiber laser
frequency combs and their application
to spectroscopy, metrology
and LIDAR.
Alan C. Nilsson
Infinera, U.S.A.
For innovative engineering
contributions to analog and
photonic-integrated-circuit (PIC)
based digital fiber optic transmission
systems with significant
commercial impact.
Isao Noda
Procter & Gamble Company, U.S.A.
For developing two-dimensional
infrared correlation spectroscopy,
a method that has been expanded
to other probing methods and
utilized for studying the structurespectrum
correlation for a wide
range of materials.
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto
Tufts University, U.S.A.
For contributions in ultrafast
nonlinear optics, photonic crystal
fibers and for pioneering the development
of silk optical applications
and silk-based photonic structures
and devices.
Miles Padgett
The University of Glasgow, U.K.
For experimental and theoretical
advances in the interplay of
orbital and spin angular momentum
of light and its interaction
with matter.
Loukas Paraschis
Cisco Systems, U.S.A.
For outstanding contributions
to efficient optical networking
architectures and innovative
methodologies to overcome
physical-layer impairments.
Adrian Podoleanu
The University of Kent, U.K.
For major contributions to
the science and engineering of
biomedical optics, including
contributions to optical coherence
tomography, retinal imaging
and adaptive optics.
Clifford R. Pollock
Cornell University, U.S.A.
For significant and seminal
contributions to the development
of novel tunable and ultrafast
laser sources and for continuous
dedication as an educator
to outstanding teaching.
Stephen M. Pompea
The National Optical Astronomy
Observatory, U.S.A.
For advances in the development and
understanding of novel blackbody
and spectrally selective surfaces, and
for leadership in the development of
exemplary national optics education
programs and instructions materials,
including the Hands-On Optics
and Galileoscope educational kits.
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
The University of Queensland,
Australia
For pioneering contributions
in micro and nano laser micromanipulation
including optical
tweezers and atom optics, as well
as nano-optics with applications
in biophotonics.
Colin J.R. Sheppard
The National University of
Singapore, Singapore
For significant contributions in
the areas of confocal, two-photon
and interference microscopy, diffraction
theory of focusing and
three-dimensional imaging;
and Bessel and Gaussian beams
and pulses.
Wei Shi
NP Photonics, Inc., U.S.A.
For exceptional contributions
to monolithic narrow linewidth
pulsed fiber lasers/amplifiers and
fiber-based parametric THz
generation/detection.
Michael Shur
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, U.S.A.
For pioneering contributions
to terahertz optoelectronics.
Dmitry V. Skryabin
The University of Bath, U.K.
For pioneering contributions to
nonlinear optics, particularly
soliton physics and the theory of
pulse propagation and supercontinuum
generation in photonic
crystal fibers.
Sergei K. Turitsyn
Aston University, U.K.
For outstanding contributions to
nonlinear photonics, soliton theory
and pioneering development of
ultra-long fiber lasers.
Réal Vallée
Centre d'Optique Photonique et
Lasers (COPL), Canada
For leadership in expanding
Canadian photonics academic
and research infrastructure and
for significant contributions
in developing the first infrared
fluoride fiber laser.
Niek F. van Hulst
ICFO - Institute of Photonic
Sciences, Spain
For pioneering contributions
to the field of near-field
optics and the development
of optical antennas for
enhanced photo emission.
David M. Villeneuve
National Research Council
of Canada, Canada
For seminal contributions
to the development of high
harmonic spectroscopy and
applying it to problems in
chemical physics.
Alex Vitkin
The University of Toronto, Canada
For significant contributions in biophotonics,
including novel methodologies
in polarized light assessment of
tissues, optical coherence tomography
for microvascular detection, and
optical fiber sensors for treatment
monitoring and guidance.
Ann Von Lehmen
Telecordia, U.S.A.
For technical leadership in
optical networking.
Willem L. Vos
Universiteit Twente,
Netherlands
For seminal contributions,
both theoretical and experimental,
to the understanding
of light propagation and
emission in random and
periodic media.
Stanley E. Whitcomb
LIGO, U.S.A.
For seminal contributions to
the development of large-scale
interferometric gravitational-wave
detectors, in particular in his role
leading the development and successful
commissioning of the Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-wave
Observatory interferometers.
Peter J. Winzer
Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, U.S.A.
For seminal contributions to
optical communications and
data networking, in particular
advanced optical modulation
formats and advanced optical
receiver concepts.
Vladislav V. Yakovlev
Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
For the development of new
nonlinear-optical techniques for
diagnostics and imaging, and
their applications to medicine
and biology.
Vladimir Zakharov
The University of Arizona, U.S.A.
For outstanding contributions to
nonlinear wave theory in optics,
including optical solitons, turbulence
and wave collapses.
Zeev Zalevsky
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
For significant contribution
to the field of optical super
resolved and extended depth
of focus imaging.
Shining Zhu
Nanjing University, China
For contributions in engineering
ferroelectric domain structures
for quasi-phase-matched nonlinear
optics, all solid-state multiwavelength
lasers and quantum
optics applications.
