OSA Members in the News - 2009

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December 2009

• Prem Kumar, Founder and CEO of NuCrypt, Announces Demonstration of Physical-layer Quantum Encryption for the Air Force

November 2009

• Greg Salamo, University of Arkansas Physicist, Named Arkansas Professor of the Year

October 2009

• Robert L. Byer Named Chairman of The Board by Mobius Photonics

September 2009

• Ravi Athale Gives NOVA Science Seminar on ‘Cameras We Cannot Picture’
• Radha Nagarajan Named Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology
• William Phillips to Deliver Lecture on Time and Einstein

August 2009

• Kennedy Reed Wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering Mentoring
• Roger Stolen Elected to Russian Academy of Sciences

July 2009

• John Bowers Selected as First Fred Kavli Chair in Nanotechnology at UCSB
• Stephen Fleming Chosen to Head Enterprise Innovation Institute

June 2009

• Tingye Li Wins IEEE Edison Medal
• Alan E. Willner to join GigOptix Advisory Board

May 2009

• Kristina Johnson and other DOE Nominees Confirmed by the Senate
• Alain Aspect Wins European Physical Society Senior Prize in Quantum Electronics and Optics
• Ian Spielman Named Finalist for 2009 Service to America Award
• Arjun G. Yodh Named Director of Penn's Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
• OSA Treasurer Steve Fantone Receives 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Rochester
• David R. Williams Named Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• James C. Bergquist Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
• Laurin Mourns President

April 2009

• Shirley Ann Jackson Named to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
• Jannick Rolland Named Brian J. Thompson Professor in Optical Engineering at University of Rochester

March 2009

• Kristina M. Johnson Nominated as Undersecretary at the Department of Energy by President Obama
• Ben Eggleton Named Director at University of Sydney’s Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS)

February 2009

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