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Award and Honors Committees


Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize Committee

  • Saša Bajt, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Germany, Past Chair
  • Aref Chowdhury, Nokia Corporation, United States
  • Juerg Leuthold, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Claudio Mazzali, Corning Research & Development Corp, United States
  • Alan E Willner, University of Southern California, United States

    • Esther Hoffman Beller Medal Committee

  • Nataliia Mysko-Krutik, Resolv, RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM, Germany, Chair
  • Danuta M Sampson, University of Western Australia, Australia, Past Chair
  • Julio C Gutierrez-Vega, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
  • Katarzyna Iwona Komolibus, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
  • Chih-Lung Lin, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
  • Rick Trebino, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    • Max Born Award Committee

  • Demetrios N Christodoulides, University of Southern California, United States, Chair
  • Ebrahim Karimi, University of Ottawa, Canada, Past Chair
  • Saswatee Banerjee, Facebook Research Lab, Cork, United States
  • Jean Dalibard, College de France, France
  • Angela Louise Dudley, CSIR National Laser Centre, South Africa
  • Paulina S Kuo, National Inst of Standards & Technology, United States

    • Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award Committee

  • Hannah Walter, Optica, United States, Past Chair
  • Abbi Ajayi, Optica, United States
  • Melanie C W Campbell, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Anderson S. L Gomes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Anthony M Johnson, University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States

    • Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award Committee

  • Rebecca R Richards-Kortum, Rice University, United States, Chair
  • Arjun G Yodh, University of Pennsylvania, United States, Past Chair
  • Francesca Bragheri, Istituto di Fotonica Nanotecnologie CNR, Italy
  • Santosh Kumar, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, India
  • Steven Leonard Neale, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Nirmala Ramanujam, Duke University, United States
  • Peter John Reece, University of New South Wales, Australia

    • Fellow Members Committee

  • Alice E White, Boston University, United States, Chair
  • Alice E White, Boston University, United States, Past Chair
  • Mete Atature, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Antonella Bogoni, CNIT, Italy
  • Yung-Fu Chen, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
  • Garrett David Cole, Thorlabs Inc, United States
  • John D Downie, Corning Inc., United States
  • Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Simin Feng, US Office of Naval Research, United States
  • Pietro Ferraro, Institute of Intelligent Systems ISASI, Italy
  • Maria Angela Franceschini, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
  • Andrea Fratalocchi, King Abdullah Univ of Sci & Technology, Saudi Arabia
  • Lakshminarayan Hazra, University of Calcutta, India
  • Seongsin Margaret Kim, University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), United States
  • Fumio Koyama, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
  • Martin J Leahy, University of Galway, Ireland, Ireland
  • Amalia Martinez-Garcia, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica AC, Mexico
  • Cristina Masoller, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • Kyle J Myers, Food and Drug Administration, United States
  • Paolo Alberto Nussenzveig, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Jae-Hyeung Park, Seoul National University, Republic Of Korea
  • Anna Claire Peacock, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Takashi Saida, NTT Corporation, Japan
  • Ranjan Singh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Eric A Swanson, United States
  • Simon Thibault, Université Laval, Canada
  • Dora van Veen, Nokia Corporation, United States
  • Guillaume G Vienne, Unity Semiconductor, France
  • Jun Shan Wey, Verizon Communications Inc, United States
  • Ulrike K Woggon, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
  • Hans Zappe, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
  • Xuezhe Zheng, Innolight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd, China

    • Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award Committee

  • Kristy Dalzell, Raytheon ELCAN Optical Technologies, Canada
  • Zhihong Huang, Hewlett Packard laboratories, United States
  • Toshio Morioka, DTU Electro, Denmark

    • Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize Committee

  • Demetri Psaltis, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, Past Chair
  • Tristan Kremp, Lightera, United States
  • Michel Meunier, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
  • Jyrki Saarinen, Univ Eastern Finland Ctr Photonics Sci, Finland
  • Beate Sauter, Lumics GmbH, Germany
  • Shobha Shukla, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
  • Esteban Vera, Pontificia Univ Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile

    • Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award Committee

  • Daniela Dragoman, Universitatea din Bucuresti, Romania
  • Paul F McManamon, Exciting Technology LLC, United States

    • Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award Committee

  • Andrea Blanco-Redondo, University of Central Florida, CREOL, United States, Chair
  • Lluis Torner, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain, Past Chair
  • Monica S Allen, US Air Force Research Laboratory, United States
  • Martin D. Dawson, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
  • William Green, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, United States
  • Evelyn Hu, Harvard University, United States
  • Wei Li, Changchun Inst of Optic, Fine Mech & Phy, China

    • Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award Committee

  • Anna Consortini, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy, Chair
  • Cristina Masoller, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain, Past Chair
  • Amy Eskilson, Inrad Optics, United States
  • Jungwon Kim, Korea Advanced Inst of Science & Tech, Republic Of Korea
  • Carlos Lopez-Mariscal, Underwater Photonics, Mexico
  • Anna Sytchkova, ENEA, Italy

    • Edwin Land Medal Committee

  • Bettina Heise, RECENDT, Austria, Chair
  • Pablo Artal, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
  • Ann E Elsner, Aeon Imaging LLC, United States
  • Graham D Finlayson, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
  • David R Gerwe, The Boeing Company, United States
  • Elaine Jin, Rivian Automotive Inc, United States
  • Scott M Silence, Corning Inc., United States

    • Sang Soo Lee Award Committee

  • Ajoy K Ghatak, IIT Delhi, India
  • John James Healy, University College Dublin, Ireland
  • Seok Ho Song, Hanyang University, Republic Of Korea
  • Marija Strojnik, Optical Research, Mexico

    • Emmett N. Leith Medal Committee

  • Wolfgang Osten, Universität Stuttgart, Germany, Past Chair
  • Min Gu, Univ of Shanghai for Science &Technology, China
  • Kristina M Johnson, Ohio State University, United States
  • Lenore McMackin, Aurora Innovation Inc., United States
  • Elisabet Perez Cabre, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

    • Ellis Lippincott Award Committee

  • Karl S Booksh, University of Delaware, United States
  • Peter Hamm, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
  • Igor K Lednev, State University of New York at Albany, United States

    • Adolph Lomb Medal Committee

  • Felipe Beltran-Mejia, UFABC, Brazil, Past Chair
  • Kathleen Adelsberger, Avigilon Corporation, Canada
  • Vyas Akondi, IISER Berhampur, India
  • Neda Baktash, Coherent Corp, United Kingdom
  • Margaret Zoila Dominguez, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States
  • Arnan Mitchell, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
  • Aleksandra Radenovic, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Myoung-Gyun Suh, NTT Research Inc., United States

    • Leonard Mandel Quantum Optics Award Committee

  • David L Andrews, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
  • Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, Nokia Bell Labs France, France
  • Michael G Raymer, University of Oregon, United States
  • Margaret Reid, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
  • Juan P Torres, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain

    • C.E.K. Mees Medal Committee

  • Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, University of Queensland, Australia, Past Chair
  • Venu Gopal Achanta, National Physical Laboratory (India), India
  • Konstantin Y Bliokh, Donostia International Physics Center, Spain
  • Young-Kai Chen, Coherent Corp, United States
  • Sophie LaRochelle, Université Laval, Canada

    • William F. Meggers Award Committee

  • Tatiana Novikova, Ecole Polytechnique, France, Chair
  • Anne Myers Kelley, University of California Merced, United States, Past Chair
  • Christopher Manning, Manning Applied Technologies, United States
  • Madhavi Martin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States
  • Sune R Svanberg, Lunds Universitet, Sweden
  • Xi-Cheng Zhang, University of Rochester, United States
  • Dan Zhu, Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics, China

    • David Richardson Medal Committee

  • John Canning, Laseire Pty Ltd, Australia, Past Chair
  • Abdelfatah Benabid, XLIM UMR CNRS - UNIVERSITE / AVRUL, France
  • Katherine Creath, Optineering, United States
  • Benjamin Cromey, BAE Systems North America, United States
  • Ravi K Jain, United States
  • Henning Rehn, Consultant, Switzerland
  • Paul Westbrook, Lightera OFS Laboratories, United States

    • Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award Committee

  • Heejoo Choi, Univ of Arizona, Coll of Opt Sciences, United States, Chair
  • Paul K Manhart, Mission Support and Test Services LLC, United States, Past Chair
  • Sarah Lukes, Agile Focus Designs, United States
  • Yakov G Soskind, Coherent Photonics LLC, United States
  • Perla Marlene Viera Gonzalez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

    • Edgar Tillyer Award Committee

  • David H Brainard, University of Pennsylvania, United States, Chair
  • Manuel Spitschan, Max-Planck-Inst Biologische Kybernetik, Germany, Past Chair
  • Alberto de Castro, Consejo Sup Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
  • Mary A Johnson, University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States
  • Marco Lombardo, Vision Engineering Italy, Italy
  • Maria S Millan, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • Shoji Tominaga, Tominaga Lab, Japan

    • Charles Hard Townes Medal Committee

  • Olga Kocharovskaya, Texas A&M University, United States, Chair
  • Peter K Fritschel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, Past Chair
  • Seunghoon Han, Samsung Electronics, Republic Of Korea
  • Laura M Lechuga, Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotec, Spain
  • Valdas Pasiskevicius, Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan, Sweden
  • Xiaojun Wu, Beihang University, China

    • Treasurer's Award Committee

  • George Bayz, Oakshire Partners, United States, Chair
  • Sean Bagshaw, Optica, United States
  • Barbara Bullock, Optica, United States
  • P. Scott Carney, University of Rochester, United States
  • Genaro Montanez, Optica, United States
  • Elizabeth Nolan, Optica, United States
  • Lauren Parr, Optica, United States
  • Jose Pozo, Optica, Netherlands

    • John Tyndall Award Committee

  • Ming-Jun Li, Corning Inc., United States, Chair
  • James J Coleman, University of Texas at Arlington, United States
  • Nicolas K Fontaine, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
  • Fotini Karinou, Microsoft, United Kingdom
  • Carmen S Menoni, Colorado State University, United States
  • Vittorio M N Passaro, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

    • Herbert Walther Award Committee

  • Antonio Zelaquett Khoury, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil, Past Chair
  • Massimo Inguscio, European Lab for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Italy
  • Amy S Mullin, University of Maryland at College Park, United States

    • R.W. Wood Prize Committee

  • David Novoa, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain, Chair
  • Félicie Albert, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States, Past Chair
  • Nicholas J Croglio, Northrop Grumman Space Systems, United States
  • Yi-Hsin Lin, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
  • Peter J Nordlander, Rice University, United States
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