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FiO 2021

Optica, the Optica Foundation, and APS Division of Laser Science are pleased to recognize and celebrate the achievements of several award and honor recipients during FiO. Please enjoy the FIO LS Awards Ceremony.

Ceremony Program

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Introduction

Connie Chang-Hasnain, 2021 Optica President

Optica Awards and Honors

Optica’s Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize

Federico Capasso, Harvard University, USA

Optica Honorary Members

Milton M T Chang, Incubic, LLC, USA
Erich P Ippen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Optica Awards & Medals

Edwin Land Medal, Joseph A. Izatt, Duke University, USA
Adolph Lomb Medal, Laura Waller, University of California Berkeley, USA
C.E.K. Mees Medal, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, University of Queensland, Australia
R. W. Wood Prize, Tobias Kippenberg, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Esther Hoffman Beller Medal, Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College, USA
Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award, Anthony M. Johnson, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA
Treasurer's Award, Kelly Cohen, Optica Publishing Group, USA
Treasurer's Award, Terence Rooney, Optica, USA
Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award, Pierre Chavel, Institut d'Optique, France
Max Born Award, Anne L'Huillier, Lund University, Sweden
Nick Holonyak Jr. Award, Martin D. Dawson, University of Strathclyde and Fraunhofer, UK
Emmett N. Leith Medal, Bahram Javidi, University of Connecticut, USA
Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award, Infinera's Optical Innovation Team, USA
Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize, Zeev Zalevsky, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
David Richardson Medal, Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh, ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences & ICREA-Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain
Edgar D. Tillyer Award, David H. Brainard, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award, Arjun Yodh, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Ellis R. Lippincott Award, Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
William F. Meggers Award, Keith Nelson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Optica Fellows

Optica & Optica Foundation Recognitions

Introduction
Eric Mazur, Optica Foundation Chair

Diversity & Inclusion Recognition

Fujitsu Network Communications, USA
ICFO, Spain

Optica Foundation Recognitions

Ivan P. Kamniow Early Career Professional Prize, Brandon Buscaino, Stanford University, USA
Harvey Pollicove Memorial Scholarship, Tyler Peterson, University of Arizona, USA
Milton and Rosalind Chang Pivoting Fellowship, Madison Rilling, Optonique, Québec’s Photonics Cluster, Canada

APS Division of Laser Science Honors

Introduction
Randy Bartels, APS DLS Chair

APS Fellows

Carl E. Anderson Division of Laser Science Dissertation Award

Closing Remarks

Sujatha Ramanujan, 2021 Optica Awards Council Chair

Selection and Review Committee Thank You and Credits