2023 Award Honorees

2023 IEEE Photonics Society Award Recipients

The IEEE Photonics Society Awards recognize the outstanding achievements and accomplishments of members and individuals from the photonics community-at-large who advance technology in the Society’s fields of interest. The Awards rely on the expertise and support of members, volunteers, and nominators to ensure colleagues’ achievements and technological advancements are honored. 

The IEEE Photonics Society is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 IEEE Photonics Society Awards.

Monday, 13 November 2023

IPS Awards Banquet • 7:00-9:00 • Pavilion

Javier Garcia Monreal
For eminent impact to the field of laser based enhanced remote bio-sensing and its usage for photonic medical diagnosis.

Zeev Zalevsky
For eminent impact to the field of laser based enhanced remote bio-sensing and its usage for photonic medical diagnosis.

Jens Hofmann
For bringing companies and institutes together in innovative programs that enable career changes into photonics.

Simon Poole

For outstanding contributions to the translation of photonic ideas into successful commercial products and demonstration of entrepreneurial leadership in introducing innovative solutions to the market.

Lin Chang
For the development of highly nonlinear ultra-low loss photonic platforms.

Carmen S. Menoni

For leading contributions to the science and application of amorphous oxide coatings to gravitational wave detectors and ultrahigh intensity lasers, as well as exemplary leadership in championing for the inclusion of students and young professionals.

IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members who have achieved extraordinary accomplishments in an IEEE field of interest(s) and are deemed fitting of the prestigious grade elevation.

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The IEEE Photonics Society is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarships. Join us in congratulating the following honorees:

Essam Berikaa
McGill University

Junjie Ding
Fudan University

Yuxi Fang
Nankai University

Tatsuki Ishijima
Tokyo Metropolitan University

Santosh Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology, Indore

Michal Lipka
University of Warsaw

Arpita Mishra
Indian Institute of Science

Shubhanshi Sharma
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Zixian Wei
McGill University

Norita Mohd Yusoff
Universiti Putra Malaysia

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

President's Reception • 7:00-9:00 (Invitation Only)

Nicolas K. Fontaine
For outstanding contributions to the mentorship and education of students and young professionals.

TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2023

Plenary Session I • 3:30-5:15 • Citron Ballroom

T. Paul Chow
For demonstrating the world’s first GaN based, monolithically integrated LED/MOSFET devices for use in lighting, displays and communication systems.

Shinji Matsuo
For contributions to ultra-high speed, low power consumption membrane lasers and their heterogeneous integration.

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Plenary Session II • 3:30-5:15 • Citron Ballroom

Alwyn J. Seeds
For pioneering developments in microwave photonic devices and systems, leading to successful commercialization of wireless-over-fiber for 5G+ cellular communication.

Hoi-Kwong Lo
For establishing the theoretical and experimental foundation for practical quantum cryptography and quantum network.