SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, the highest rank and honor bestowed on University of Connecticut faculty, 2004-

The Quantum Electronics and Optics Prize for Applied Aspects by the European Physical Society (2015)

Editorial Board Member, Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Journal (ranked number 1 among all electrical engineering journals), January 2007-2015

Advisory Board Member, the IEEE Photonics Journal, 2013-present

George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) Hall of Fame Award, the university’s highest honor for its alumni in engineering, 2016.

Research Excellence Award, The American Association for University Professors (AAUP), 2012

Board of Directors, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), Elected Member, 2008-2011.

Invited Speaker, The Frontiers of Engineering Conference. Selected in 2003 as one of the nation’s top 160 engineers between the ages of 30-45 by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Member, Frontiers of Engineering Alumni, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2003-

George Washington University Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award, the university’s highest honor for its alumni in all disciplines, 2010

John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship Award, 2008

Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Prize) for senior international scientists presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2007.

 2008 Donald G. Fink Paper Prize, awarded by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) among all (over 150) IEEE Transactions, Journals, and Magazines

Technology Achievement Award from the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) in 2008

Dennis Gabor Award in Diffractive Wave Technologies, The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), 2005

Founding Editorial Board Member, The Journal of Display Technology, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)/Optical Society of 2004-2010

Fellow:   The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1998-

               Optical Society of America (OSA), 1996-

               The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), 1993-

               Institute of Physics (IoP), 2006-

               European Optical Society (EoS), 2010-

      American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2006-

      Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T), 2006-

National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990