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SPIE Fellows

69 New SPIE Fellows Elected

Each year, SPIE promotes members as new Fellows of the Society. SPIE will honor 69 new Fellows of the Society this year. Fellows are Members of distinction who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the multidisciplinary fields of optics, photonics, and imaging. They are honored for their technical achievement, for their service to the general optics community, and to SPIE in particular. More than 1,000 SPIE members have become Fellows since the Society's inception in 1955.

2013 SPIE Fellows

Prof. Jón Atli Benediktsson

Prof.  Jón Atli Benediktsson

Univ of Iceland , Iceland
for achievements in multi-temporal and hyperspectral remote sensing.
Dr. Aleksey Bolotnikov

Dr.  Aleksey Bolotnikov

Brookhaven National Lab , United States
for achievements in semiconductor devices for single-photon detection and imaging of gamma rays.
Mr. Yan Borodovsky

Mr.  Yan Borodovsky

Intel Corp. , United States
for achievements in optical lithography for semiconductor technology.
Prof. Liliana Braescu

Prof.  Liliana Braescu

Univ de Vest din Timisoara , Romania
for achievements in developing 2D- and 3D- models of crystals for optical devices.
Prof. Shoou-Jinn Chang

Prof.  Shoou-Jinn Chang

National Cheng Kung Univ , Taiwan
for achievements in the area of semiconductor LEDs, LD & Photodetectors.
Dr. Antao Chen

Dr.  Antao Chen

Univ of Washington , United States
for achievements in electro-optic modulators and switches.
Prof. Wood-Hi  Cheng

Prof.  Wood-Hi Cheng

National Sun Yat-Sen Univ , Taiwan
for achievements in packaging photonics devices and modules.
Dr. James Churnside

Dr.  James Churnside

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration , United States
for achievements in outstanding contributions to optical remote sensing.
Prof. Alain Diebold

Prof.  Alain Diebold

Univ at Albany , United States
for achievements in optical metrology for semiconductor manufacturing.
Prof. Zhe Feng

Prof.  Zhe Feng

National Taiwan Univ , Taiwan
for achievements in optical stud on compound semiconductor materials and devices for optoelectronics.
Dr. Maurizio Ferrari

Dr.  Maurizio Ferrari

Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie , Italy
for achievements in synthesis and characterization of rare-earth doped optical materials.
Dr. Robert Fiete

Dr.  Robert Fiete

ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems , United States
for achievements in optical imaging science.
Dr. Andrew Forbes

Dr.  Andrew Forbes

Council for Scientific & Industrial Research , South Africa
for achievements in laser beam shaping and laser resonators.
Dr. Venu Govindaraju

Dr.  Venu Govindaraju

Univ at Buffalo , United States
for achievements in document recognition and retrieval, and biometrics.
Dr. Bo Gu

Prof.  Bo Gu

Consultant , United States
for achievements in lasers, opto-electronics, laser systems and applications.
Prof. Christoph Hitzenberger

Prof.  Christoph Hitzenberger

Medizinische Univ Wien , Austria
for achievements in optical coherence tomography and high resolution imaging of the eye.
Dr. Hong Hua

Dr.  Hong Hua

College of Optical Sciences Univ of Arizona , United States
for achievements in three-dimensional display and imaging technologies and optical engineering.
Dr. Bormin Huang

Dr.  Bormin Huang

Univ of Wisconsin-Madison , United States
for achievements in satellite data compression, high performance computing and remote sensing.
Dr. Vladimir Ilchenko

Dr.  Vladimir Ilchenko

OEwaves Inc , United States
for achievements in fundamental research on microresonators and development of applications.
Dr. Eddie Jacobs

Dr.  Eddie Jacobs

Univ of Memphis , United States
for achievements in imaging system performance.
Dr. Faquir Jain

Dr.  Faquir Jain

University of Connecticut , United States
for achievements in optoelectronics and photonics.
Prof. Jin Kang

Prof.  Jin Kang

Johns Hopkins Univ , United States
for achievements in fiberoptics based micro-surgical instrumentation.
Prof. Raman Kashyap

Prof.  Raman Kashyap

Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal , Canada
for achievements in Fiber Bragg gratings and optical fibers.
Prof. Sean Kirkpatrick

Prof.  Sean Kirkpatrick

Michigan Technological Univ , United States
for achievements in theory and application of laser speckle in biomedical fields.
Prof. Bernard Kress

Prof.  Bernard Kress

Consultant , United States
for achievements in digital micro-optics technology and applications..
Prof. Sridhar Krishnaswamy

Prof.  Sridhar Krishnaswamy

Northwestern Univ , United States
for achievements in nondestructive materials characterization, structural health monitoring & experimental mechanics.
Prof. Franko Kueppers

Prof.  Franko Kueppers

TU Darmstadt , Germany
for achievements in optical networks and photonic telecommunication systems.
Prof. Hao-Chung Kuo

Prof.  Hao-Chung Kuo

National Chiao Tung Univ , Taiwan
for achievements in high brightness LED and VCSEL.
Dr. Kafai Lai

Dr.  Kafai Lai

IBM Corp , United States
for achievements in optical lithography for semiconductor technology.
Prof. Edmund Lam

Prof.  Edmund Lam

Univ of Hong Kong , Hong Kong
for achievements in computational lithography, digital, biomedical, and electronic imaging.
Prof. Luke Lester

Prof.  Luke Lester

The Univ of New Mexico , United States
for achievements in optoelectronics and semiconductor lasers.
Prof. Raúl Martín-Palma

Prof.  Raúl Martín-Palma

Univ Autonoma de Madrid , Spain
for achievements in optical/optoelectronic properties of nanomaterials, especially porous silicon.
Prof. Dennis Matthews

Prof.  Dennis Matthews

UC Davis Medical Ctr , United States
for achievements in biophotonics innovation and commercialization.
Dr. James McNally

Dr.  James McNally

Applied Technology Associates , United States
for achievements in entrepreneurship that led to innovations in spectroscopy-based medical diagnostics.
Dr. Anna Mignani

Dr.  Anna Mignani

Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara , Italy
for achievements in optical fibre sensing, notably for chemical and biological measurements.
Prof. Juan Carlos Miñano

Prof.  Juan Carlos Miñano

Univ Politécnica de Madrid , Spain
for achievements in nonimaging optics.
Prof. Vladimir Mitin

Prof.  Vladimir Mitin

Univ at Buffalo , United States
for achievements in nanoengineering.
Prof. Haldun Ozaktas

Prof.  Haldun Ozaktas

Bilkent Univ , Turkey
for achievements in the areas of optical and signal processing.
Prof. Aydogan Ozcan

Prof.  Aydogan Ozcan

Univ of California Los Angeles , United States
for achievements in bio-photonics technologies impacting telemedicine applications and global health.
Prof. Miles Padgett

Prof.  Miles Padgett

Univ of Glasgow , United Kingdom
for achievements in mechanical properties of EM fields including linear and angular momenta of light.
Dr. Keith Paulsen

Dr.  Keith Paulsen

Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth , United States
for achievements in multi-modality medical imaging technologies in cancer.
Prof. Qibing Pei

Prof.  Qibing Pei

Univ of California Los Angeles , United States
for achievements in smart materials.
Prof. Gang-Ding Peng

Prof.  Gang-Ding Peng

Univ. of New South Wales , Australia
for achievements in photonics and optical fiber technology.
Dr. Stephen Pompea

Dr.  Stephen Pompea

National Optical Astronomy Observatory , United States
for achievements in spectrally selective surfaces, the Galileoscope, education, stray Light, and optical instruments.
Dr. Kevin Priddy

Dr.  Kevin Priddy

Air Force Research Lab , United States
for achievements in optical engineering - new paradigm in optical sensing - wide area motion imagery.
Prof. Nimmi Ramanujam

Prof.  Nimmi Ramanujam

Duke Univ , United States
for achievements in biophotonics technologies applied to cancer detection and imaging.
Dr. Rajeshuni Ramesham

Dr.  Rajeshuni Ramesham

Jet Propulsion Lab , United States
for achievements in microwave plasma growth and processing of artificial diamond.
Dr. Bryan Rice

Dr.  Bryan Rice

SEMATECH North , United States
for achievements in technical and strategic leadership in the development of lithography.
Prof. Martin Richardson

Prof.  Martin Richardson

CREOL, Univ of Central Florida , United States
for achievements in advances in the understanding and the applications of laser-matter interactions.
Prof. David Sampson

Prof.  David Sampson

Univ of Western Australia , Australia
for achievements in biomedical optics: OCT and holographic microscopy.
Prof. Ifor Samuel

Prof.  Ifor Samuel

Univ of St Andrews , United Kingdom
for achievements in organic optoelectronics.
Dr. Jasbinder Sanghera

Dr.  Jasbinder Sanghera

US Naval Research Lab , United States
for achievements in optical materials, especially infrared transmitting glasses, glass-ceramics.
Prof. Tae Seong

Prof.  Tae Seong

Korea University , Korea
for achievements in compound semiconductor materials characterization, processing, and devices.
Dr. Gaurav Sharma

Dr.  Gaurav Sharma

Univ of Rochester , United States
for achievements in color and digital imaging.
Dr. Lu-Ping Shi

Dr.  Lu-Ping Shi

A*STAR - Data Storage Institute , Singapore
for achievements in optical storage.
Prof. Sivalingam Sivananthan

Prof.  Sivalingam Sivananthan

Univ of Illinois at Chicago , United States
for achievements in the development of II-VI infrared detectors and photovoltaic technology.
Dr. Ephraim Suhir

Dr.  Ephraim Suhir

Consultant , United States
for achievements in structural mechanics and packaging of photonics devices.
Prof. Dacheng Tao

Prof.  Dacheng Tao

Univ of Technology, Sydney , Austria
for achievements in electronic imaging, image and video processing, and optical pattern recognition.
Prof. Thomas Thundat

Prof.  Thomas Thundat

Univ of Alberta , Canada
for achievements in microcantilever sensors, photothemal/photoacoustic sensing using cantilevers.
Prof. Jie Tian

Prof.  Jie Tian

Institute of Automation , China
for achievements in optical molecular imaging.
Dr. David Ting

Dr.  David Ting

Jet Propulsion Lab , United States
for achievements in infrared detectors.
Prof. Rick Trebino

Prof.  Rick Trebino

Georgia Institute of Technology , United States
for achievements in research in ultrashort laser pulse measurement and general optics contributions.
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann

Prof.  Andreas Tünnermann

Fraunhofer-IOF , Germany
for achievements in high power continuous and pulsed fiber lasers.
Prof. Carmen Vazquez

Prof.  Carmen Vazquez

Univ Carlos III de Madrid , Spain
for achievements in fiber-optics and integrated optics devices for sensors and WDM networks.
Prof. Alex Vitkin

Prof.  Alex Vitkin

Ontario Cancer Institute PMH , Canada
for achievements in biomedical optics and biophotonics.
Prof. Ruikang Wang

Dr.  Ruikang Wang

Univ of Washington , United States
for achievements in biomedical optics.
Prof. Warren Warren

Prof.  Warren Warren

Duke University , United States
for achievements in biomedical photonics.
Dr. Brian Wong

Dr.  Brian Wong

Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic , United States
for achievements in biomedical optics for head & neck surgery and otolaryngology.
Prof. Qiwen Zhan

Prof.  Qiwen Zhan

Univ of Dayton , United States
for achievements in space variant polarization engineering.

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