SPIE Awards Listing and Winners

CURRENT WINNER:

Michael Berns
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, Irvine, California, United States

An individual who, in the opinion of the President and the Board of Directors, has rendered a unique and meritorious service of outstanding benefit to the Society.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Tuan Vo-Dinh
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States

An individual who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, has rendered a significant service of outstanding benefit to the Society.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Julie Bentley
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States

Outstanding discoveries, scientific and technical achievements, or inventions in the field of optics.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Thomas Ebbesen
University of Strasbourg, Institute for Advanced Study, Strasbourg Cedex, France

Outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of biomedical optics through the development of innovative, high impact technologies.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Bruce Tromberg
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Extraordinary achievements in biophotonics technology development that show strong promise or potential impact in biology, medicine, and biomedical optics.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Bert Müller
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Outstanding accomplishments in diffractive wavefront technologies, especially those that further the development of holography and metrology applications.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Gabriel Popescu
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States

Outstanding contributions to promoting diversity in the education, training and participation of women and/or minorities in optics, photonics, electro-optics, or imaging technologies or applications.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Qaisar Naqvi
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Significant and innovative technical contributions in the engineering or scientific fields of relevance to SPIE, recognizing excellence in academia.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Lionel Clermont
Ctr Spatial de Liège, Liege, Belgium

Significant and innovative technical contributions in the engineering or scientific fields of relevance to SPIE, recognizing excellence in academia.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Bhavin Shastri
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Outstanding and sustained contributions to laser source science and technology at the highest level.

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CURRENT WINNER:

William Krupke
WFK Lasers LLC, Pleasanton, California, United States

Outstanding contributions to optics education by an SPIE instructor or an educator in the field.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Rajpal Sirohi
University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama, United States

 

Outstanding contributions to optical or photonic techniques in the application and understanding of high speed physical phenomena.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Mona Jarrahi
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, Los Angeles, California, United States

Outstanding accomplishments in medical imaging.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Maryellen Giger
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Outstanding accomplishments in microlithographic technology, especially those furthering the development of semiconductor lithographic imaging solutions.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Harry Levinson
HJL Lithography, Saratoga, California, United States

Significant achievement in the field of optical design.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Exceptional contributions in design, construction, testing and theory of optical and illumination systems and instrumentation.  No Award presented in 2022.

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CURRENT WINNER: None in 2022

Exceptional contribution to the field of optical metrology. The award may be presented for a specific achievement, development, or invention of significant importance to optical metrology, or may be given for lifetime achievement.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Juergen W. Czarske
Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Exceptional contribution to the field of optical polarization.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Alex Vitkin
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Outstanding contributions to the field of photonics and the development of innovative, high impact technologies.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Exceptional achievement in optical or photonic technology or instrumentation for earth or planetary or astronomical science, reconnaissance or surveillance from airborne or space platforms.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Michelle S. Stephens
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Outstanding technical accomplishment in optics, electro-optics, photonic engineering, or imaging.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Ge Wang
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States

Authorship of an outstanding book in the field of optics and photonics, published in the last six years, that has contributed significantly to research, teaching, or the optics and photonics industry.

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CURRENT WINNER:

Paul McManamon

Exiting Technology LLC, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States