Fifty-Four OSA Members Elevated to Rank of Fellow

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 - The Optical Society of America (OSA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that they have elevated 54 members to the rank of fellow. These members will be recognized individually at meetings throughout 2008. A listing of all 54 fellows appears below.

Any regular OSA member who has served with distinction in the advancement of optics is eligible for transfer to the class of fellow. OSA’s Fellows & Honorary Members Committee recommends candidates to the Board of Directors, based on nominations from current fellow members. The number of fellows is limited by the bylaws to 10 percent of the total membership.

OSA Fellows represent the best of the field,” said Rod Alferness, OSA president. “I am proud to honor my colleagues with this distinction and recognize their accomplishments. Their contributions, leadership and dedication have made a dynamic impact on all of us who work in optics and photonics.”

This year’s fellows once again hail from around the globe, 20 of whom are affiliated with institutions outside the United States. Fellows are selected on a variety of criteria such as record of publications related to optics, service to OSA, achievements in optics and management ability.

Following is an alphabetical listing of OSA’s 2008 fellows. Specific information on each fellow’s accomplishments can be found at http://www.osa.org/aboutosa/awards/fellows/recentfellows/2008.aspx .Pierre Agostini, Ohio State University, USAPolina Bayvel, University College London, United KingdomPaul R. Berman, University of Michigan, USATim Birks, University of Bath, United KingdomBrett E. Bouma, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, USAJean Paul Chambaret, Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée LOA/Ecole Polytechnique, FranceAngel Costela, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, SpainMario Dagenais, University of Maryland, USALarry R. Dalton, University of Washington, USACornelia Denz, Universität Münster, GermanyKishan Dholakia, University of St. Andrews, United KingdomYujie J. Ding, Lehigh University, USARonald G. Driggers, U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, USAGary S. Duck, Ventana Management Services, CanadaRichard I. Epstein, Los Alamos National Lab, USAShanhui Fan, Stanford University, USAJames L. Fergason, Fergason Patent Properties, USAF. Javier Garcia de Abajo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, SpainHarald Giessen, University of Stuttgart, GermanyLeonid B. Glebov, University of Central Florida, USASailing He, Zhejiang University, China, and Royal Institute of Technology, SwedenEdwin J. Heilweil, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USARalph B. James, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USAAlex K-Y. Jen, University of Washington, USAFranz X. Kärtner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USAPhilippe Lalanne, CNRS/Laboratoire Charles Fabry de Institut d’Optique, FranceMichael S. Lebby, OIDA, USAMichal Lipson, Cornell University, USASerge Luryi, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USAEric Mazur, Harvard University, USAJohn J. McCann, McCann Imaging, USAArthur R. McGurn, Western Michigan University, USAPaul F. McManamon, Air Force Research Laboratory, USARobert A. Minasian, University of Sydney, AustraliaKenzo Miyazaki, Kyoto University, JapanAlan J. Morrow, BinOptics Corporation, USADavid J. Moss, University of Sydney, AustraliaCharles R. Munnerlyn, VISX, Inc. (retired), USAKyle J. Myers, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USAJohn D. O’Brien, University of Southern California, USAHoward A. Padmore, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USAXiaochuan Pan, The University of Chicago, USAEugene S. Polzik, Niels Bohr Institute, DenmarkEvgeny Popov, Institut Fresnel, FranceMargaret D. Reid, University of Queensland, AustraliaSteven L. Rolston, University of Maryland, USATimothy J. Schulz, Michigan Technological University, USATrevor J. Sears, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University, USABruce W. Shore, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (retired), USAOlav Solgaard, Stanford University, USADonna Strickland, University of Waterloo, CanadaJonathan Tennyson, University College London, United KingdomJeffrey Owen White, Army Research Laboratory, USAAnatoly V. Zayats, The Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom

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