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Honors and Awards

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  • Member, the National Academy of Engineering, elected 2024.
    • 'For showing that "the coldness of space" relative to Earth can be a major energy source for humankind.'
  • The R. W. Wood Prize from Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America), 2022.
    • "For foundational discoveries in photonics, ranging from resonator, topological, and non-reciprocal photonics to energy applications including the discovery of daytime radiative cooling based on a new kind of energy source." 
  • Simons Investigator in Physics, 2021.
  • Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from the U. S. Department of Defense, 2017.
  • The Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in the Field of Physics, since 2015.
  • Fellow, IEEE, elected 2010.
    • For “contributions to nanophotonics”.  
  • Fellow, SPIE, elected 2009. 
  • Fellow, the American Physical Society, elected 2008.
    • For “contributions to the theory and applications of nanophotonic structures and devices, including photonic crystals, plasmonics and meta-materials.”
  • Fellow, the Optical Society of America (now Optica), elected 2007.
    • “For many deep and creative contributions to physics, analysis, and novel devices in semiconductor, dielectric and metallic optical nanostructures”.
  • The Adolph Lomb Medal,  the Optical Society of America (now Optica), 2007.
    • “For fundamental work in nano-photonic structures”.
  • The W. O. Baker Award for Initiative in Research, the U. S. National Academy of Sciences, 2007.
    • “For innovative research on the theory and applications of photonic crystal devices”.
  • David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2003.
  • National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2002.