Honors and Awards

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.