Honors & Awards

Honors and Awards (2021) • M. Brongersma, The Stephen Harris Professor of the School of Engineering, Stanford University, 2020 • J. Vuckovic, Dresselhaus Lecture, MIT, November 2021 • S. Fan, Simons Investigator in Physics, 2021 • S. Fan, The Joseph and Hon Mai Goodman Professor in the School of Engineering, 2021 • A. Alù, S. Fan, Highly Cited Researcher, 2021 • A. Alù, AAAFM-Heeger Award, 2021 • A. Alù, Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists (2021) • A. Alù, Dan Maydan Prize in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2021) • A. Alù, MRS Fellowship (2021) Honors and Awards (2020) • Andrea Alù, Top 10 Breakthrough of the Year in Physics • Andrea Alù, Director of Simons Collaboration on Extreme Wave Phenomena Based on Symmetries • Andrea Alù, 2020 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists (Finalist) • Andrea Alù, National Academy of Inventors Fellowship • Andrea Alù, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship • Mark Brongersma, Director-at-large of the Optical Society Board of Directors • Mark Brongersma, Appointed as the Stephen Harris Professor in the School of Engineering, Stanford University • Hongkun Park, A. R. Gordon Distinguished Lecturer, University of Toronto • Andrea Alù, Mikhail Lukin, Philip Kim, Hongkun Park, Shanhui Fan, Albert Polman, Highly Cited Researchers, the Web of Science Group • Mikhail Lukin, George Gamow Award • Philip Kim, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences • Nader Engheta, Recipient of the 2020 Max Born Award from the Optical Society (OSA) • Nader Engheta, Recipient of the 2020 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics (UK) • Dimitrios Tzarouchis, 2021-2023 Chair-Elect for the OSA Photonic Metamaterials Technical Group • Dimitrios Tzarouchis, 2020 Princeton Pathway to Academy program (all-virtual due to COVID19) • Dimitrios Tzarouchis, 2020 URSI Young Scientist Award, URSI-General Assembly Symposium (GASS), Rome, Italy, 2021 (postponed due to COVID19) • Dimitrios Tzarouchis, Selected to attend the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (postponed for 2021 due to COVID19) • Dimitrios Tzarouchis, Best Doctoral Thesis Award: Best doctoral thesis for the year 2019, School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. • Dimitrios Tzarouchis, 2019 URSI EMTS Young Scientist Award, San Diego, CA, USA. • Dimitrios Tzarouchis, 2019 AGU Radio Science, Top20 most read articles for the year 2017-2018. • Jelena Vuckovic, James P. Gordon Memorial Speaker, the Optical Society • R.Trivedi, Research visit award, The Europe Center and the Stanford Club of Germany's Graduate Research and Internship Program • R.Trivedi, Runner up for Ken Hass Outstanding paper award at APS March Meeting 2020 • Roel Baets received the John Tyndall award in 2020 • Wim Bogaerts was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 2020 Honors and Awards (2019) • Director-at-large of the Optical Society Board of Directors (M. Brongersma) • Co-Chair of Programmable Photonics, IEEE Photonics Summer Topicals 2019 (D. Miller) • International Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (N. Engheta) • Ellis Island Medal of Honor (N. Engheta) • Distinguished Scholar of the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (J. Vuckovic) • IET A. F. Harvey Engineering Research Prize (J. Vuckovic) • A. R. Gordon Distinguished Lecturer, University of Toronto (H. Park) • National Academy of Inventors Fellow (A. Alù) • AAAS Fellow (A. Alù) • IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award (A. Alù) • DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (A. Alù) • Cover of Small 2019 • 2019 Highly Cited Researcher, the Web of Science Group (several PIs) • 2020 Early Career Editorial Advisory Board of APL Photonics (N. Mohammadi Estakhri) • Tenure-track faculty position at University of North Carolina at Charlotte (M. Mencagli) • President’s Graduate Fellowship, National University of Singapore (G. Hu) • CUNY Postdoctoral Travel Award (S. Mann) • Outstanding Chinese Ph.D. Students Studying Abroad (M. Wang) • Many invited, keynote, plenary talks at international conferences ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • National Academy of Sciences (M. Lukin) • Tomassoni-Chisesi Prize (P. Kim) • DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (S. Fan) • Associate editor for ACS Photonics (J. Vuckovic) • Tenure-track position at University of California, Davis (M. Radulaski) • Nano- and Quantum Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University (K. Yang) • 2018 Centennial Teaching Assistant Award for outstanding teaching service in Electrical Engineering department at Stanford University (R. Trivedi) • Director at Large of the Optical Society Board of Directors (M. Brongersma) • Best Thesis Prize from Springer (M. Mencagli) • 2018 Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology from IEEE Nanotechnology Council (N. Engheta) • OSA Executive Committee and Chair of the Awards Committee (M. Brongersma) • Nano- and Quantum Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship (M. Radulaski) • Rising Stars in EECS (M. Radulaski (2017), N. Mohammadi Estakhri (2017, 2018)) • PRL Editor’s Suggestion with Y. Radi, D. Sounas, A. Alù, “Meta-Gratings: Beyond the Limits of Graded Metasurfaces for Wavefront Control,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 067404 (2017) • J. Perczel, J. Borregaard, D. E. Chang, H. Pichler, S. F. Yelin, P. Zoller, M.D. Lukin, “Topological Quantum Optics in Two-Dimensional Atomic Arrays,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 023603 (2017) • A. Krasnok, D. G. Baranov, A. Generalov, S. Li, and A. Alù, “Coherently Enhanced Wireless Power Transfer,” Physical Review Letters 120, 143901 (2018). • Feature Article for A. Raza et al, “ALD assisted nanoplasmonic slot waveguide for on-chip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy”, Applied Physics Letters 3, 116105 (2018) • J. Opt. Editor’s Pick with M. Tymchenko, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, J. Lee, M. A. Belkin, A. Alù, “Highly-Efficient THz Generation Using Nonlinear Plasmonic Metasurfaces,” J. Opt. 19, 104001 (2017) • Cover of Nature Photonics with D. Sounas, A. Alù, “Non- Reciprocal Photonics Based on Time Modulation,” Nature Photon. 11, 774 (2017) • Cover of Nature Electronics with D. L. Sounas, J. Soric, A. Alù, “Broadband Passive Isolators with Large Efficiency Based on Coupled Nonlinear Resonances,” Nature Electronics (2018). • Cover of Advanced Materials with M. Wang, A. Krasnok, T. Zhang, L. Scarabelli, H. Liu, Z. Wu, L. M. Liz- Marzán, M. Terrones, A. Alù, Y. Zheng, “Tunable Fano Resonance and Plasmon-Exciton Coupling in Single Au Nanotriangles on Monolayer WS2 at Room Temperature,” Advanced Materials 30, 1705779 (2018). • News and Views article for P. Y. Chen, M. Sakhdari, M. Hajizadegan, Q. Cui, M. Cheng,El-Ganainy, and A. Alù, “Generalized Parity-Time Symmetry Condition For Enhanced Sensor Telemetry,” Nature Electronics 1, 297 (2018). • 2018, 2017 ISI Highly Cited Researchers: A. Alù, N. Engheta, Fan, P. Kim, M. Lukin, A. Polman • 2017 ICO Prize in Optics (A. Alù) • Fellow of SPIE (A. Alù) • Blavatnik National Award Finalist (2016, 2017, 2018, A. Alù) • IEEE AP-S AdCom (A. Alù) • IUMRS Young Researcher Award (A. Alù) • International USNC-URSI Travel Grant (N. Mohammadi Estakhri) • American Physical Society DMP Postdoc Travel Grant Award (N. Mohammadi Estakhri) • Honorary Doctorate from Ukraine’s National Technical University (N. Engheta) • Honorary Doctorate from University of Stuttgart, Germany (N. Engheta) • Honorary Doctor of Technology from Aalto University, Finland (N. Engheta) • 2017 Beacon of Photonics Industry Award from Photonics Media (N. Engheta) • 2017 William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award from IEEE Photonics Society (N. Engheta) • Fellow of URSI (N. Engheta) • 2017 EPS Research into the Science of Light Prize (A. Polman) • Hans Fischer Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Technical University of Munich, Germany (J. Vuckovic)