Federico Capasso received the doctor of Physics degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Rome, Italy, in 1973 and after doing research in fiber optics at Fondazione Bordoni in Rome, joined Bell Labs in 1976. In 1984, he was made a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff and in 1997 a Bell Labs Fellow. In addition to his research activity Capasso has held several management positions at Bell Labs including Head of the Quantum Phenomena and Device Research Department and the Semiconductor Physics Research Department (1987–2000) and Vice President of Physical Research (2000–2002). He joined Harvard on January 1, 2003.

AWARDS:
Duddell Medal and Prize (2002)
Edison Medal (2004)
SPIE Gold Medal (2013)
Balzan Prize (2016)
Matteucci Medal (2019) Citations (Google Scholar): Over 100 000 H-index (Google Scholar): Over 150 Publications: Over 500 peer-reviewed journals Patents: Over 70 US patents Key achievements: Bandstructure Engineering.and Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) Metasurfaces and Flat optics Casimir forces

Awards

2021 Frederic Ives Medal and Jarus W. Quinn Prize, Optical Society of America
2020 Honorary Award, IEEE Italy Section
2019 Matteucci Medal, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze, detta dei XL
2019 Guglelmo Marconi Science Award, UNICO
2018 Fermi Prize of the Italian Physical Society
2017 Kenneth Button Prize, International Society of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves and Institute of Physics (UK)
2016 Balzan Prize for Applied Photonics, Balzan Foundation
2015 Rumford Prize, American Academy of Arts and Science
2013 Gold Medal of SPIE | 2013 European Physical Society Quantum Electronics and Optics Award 2013 Humboldt Research Award
2011 Jan Czochralski Award of the European Materials Research Society
2011 Galileo Galilei Medal of the Italian Society for Optics and Photonics
2010 Julius Springer Prize in Applied Physics
2010 Berthold Leibinger Zukunft Prize (Future prize)
2005 King Faisal International Prize for Science
2005 Gold Medal of the President of Italy for meritorious achievement in science
2004 Edison Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
2004 Arhur Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society
2004 Tommasoni & Chisesi Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Physics
2003 Goff Smith Prize and Lecture, University of Michigan
2002 Duddell Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics (London, UK)
2001 Robert Wood Prize of the Optical Society of America
2000 Willis E. Lamb Medal for Laser Physics and Quantum Optics
2000 NASA Group Achievement Award
1998 IEEE/Laser & Electrooptics Society W. Streifer Award for Scientific Achievement
1998 Rank Prize in Optoelectronics (UK)
1998 Capitolium Prize of the Mayor of Rome, Italy
1997 Wetherill Medal of the Franklin Institute
1997 Bell Laboratories Fellow Award
1995 Materials Research Society Medal
1995 Moet Hennessy•Louis Vuitton “Leonardo da Vinci” Award of Excellence (France)
1995 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Assosciation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for best paper published in Science
1995 Electronics Letters Prize of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (London, UK)
1994 Heinrich Welker Memorial Medal (Germany) and International CompoundSemiconductors Symposium Award
1993 The New York Academy of Sciences Award
1991 IEEE David Sarnoff Award in Electronics
1984 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Award
Memberships/Fellowships
2019 Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2015 Member, Academia Europaea
2012 Foreign Member, Accademia dei Lincei
1995 Member, National Academy of Sciences
1996 Member, National Academy of Engineering
1998 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1999 Fellow, The Institute of Physics (UK)
1997 Honorary Member, of the Franklin Institute
1992 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1991 Fellow, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
1989 Fellow, Optical Society of America
1987 Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
1986 Fellow, American Physical Society

Honorary Doctorates and Other Honors
2019 Honorary issue of Nanophotonics (Volume 7, Issue 6, Jun 2018) for Federico Capasso on “Metamaterials & Metasurfaces”
2011 Honorary Doctorate University Paris Diderot, France
2011 Honorary Doctorate of Technology, Lund University, Sweden
2011 Honorary Doctorate in Materials Science, University of Roma III, Italy
2003 Honorary Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy
2004 Commendatore of the Italian Republic For information on Awards and Achievements follow:https://capasso.seas.harvard.edu/federico-capasso

Prof. Alan Willner received the Ph.D. (1988) in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, as well as a B.A. (1982) in Physics and an Honorary Degree (Honoris Causa, 2012) from Yeshiva University. Prof. Willner was a Postdoctoral Member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and a Member of Technical Staff at Bellcore. He is currently the Steven and Kathryn Sample Chaired Professor in Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering in the Ming Hsieh Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the Univ. of Southern California; he also has a joint appointment with the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy in the USC Dornsife College. Prof. Willner has been: a Visiting Professor at Columbia University, the Univ. College London, and the Weizmann Institute of Science; and a Visiting Scholar at Yeshiva University. He is a Member of the U.S. Army Science Board, was a Member of the Defense Sciences Research Council (a 16-member body that provided reports to the DARPA Director and Office Directors), has served on many scientific advisory boards for small companies, and has advised several venture capital firms. Additionally, Prof. Willner was Founder and CTO of Phaethon Communications, a company whose technology was acquired by Teraxion, that created the ClearSpectrum® dispersion compensator product line which is presently deployed in many commercial 40-Gbit/s systems worldwide. Prof. Willner has received the following honors/awards: Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, International Fellow of the U.K. Royal Academy of Engineering, Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from the White House, Ellis Island Medal of Honor, IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, David & Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship in Science & Engineering, Thomas Egleston Medal for Distinguished Engineering Achievement from Columbia Eng. Alumni Association, U.S. Vannevar Bush Defense Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (formerly NSSEFF), Fellow of National Academy of Inventors, Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) J.J. Thomson Medal, National Science Foundation National Young Investigator Award, Fulbright Foundation Senior Scholar Research and Lecturing Fellowship, Honorary Professor of Huazhong Univ. of Science & Technology, the Optical Society (OSA) Paul Forman Engineering Excellence Award, IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award, SPIE President's Award, IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer Award, IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Service Award, USC Associates Award for University-Wide Creativity in Research (highest university research award), OSA Robert Hopkins Leadership Award, Civilian Service Commendation Medal from the U.S. Dept. of the Army, USC Associates Award for University-Wide Excellence in Teaching (highest university teaching award), USC Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award (for significant scholarly work), USC Senior Engineering Research Award, USC/TRW Best Engineering Teacher Award, USC/Northrop Outstanding Junior Engineering Faculty Research Award, 2001 Eddy Paper Award from Pennwell Publications for the Best Contributed Technical Article (across all 30 magazines in Pennwell's Advanced Technology Division), IEEE Globecom Best Paper Award, and Edwin Howard Armstrong Foundation Memorial Award for the highest-ranked EE Masters student at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, APS, IEEE, IET, OSA and SPIE, and he was a Fellow of the Semiconductor Research Corporation. Prof. Willner was an invited foreign dignitary representing the sciences for the 2009 Nobel Prize Ceremonies in Stockholm.

Prof. Willner's professional activities:
Co-Chair, U.S. National Academies Committee on the Optics and Photonics Study
President, The Optical Society (OSA) | President, The IEEE Photonics Society (formerly LEOS)
Co-Chair, Science & Engineering Council of the OSA
Vice-President, Technical Affairs of the IEEE Photonics Society, Photonics Division
Chair, OSA
Chair, IEEE TAB Ethics and Member Conduct Committee, General & Program
Co-Chair, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Program Co-Chair of the OSA Annual Meeting
General Chair of the IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Program Chair of Telecommunications Engineering at SPIE's Photonics West
Chair of the Unclassified Technical Program for IEEE MILCOM, Elected Member of the Board of Governors for the IEEE Photonics Society
General Co-Chair of the IEEE Photonics Society Topical Meeting on Broadband Networks, Steering Committee and Technical Committee Member of the Conference on Optical Fiber Communications (OFC),
Member, US Advisory Committee for Int'l Commission for Optics (activity of the National Academies, IEEE, OSA and SPIE).

Editorial positions:
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE/OSA Journal of Light wave Technology (JLT)
Editor-in-Chief, OSA Optics Letters
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications Series on Optical Networks (now IEEE/OSA JOCN)
Guest Editor, JLT
JSAC for the Joint Special Issue on Multiple-Wavelength Technologies & Networks
Guest Editor, IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics Focus Issue on High-Capacity Optical Transmission Systems.

Prof. Willner has >1500 publications, including one book, 10 edited books, ~44 U.S. patents, ~47 keynotes/plenaries, ~24 book chapters, >400 refereed journal papers, and >300 invited papers/presentations. His research is in optical technologies, including: communications, signal processing, networks, and subsystems.

Juergen W Czarske (Fellow EOS, OPTICA, SPIE, IET, IOP, Senior Member IEEE) is director, full chair professor and senator of the Excellence University TU Dresden, Germany. He is director of Competence Center Biomedical Computational Laser Systems (BIOLAS) and advisor of SPIE-OPTICA-Student Chapter Dresden. Juergen is an international prize-winning inventor of laser-based technologies. His awards include the 2008 Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize of Trumpf Laser, 2019 OPTICA Joseph-Fraunhofer-Award/Robert-M.-Burley-Prize, 2020 Laser Instrumentation Award of IEEE Photonics Society, 2020 and 2021 SPIE Community Champion for volunteer activities, and 2022 SPIE Chandra S Vikram Award. Juergen has conducted more than 800 talks and papers, including more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals, over 150 invited talks and over 30 patents. He is Vice President of International Commission for Optics, ICO, and was the general chair of the world congress ICO-25-OWLS-16-Dresden-Germany-2022 with 3 Nobel laureates and participants from over 55 countries of 5A (Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Amazing Europe).

List of Selected Awards:

- SPIE Chandra S Vikram Award in Optical Metrology, awarded in San Diego, CA, USA, 8/2022
- Fellow Award (FInstP) of Institute of Physics (IOP), London, UK, 7/2022
- Fellow Award of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), formerly IEE, London, UK, 7/2021
- SPIE Community Champion 2020, highlighted by SPIE Director Nelufar Mohajeri, WA, USA, 5/2021
- Inaugural Laser Instrumentation Award of IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE, New York City, USA, 7/2020
- SPIE Community Champion 2019 for outstanding volunteerism, awarded by SPIE President, Arizona/USA, 1/2020
- OPTICA Joseph Fraunhofer Award / Robert M. Burley Prize, awarded in Washington DC, USA, 9/2019
- Best Paper Awards, 2nd and 3rd, Imaging and Applied Optics Congress of OSA, Orlando, FL, USA, 6/2018
- Best Paper Prize of the 118th Annual Conference of DGaO-German Branch of EOS, 6/2017
- Fellow Award, EOS (European Optical Society), Joensuu, Finland, awarded in Berlin, 8/2016
- Best Paper Prize of the 18th VDI / ITG Symposium Sensors and Measuring Systems, Nuremberg, 5/2016
- Fellow Award, SPIE - The International Society for Optics and Photonics, San Francisco, USA, 12/2015
- Fellow Award, OSA (The Optical Society), Washington, DC, awarded in San Jose, USA, 10/2015
- Award on Precision Measurement of Institute of Physics - IOP, London, UK, 6/2015
- Reinhart Koselleck-Project in systems engineering, German Research Foundation, Bonn, 7/2014
- Selected paper - Highlights of 2013, Journal of Physics D - Applied Physics, IOP, Bristol, UK, 1/2014
- Excellent paper, awarded at 33. Annual meeting of the Japan Laser Society, Tokyo, Japan, 5/2013
- Best Paper Award Instrumentation of American Soc. of Mech. Engineers, Vancouver/Canada, 6/2011
- Nomination Award for Kaiser-Friedrich-Research-Prize-2009 (final three), Goslar, 9/2009
- International Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize, awarded at Trumpf Laser, Ditzingen, 9/2008
- Highly commended article of Measurement Science and Technology (MST), IOP, Bristol, UK, 12/2001
- Measurement Technique Prize of Association of University Professors (AHMT), awarded at TU Munich, 9/1996
- Young Researcher Prize, awarded by the education minister Peter Bendixen, Kiel Castle, Kiel, 4/1984

Paul Corkum graduated from Lehigh University, USA, in 1972 with a Ph. D. in theoretical physics. In 1973 he joined the staff of the National Research Council of Canada where he built one of the world’s most famous groups working on the interaction of very short light pulses with matter. Corkum is a Full Professor of Physics, a Distinguished Research Chair at the University of Ottawa and directs the Joint NRC/University of Ottawa Attosecond Science Laboratory. He is a member of the Royal Societies of London and of Canada and also a foreign member of the US National Academy of Science, the Austrian Academy of Science, and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Among his many honours and recognitions, he has received the 2017 Royal Medal, for his major contributions to laser physics and the development of the field of attosecond science, as well as the National Research Council of Canada’s Schneider Medal, their highest distinction bestowed upon employees. In 2018, Corkum was awarded both the SPIE Gold Medal, and the Isaac Newton Medal and Prize from the UK Institute of Physics, and is a recipient of the 2019 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics. Most recently, The Wolf Foundation selected Corkum as a 2022 Wolf Prize Laureate in Physics and in 2023 he is a co-recipient of the BBVA Foundation 15th Edition Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences.

MAJOR SCIENTIFIC HONOURS
⋅ Wolf Prize in Physics, Wolf Foundation, 2022
⋅ Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics, 2019
⋅ Isaac Newton Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, 2018
⋅ SPIE Gold Medal, 2018
⋅ Schneider Medal, National Research Council Canada, 2017
⋅ Royal Medal, Royal Society, 2017
⋅ Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2016
⋅ Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences, (for outstanding contribution in ultrafast physics), 2015
⋅ Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate (awarded to researchers who are “of Nobel class” and likely to earn the Nobel someday), 2015
⋅ Harvey Prize, The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 2013
⋅ King Faisal International Prize for Science (Physics), 2013
⋅ Foreign Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2012
⋅ Fellow of Optical Society of America, 2010
⋅ Foreign member of US Academy of Sciences, 2009
⋅ Officer of the Order of Canada, 2007
⋅ Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2007
⋅ The Killam Prize for Physical Sciences, Canada Council of the Arts, 2006
⋅ Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society, 2006
⋅ Charles Hard Townes Award, Optical Society of America, 2005
⋅ Fellow of the Royal Society (of London), 2005
⋅ Fellow of the Institute of Physics, 2002
⋅ Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1996

Enrique (Kiko) Galvez earned his PhD in physics at Notre DamKiko head shote in 1986. He has been a member of the faculty at Colgate University since 1988, and is currently the Charles A. Dana Professor of Physics and Astronomy. His research focuses on atomic and optical physics, and physics education, and he has been funded by numerous grants from the NSF and Research Corporation. His recent research projects include experimental atomic physics with Rydberg atoms, geometric phases in optics, and photon entanglement. His educational work includes modernizing the introductory curriculum and developing new teaching laboratories for quantum mechanics.

Konstantin Bliokh received the MSc and PhD degrees in physics from the Kharkov National University (Ukraine) in 1998 and 2001, respectively. After that, he worked as a research scientist at the Institute of Radio Astronomy (Ukraine, 2001–2009). He was a post-doctoral fellow at Bar-Ilan University (Israel, 2003–2005), a visiting research scientist at Technion–Israel Institute of Technology (Israel, 2007), a Linkage International research fellow at the Australian National University (Australia, 2008–2009), a Marie Curie research fellow at the National University of Ireland (Ireland, 2009–2011), an associate professor at the Australian National University (Australia, 2015–2019), and a senior research scientist at RIKEN (Japan, 2011–2024). Starting from 2024, he is an Ikerbasque Professor at the Donostia International Physics Center (Spain). His ongoing research areas include: complex wave systems, geometric phases, spin-orbit interactions, wave momentum and angular momentum, wave vortices, wave-matter interactions, etc. He has co-authored more than 130 scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters.

Development of novel retinal imaging systems and therapeutic techniques and technologies, including photoacoustic imaging, molecular imaging, restorative retinal laser therapy, and surgical techniques. The goal of my research is to allow physicians in real time to determine cellular markers for earlier diagnosis, improved treatment monitoring, and more individualized precision medicine tailored to each patient’s unique molecular markers.

My research seeks to allow physicians to diagnose diseases earlier, improve treatment monitoring, and practice more individualized precision medicine tailored to each patient through molecular imaging. My interest is in applying physics, bioengineering, and mathematical modeling to develop novel retinal imaging systems and laser therapies.

I have co-developed a novel, inexpensive system for providing tele-ultrasound, co-founded a retinal imaging company, and investigate pattern scanning laser photocoagulation (PASCAL), laser-tissue interactions, and restorative retinal laser therapy to create minimally traumatic retinal laser therapy. I am interested in developing more targeted laser therapy through modulation of pulse duration, wavelength, beam characteristics, and physical modulators.

I study photoacoustic and molecular imaging of the retina and choroid for retinal ischemic diseases, including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, vein occlusions, and sickle cell retinopathy. The photoacoustic effect uses light absorption to induce slight local temperature changes, producing ultrasound waves. The imaging device detects these ultrasound waves to create a high-resolution, 3-D image of the retina, choroid, and optic nerve. This allows for non-invasive functional imaging including tissue oxygenation and blood distribution. Through the use of contrast agents targeting neovascularization, I can achieve molecular imaging of the eye for early diagnosis of macular degeneration, prognostication, and determination of response to therapy.

Clinical Interests

Diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous, including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular disease, retinal detachments, ocular trauma, ocular inflammation, macular and submacular surgery, and surgical management of complex retinal detachment

Subspecialty: Retina

Honors & Awards

2018
Grant, Real-time In Vivo Visualization of the Molecular Processes in Choroidal Neovascularization, NIH/NEI K08 Grant, Precisely Removing Microvessels by Photo-Mediated Ultrasound Therapy, NIH/NEI R01 Grant, Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography, University of Michigan Office of Research

2017

Grant reviewer, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, United Kingdom Credentials Undergraduate, Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University, 2005 Medical School - Stanford University School of Medicine, 2009 Internship - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 2010 Residency - Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine,

2013

Fellowship - Surgical and Medical Retina, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University,

2015

Board Certification - American Board of Ophthalmology

Professor Sukhdev Roy received the B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics degree from Delhi Univ. in 1986, M.Sc. Physics from DEI, in 1988, and PhD. from IIT Delhi in 1993. He joined the Dayalbagh Educational Institute in 1993, where he is at present the Head of the Department of Physics and Computer Science. He has been a Visiting Professor at many universities that include, Harvard, Waterloo, Würzburg, Regensburg, Osaka, City University and Queen Mary University of London, TIFR, Mumbai and IISc. Bangalore. He has also been an Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy and is a Member of the Global Panel of MIT Technology Review. Prof. Roy has made significant contributions in Photonics that encompass nano-bio-photonics, silicon and neuro photonics, fiber optics, and optical computing. His experimental and theoretical research on nano-bio-photonic systems that includes low-power and high frequency optogenetic control of neural spiking, defines a new paradigm of technological convergence and innovation and opens up fascinating prospects for energy-efficient, ultrafast and low-cost all-optical information processing, sensing, energy conversion and healthcare. He has won a number of awards and fellowships that include, the, AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers in 2001, JSPS Invitation Fellowship, Japan in 2004, H.C. Shah Research Endowment Prize by Sardar Patel University in 2006, 1st IETE B.B. Sen Memorial Award in 2007, IETE-Conference on Emerging Optoelectronic Technologies Award in 2012, IETE-M. Rathore Memorial Award in 2016, the Systems Society of India’s National Systems Gold Medal in 2016, and the Distinguished Alumni Award by the Dayalbagh Educational Institute in 2021. He also has been awarded seven best paper awards in international and national conferences. He has published 175 research papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings and 11 book chapters. He chaired the 8th World Conference and Expo on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Philadelphia, USA in 2020. He has delivered more than 100 invited talks in India and abroad that include Keynote Addresses and Plenary Talks at International Conferences that include the prestigious International Year of Light commemorative Keynote Address, at the 38th Convocation of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS), in 2015 and at the Annual Meeting of American Physical Society in 2008. He was the Guest Editor of the March 2011 Special Issue of IET Circuits, Devices and Systems Journal (UK) on Optical Computing. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Access and is a member of the Editorial Board of Optics and Photonics Journal. He is also a Senior Member of IEEE and SPIE, and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, India, IETE (India), and the Optical Society of India. He is listed in the recent Stanford researchers’ study of Top 2% in World Ranking of Scientists-2020, in Optoelectronics and Photonics.

Professor Salman Noach received his PHD in physics at 2003 from the Hebrew University Jerusalem ISRAEL. Since, he work at some startups companies and at 2007 he returned back to academy as a faculty member at the physics department at "Jerusalem College of Technology" there he founded the Solid State Lasers Laboratory. The lab is mainly engaged in applied research and development of CW and pulsed solid-state lasers, Nonlinear optics, Raman wavelength shifting and Optical amplifiers in the SWIR and mid IR range. The results of the lab research were the object of many publications in high-ranked journals in the optics and laser community and two patents. He is a senior member at OPTICA and member at SPIE.

Awards: Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. National Science Foundation (NSF). 2022 2019 Young Investigator Award. IEEE Photonics Society . 2019 Collaborative Sciences Award. American Heart Association . 2018 OSA/Quantel Bright Idea Competition (Finalist). Optical Society of America. 2017 Seno Medical Best Paper Award. SPIE conference Photons Plus Ultrasound 2016: Imaging and Sensing. 2016 Seno Medical Best Paper Award. SPIE conference Photons Plus Ultrasound 2015: Imaging and Sensing . 2015 Seno Medical Best Paper Award. SPIE conference Photons Plus Ultrasound 2013: Imaging and Sensing . 2013 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Aboard. The Education Ministry of China. 2012 Best Master Dissertation Award. Tsinghua University. 2008 Comprehensive Student Fellowship. Tsinghua University. 2008 KangShien Outstanding Graduate Fellowship. Tsinghua University. 2006 CyrusTang Fellowship (2002-2006). Tsinghua University. 2002 https://bme.duke.edu/faculty/junjie-yao

Jamal Ali received his B.S. in Physics from Yarmouk University in Jordan and an M.S. in Physics from the City College of New York (CCNY). He got his master’s degree in Science Education from Queens College. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from the City University of New York (CUNY) working at the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) of the City University of New York (CUNY). He worked on “Light Propagation in Paint and Prostate Tissues Media Using Visible to Mid-IR Spectroscopy and Imaging Techniques” for his thesis.

Dr. Xu received his PhD and postdoctoral training in optical and ultrasound imaging in biomedicine. He received a predoctoral award from Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, a postdoctoral fellowship from American Heart Association, a Career Development Award from American Gastroenterology Association, a Senior Research Award from Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and an R37 MERIT award from National Cancer Institute.

Daqing (Daching) Piao, PhD received BS in Physics (Applied Optics) in 1990 from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He earned MS and PhD, both in Biomedical Engineering, in 2001 and 2003, respectively, from the University of Connecticut (UCONN), Storrs, CT. After a total of two years of post-doctoral training in UCONN and Dartmouth College, he joined the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University in 2005. His research interest centers on applying light-tissue interaction principles for identifying and modulating tissue properties. Among the recognitions he has received, a New Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Research Program of DoD (Army Medical Research and Material Commaond) recognized his origination of transrectal diffuse optical tomography and the combination of it with transrectal ultrasound for prostate cancer research.

Dr. Pu-Ting Dong is currently an NIH/NIDCR K99 postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Gary Borisy at the ADA Forsyth Institute. Pu-Ting received her PhD in Chemistry at Dr. Ji-Xin Cheng’s lab from Boston University in 2020. So far, she has 14 first or co-first author papers and co-authored 14 more. Pu-Ting is the exclusive recipient (1/300) of the 2018 SPIE Photonics West Translational Research Award, as well as the recipient of 2024 SPIE QPC Lasers Young Investigator Best Paper Award, the Susan Kinder Haake Travel Award (2024 IADR Microbiology/Immunology session), and the Ned Lally Award (2nd place, Mini-Symposium for Young Investigators, 2024 IADR). Pu-Ting was also selected as a 2024 Rising Star in Engineering in Health.