IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award

Zetian Mi, 2026

For pioneering and sustained contributions to semiconductor nanostructure-based optoelectronics.

Zetian Mi is the Pallab K. Bhattacharya Collegiate Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received his B.S. from Peking University and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Prof. Mi was a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University before joining University of Michigan in 2016. His research focuses on wide bandgap semiconductors, optoelectronics, and microelectronics. Prof. Mi is the Serial Editor of Semiconductors and Semimetals. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of Progress in Quantum Electronics, Vice President for Conferences of IEEE Photonics Society, General Chair of IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting, CoChair of International Symposium on Semiconductor Light Emitting Devices, Program and General Chair of IEEE Photonics Conference, and Program and General Chair of Compound Semiconductor Week Conference. He is a recipient of the Optica’s Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award, AVS NSTD Nanotechnology Recognition Award, ISCS Quantum Devices Award, and Science and Engineering Award from W. M. Keck Foundation. He is a fellow of IEEE, APS, Optica, and SPIE, and a co-founder of NS Nanotech Inc. and NX Fuels Inc.

Lan Fu, 2026

For pioneering and sustained contributions to semiconductor nanostructure-based optoelectronics.

Lan Fu is Head of the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering at the Research School of Physics, Australian National University. Her research focuses on the design, fabrication, and integration of optoelectronic devices, including LEDs, lasers, photodetectors and solar cells, as well as chemical sensors based on low-dimensional III-V compound semiconductor nanostructures, such as quantum wells, self-assembled quantum dots, and nanowires grown by metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD). She is a Fellow of Optica and a past recipient of several prestigious awards, including the IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship and Distinguished Lecturer Award, and the Australian Research Council Postdoctoral, ARF/QEII, and Future Fellowships. She currently serves as Chair of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee on Materials Science and Engineering, President of the Australian Materials Research Society (A-MRS), and Chair of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council Chapters & Regional Activities Committee.

Hark Hoe Tan, 2026

For pioneering and sustained contributions to semiconductor nanostructure-based optoelectronics.

Hoe Tan is a leading researcher in compound semiconductor optoelectronics and nanotechnology at the Australian National University. He received his B.E. (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1992 and his PhD in Electronic Materials Engineering from the Australian National University in 1997.A prolific scholar, Prof. Tan has co-authored more than 650 journal papers and 9 book chapters, accumulating over 29,000 citations and a h-index of 84. His research spans epitaxial growth of low-dimensional compound semiconductors, nanostructured optoelectronic devices and ion-implantation processing for optoelectronic applications. His innovations span laser diodes, infrared photodetectors, photonic devices and catalysis, with 10 patents across the US and Australia. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, recognized “for contributions to compound semiconductor optoelectronic materials and devices.” Prof. Tan has served as a Distinguished Lecturer for both the IEEE Nanotechnology Council and the IEEE Photonics Society. In 2020, he was named Australia’s leading researcher in nanotechnology by The Australian. He currently directs the Australian National Fabrication Facility – ACT Node, a $30M national micro- and nano-fabrication hub supporting Australia’s research community.