Election to the grade of IEEE Fellow is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon our members by the Institute in recognition of their technical, educational, and leadership achievements. Only a select few IEEE members earn this prestigious honor.
Nineteen IEEE Photonics Society members elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow for 2023.

Ping Shum
Southern University of Science and Technology
For pioneering contributions in optical fiber-based technologies and their diverse applications

Raymond Beausoleil
For contributions to classical and quantum communication and computation

Maite Brandt-Pearce
For contributions to optical wireless and fiber communications

Paul C.-P. Chao
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
For contributions to optical bio-imaging and sensing technologies

Pavel Cheben
National Research Council of Canada
For contributions to silicon and metamaterial photonics

Michael Eismann
For extraordinary technical leadership of hyperspectral remote sensing and infrared technology research for defense applications

Fabrizio Forghieri
For contributions to optical communications systems

Magnus Karlsson
Chalmers University of Technology
For fundamental contributions to the study of nonlinear fiber propagation and advanced modulation formats

Andras Kis
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
For contributions to the development of 2D materials and electronic devices

Keisuke Kojima
For application of AI technologies to optimize the design of active and passive photonic devices

Christina M Lim
For contributions in hybrid fiber-wireless communications technology

Richard Mirin
National Institute of Standards and Technology
For contributions to quantum photonic devices

Yoshiaki Nakano
For contributions to semiconductor integrated photonic devices and circuits

Boon S Ooi
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
For contributions to broadband light emitters and visible light communications

Shilong Pan
For contributions to high-performance microwave-photonic imaging radar

Anna Peacock
For contributions to nonlinear fiber optics and materials

Laurent Schmalen
Karlsruher Institut for Technologie
For contributions to the design of error correction and modulation techniques for optical networks

Richard Syms
For contributions to mass spectrometers based on microelectromechanical system technology

Zuqing Zhu
University of Science and Technology
For contributions to elastic optical networking and network virtualization