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Optical Society of America
Honors Marin SoljaCIC
Cambridge, MA 09.15.2005
 Marin Soljacic the Adolph Lamb Medal of the Optical Society
of America (OSA)
Professor Marin Soljacic of RLE as been been awarded the
Adolph Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America (OSA),
recognizing noteworthy contributions to optics before reaching
the age of thirty five. Excerpted from the OSA announcement:
Optical Society of America Honors Marin Soljacic
Marin Soljacic
has been awarded the Adolph Lomb Medal by the Optical Society
of America (OSA). The Lomb Medal, recognizing noteworthy
contributions to optics before reaching the age of 35, goes
to Soljacic for the discovery of novel soliton phenomena,
and for seminal and innovative work in non-linear and time-dependent
photonic crystals. Soljacic received his doctorate in 2000
from Princeton, with a thesis topic of nonlinear optics.
After graduating, he joined the physics department at MIT
as a Pappalardo Fellow. Upon completion of the fellowship,
Soljacic became a principal research scientist and is an
assistant professor of physics at MIT.
OSA awards recognize extraordinary achievements in the
field of optics and photonics. Their dedication and creativity
is essential to the future of our field, said Elizabeth
Rogan, executive director. "Honoring your colleagues for
their outstanding accomplishments supports all of our members
careers. The work of these award winners will continue
to influence generations to come."
This year OSA bestowed its annual awards on fifteen recipients.
"I know all of the OSA Board is honored to count these
individuals among their colleagues. These award winners
each have advanced the field through their initiative and
deep insight. We are pleased to be able to recognize the
outstanding achievements of this year's recipients," said
OSA president Susan Houde-Walter.
OSA bestows these awards with the formal presentation ceremony
taking place during the FiO Plenary on the morning of October
17, 2005 during the Society's annual meeting, Frontiers
in Optics, which this year occurs October 16-20 in Tucson,
AZ. More information about the OSA awards program, previous
award winners, and the annual meeting can be found on OSA's
Web site at www.osa.org.
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