The ICO-IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics
Deadline extended till 15th June. See the details below.
This prize is awarded annually since 2008 by IUPAP through ICO to a scientist who has made noteworthy contributions to applied optics and photonics during a maximum of 8 years of research experience after having earned a PhD degree. Career interruptions will not be counted as time of research experience.
The prize includes:
BEFORE 15th June (extended):
An email with all the documents must be send by the nominator to the chair person of the ICO-IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics: Dr. Gilles Paulliat ( gilles.pauliat@institutoptique.fr )
DOCUMENTS TO BE SENT:
IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics
Golden Book
List of the winners of the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics in reverse chronological order
![](https://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-Carlos_A_Rios_Ocampo_2021_v2-2.png)
2023
Carlos A. Ríos-Ocampo, USA
“For pioneering the integration of phase change mate-rials with photonic integrated circuits for a wide range of applications”.
![](https://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Chao-Zuo-2.jpg)
2022
Chao Zuo, China
“For his work on the Development of Novel Computational Optical Imaging and Measurement Technologies”.
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2021_fulvia.jpg)
2021
Giulia F. Mancini, Italy
“For contributions to imaging and scattering of nanostructured materials using high- harmonic soft X-ray sources and research on extreme ultraviolet imaging”.
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2020_shastri.jpg)
2020
Bhavin Shastri, Canada
“For his pioneering contributions to Neuromorphic Photonics”.
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2019_chaoyang.jpg)
2019
Chao-Yang Lu, China
“For significant contributions to optical quantum sciences”.
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2018_.png)
2018
Can Bayram, USA
“For the first time, revolutionizing the way graphene has been employed in optics and photonics”.
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2017_giulia.png)
2017
Giulia Grancini, Switzerland
“For her deep knowledge on photophysical properties and ultrafast light-induced dynamical processes”.
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2016_Liu.png)
2016
Laura Na Liu, Germany
“For outstanding contributions to nano-optics, nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics, and metamaterials.”
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-20015_Koppens.png)
2015
Frank Koppens, Netherlands
“For his remarkable, outstanding, groundbreaking, pioneering and numerous contributions to Nano-Optoelectronics.”
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2014_Schliesser.jpg)
2014
Albert Schliesser, Denmark
“For his outstanding contributions to photonics and optomechanics, in particular by developing a micro-frequency comb and a radio-to-optical mechanical transducer.”
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-57937@2x-1.jpg)
2013
Andrea Alù, USA
“For ground breaking work in metamaterials and plasmonics, and for the introduction of the concept of scattering-cancellation-based metamaterial cloaking.”
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-Nirit-Dudovich2-2.jpg)
2012
Nirit Dudovich, Israel
“For developing a completely new approach to attosecond pulse metrology.”
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2011_Genty.jpg)
2011
Goëry Genty, Finland
“For his outstanding contributions in pulse propagation and ultra-fast dynamics in nonlinear optical fibers, particularly his groundbreaking results on supercontinuum generation and nonlinear instabilities.”
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2010_zhang.jpg)
2010
Shuang Zhang, United Kingdom
“For his outstanding contributions in metamaterials and plasmonics, particularly for the first demonstration of the double-fishnet structure and for excellent achievements in realization of the first three-dimensional optical negative-index metamaterials.”
![](http://www.e-ico.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-2009_Goulielmakis.jpg)
2009
Eleftherios Goulielmakis, Germany
“For his outstanding contributions in attosecond physics, particularly for the generation of attosecond pulses and their application for the direct measurement of light waves.”