Fellow Award
The highest level of Membership in the LIA
Objective:
The grade of Fellow is the highest level of membership in the LIA. It is awarded to recognize members of the institute who have:
- attained unusual professional distinction in the LIA mission areas of laser science and technology, laser applications and/or laser safety, and
- provided outstanding service to their field.
Eligibility:
The candidate has to satisfy the following criteria:
- must have practiced the profession of laser science and engineering in academia, medicine, industry or government for at least 10 years, and
- fellow membership for any individual shall not be instituted or remain in effect unless his/her membership is current.
- for exceptional candidates, the Executive Committee may waive the eligibility requirements.
Previous Fellow Recipients
- Dr. Yoshiaki Arata
- Mr. Peter Baker
- Mr. Neil Ball
- Mr. Connie Banas
- Mr. Ken Barat
- Prof. Michael Bass
- Dr. Prem Batra
- Mr. David Belforte
- Mr. Burton Bernard
- Dr. Eckhard Beyer
- Prof. Milan Brandt
- Prof. William Bridges
- Prof. Robert Byer
- Mr. Stephen Capp
- Dr. Milton Chang
- Mr. Sidney Charschan
- Dr. Hongqiang CHEN
- Dr. Steven Chu
- Prof. Friedrich Dausinger
- Mr. Paul Denney
- Mr. Jerome Dennis
- Dr. Larry Dosser
- Prof. Walter W. Duley
- Mr. Herbert Dwight
- Prof. Dave Farson
- Mr. Terry Feeley
- Dr. David Flinchbaugh
- Mr. James Franks
- Dr. Jack Gabzdyl
- Dr. Youping Gao
- Dr. Valentin Gapontsev
- Mr. Leon Goldman
- Mr. Bo Gu
- Dr. Arthur Guenther
- Mr. Gilbert Haas
- Prof. Theodor Haensch
- Mr. Robert Handren
- Dr. Paul Hilton
- Dr. James Hobart
- Dr. Helmut Huegel
- Dr. Marshall G. Jones
- Dr. Stefan Kaierle
- Dr. Aravinda Kar
- Dr. Ami Kestenbaum
- Dr. Markus Kogel-Hollacher
- Prof. Volodymyr Kovalenko
- Prof. Francis L'Esperance
- Dr. William Latham
- Ms. Teddi Laurin
- Ms. Wendy Laurin
- Mr. William Lawson
- Prof. Berthold Leibinger
- Prof. Lin Li
- Dr. Xinbing Liu
- Mr. Steve Llewellyn
- Dr. Rocco Lobraico
- Mr. Klaus Loeffler
- Dr. Yongfeng Lu
- Prof. Hau-Chung Man
- Prof. John Marshall
- Mr. Wesley Marshall
- Dr. Richard Martukanitz
- Prof. Akira Matsunawa
- Prof. Jyoti Mazumder
- Dr. Edward Metzbower
- Prof. Isamu Miyamoto
- Dr. John O'Hagan
- Dr. William O'Neill
- Mr. Robert Ossoff
- Dr. Andreas Ostendorf
- Prof. Chrysanthos Panayiotou
- Dr. Henrikki Pantsar
- Dr. C. Kumar Patel
- Dr. Rajesh Patel
- Mr. Ronald Petersen
- Dr. Silke Pflueger
- Prof. Reinhart Poprawe
- Dr. Nathaniel Quick
- Mr. John Ready
- Mr. Stan Ream
- Dr. William Roach
- Dr. Benjamin Rockwell
- Dr. Islam A. Salama
- Mr. Ron Schaeffer
- Dr. Arthur Schawlow
- Dr. Karl Schulmeister
- Dr. William Schwartz
- Dr. Fred Seeber
- Mr. Bill Shiner
- Prof. Anthony Siegman
- Dr. David Sliney
- Prof. M. J. Soileau
- Prof. William M. Steen
- Dr. Koji Sugioka
- Dr. Robert Thomas
- Prof. Charles Townes
- Prof. John Tyrer
- Dr. Kunihiko Washio
- Dr. David Whitehouse
- Dr. Myron Wolbarsht
- Prof. Y. Lawrence Yao
- Prof. Minlin Zhong
- Mr. Sheldon Zimmerman
- Prof. M.J. Soileau
- Dr. Hongqiang Chen