The Adolph Lomb Medal, awarded by the

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is a prize for young scientists (age 35 or younger) for their contributions to optics. It is named after Adolph Lomb, treasurer of the Optical Society of America from its founding until his death in 1942.

Medal Winners

*1940

David MacAdam David Lewis MacAdam (July 1, 1910 – March 9, 1998) was an American physicist and color scientist who made important contributions to color science and technology in the fields of colorimetry, color discrimination, color photography and televisi ...

*1942

James G. Baker James Gilbert Baker (November 11, 1914 – June 29, 2005) was an American astronomer and designer of optics systems. Biography He was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Jesse B. Baker and Hattie M. Stallard, the fourth child of that couple. He at ...

*1944 R. Clark Jones *1946

Wayne C. Norton Wayne may refer to: People with the given name and surname * Wayne (given name) * Wayne (surname) Geographical Places with name ''Wayne'' may take their name from a person with that surname; the most famous such person was Gen. "Mad" Anth ...

*1948 David S. Grey *1950 H. Richard Blackwell *1952

Aden B. Meinel Aden B. Meinel (November 25, 1922 – October 3, 2011) was an American astronomer. He retired in 1993 as a distinguished scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He also held the rank of professor emeritus at the University of Arizona College ...

*1954 William Sinton *1956 Walter R. J. Brown *1958

Edward L. O'Neill Edward Leo O'Neill (July 10, 1903 – December 12, 1948) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 11th congressional district for one term from 1937-1939. Early life and education O'Neill was ...

*1960 Ian Mills *1962 Jean-Pierre Barrat *1964

Gordon H. Spencer Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordo ...

*1966

C. Kumar Patel Chandra Kumar Naranbhai Patel (born 2 July 1938) is an electrical engineer. He developed the carbon dioxide laser in 1963; it is now widely used in industry for cutting and engraving a wide range of materials like plastic and wood. Because t ...

*1968 Douglas C. Sinclair *1970 Marlan O. Scully *1972

Robert L. Byer Robert Louis Byer is a physicist. He was president of the Optical Society of America in 1994 and of the American Physical Society in 2012. He currently is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University. He has con ...

*1974 James Forsyth *1976

Marc D. Levenson Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system ...

*1978

Eli Yablonovitch Eli Yablonovitch (born 15 December 1946) is an American physicist and engineer who, along with Sajeev John founded the field of photonic crystals in 1987.M.Kapoor (2013Electromagnetic Band Gap Structures page 58 He and his team were the first t ...

*1980

David M. Bloom David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

*1982 Won T. Tsang *1984

Edward H. Adelson Edward Howard Adelson (born 1952) is an American neuroscientist who is currently the John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Vision Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and Americ ...

*1986

David A. B. Miller David A. B. Miller is the W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, where he is also a Professor of Applied Physics by courtesy. His research interests include the use of optics in switching, interconnectio ...

*1988 Janis A. Valdmanis *1990

Andrew M. Weiner Andrew Marc Weiner OSA NAE NAI (Born July 25, 1958-2024) was an American electrical engineer, educator and researcher known for contributions to the fields of ultrafast optics and optical signal processing. He was the Scifres Family Distinguished ...

*1992 David F. Welch *1992

Mohammed N. Islam Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...

*1993

Henry C. Kapteyn Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal ...

*1994

Robert W. Schoenlein The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

*1995 Turan Erdoğan *1996 Frederick A. Kish Jr. *1997 Ekmel Özbay *1998

Benjamin J. Eggleton Benjamin John Eggleton FAA, FTSE, FOSA, FIEEE, FSPIE, FAIP, FRSN (born 6 November 1970) is Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) at the University of Sydney. He is also Professor in the University of Sydney School of Physics, School of Physics where ...

*1999

Jun Ye Jun Ye (; born 1967) is a Chinese-American physicist at JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the University of Colorado Boulder, working primarily in the field of atomic, molecular and optical physics. Education & career ...

*2000

Mikhail Lukin Mikhail Lukin (russian: Михаи́л Дми́триевич Луки́н); born 10 October 1971) is a Russian theoretical and experimental physicist and a professor at Harvard University. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Scien ...

*2001

Barbara A. Paldus Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously ...

*2002 Susana Marcos Celestino *2003 Alexei Vladimirovich Sokolov *2004

Randy A. Bartels Randy is a given name, popular in the United States and Canada. It is primarily a masculine name. It was originally derived from the names Randall, Randolf, Randolph, as well as Bertrand and Andrew, and may be a short form ( hypocorism) of the ...

*2005 Marin Soljacic *2006

John Charles Howell John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Seco ...

*2007 Shanhui Fan *2008 L. Cary Gunn *2009 Rebekah A. Drezek *2010

Jeremy O'Brien Jeremy O'Brien (born 1975, Australia) is a physicist who researches in quantum optics, optical quantum metrology and quantum information science. He co-founded and serves as CEO of the quantum computing firm PsiQuantum. Formerly, he was Profess ...

*2011 Elizabeth Hillman *2012 Hatice Altug *2013

Andrea Alù Andrea Alù (born September 27, 1978) is an Italian American scientist and engineer, currently Einstein Professor of Physics at The City University of New York Graduate Center. He is known for his contributions to the fields of optics, photonics, ...

*2014 Alexander Szameit *2015 Jeremy N. Munday *2016

Jennifer Dionne Jennifer (Jen) Dionne is an American scientist and pioneer of nanophotonics. She is currently senior associate vice provost of research platforms at Stanford University, a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, and an associate professor of materia ...

*2017

Dirk Robert Englund A dirk is a long bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), ''Dagger'', The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729 Historically, it gained its name from the Highland Dirk (Scot ...

*2018 Andrei Faraon *2019

Laura Na Liu Laura Na Liu (born 1979) is a Chinese physicist focused on researching nano-optics of three-dimensional meta materials as it applies to biology and chemistry. After receiving her undergraduate and master's degree in China, she has had many global o ...

*2020

Chaoyang Lu Chaoyang () may refer to the following: * Chaoyang, Cili (), Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province * Chaoyang, Fujian (), Zhangzhou, Fujian *Chaoyang, Liaoning (), prefecture-level city ** Chaoyang County (), division of Chaoyang City, Liaoning * Chaoyang D ...

*2021

Laura Waller Laura Ann Waller is a computer scientist and Ted Van Duzer Endowed Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She was awarded a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Fellowship to develop microscopes to image deep structures within the ...

*2022 Ido Kaminer *2023 William Renninger Source:

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Medal Winners

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