Prof. Andrew POON Elected Fellow of the Optica Society

4 November 2021

Prof. Andrew POON has been elected Fellow of the Optica Society.

As an Optica Fellow, Prof. POON is recognized for serving with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics through distinguished contributions to education, research, engineering, business and society.

Prof. POON is currently the Head and Professor of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering. Since 2002, Prof. POON and his students at HKUST have been spearheading diverse research directions in optical microcavities leveraging wafer-level silicon nanofabrication processes. The Poon research group is among the early players of the now global silicon photonics community in academia and industry.