In November, the Optical Society of America (OSA) announced the list of newly elected members in 2020. A total of 94 optical scientists worldwide were elected as fellows of the American Optical Society (OSA Fellow), of which 15 were Chinese scientists. Professor Dai Jianming from Tianjin University’s School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, was among the 15 Chinese scientists.

Prof. Dai Jianming has long been engaged in the research of terahertz science and technology, and has made outstanding achievements in the research of broadband terahertz wave generation, detection, remote sensing and terahertz spectroscopy. He also invented the ultra-wideband terahertz detection technology (THz-ABCD system). Prof. Dai’s work has been highly recognized. He won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, first and second prize of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress and possesses five US patents. He has published more than 60 papers, including those in journals such as Nature Photonics, Physical Review Letters, Materials Today and so on, and has been cited by others more than 1,500 times.

Founded in 1916, the Optical Society of America (OSA) is an international academic organization renowned in the world of optics. Being recognized as an OSA Fellow is the highest academic honor given to experts in the field of optics by the OSA. The selection process is very strict, and one elected as an OSA Fellow must be considered as a scholar who "contributes significantly to the progress of optics."

By the School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering

Editors: Eva Yin & Doris Harrington