Alan E. Willner
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Alan E. Willner is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He was also president of the Optical Society in 2016.
Columbia University (PhD)
Alan E. Willner | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Yeshiva University (BA) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Awards | Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | University of Southern California |
Willner is known for his research on optical fiber communications[1] and free-space communications.[2] Willner's doctoral advisor was Richard M. Osgood Jr.
He is a recipient of the Paul F. Forman Engineering Excellence Award, Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award, and several other distinctions.
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1988, Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science[3]
- BA, Yeshiva University[4]
Memberships
In early 2016, he became a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is also an International Fellow of the U.K. Royal Academy of Engineering, as well as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; IEEE; National Academy of Inventors; the Optical Society (OSA); and SPIE. He received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the IEEE Eric Sumner Award, and a Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from the White House."[4]
Willner was President of the OSA and editor in chief of several of their publications.[5]
