The SPIE Society Awards

The highest honor the Society bestows

For unique and meritorious service of outstanding benefit to the Society

For significant service of outstanding benefit to the Society

For exceptional contributions in design, construction, testing, and theory of optical and illumination systems

For outstanding technical accomplishment in optics, electro-optics, photonic engineering, or imaging

For extraordinary achievements in biophotonics technology development

For outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of biomedical optics

For exceptional contribution to the field of optical metrology.

For outstanding accomplishments in diffractive wavefront technologies

For outstanding contributions to promoting diversity in optics and photonics education, technologies, or applications.

For significant and innovative technical contributions in the engineering or scientific fields of relevance to SPIE.

For significant and innovative technical contributions in the engineering or scientific fields of relevance to SPIE.

for outstanding accomplishments in microlithographic technology

For exceptional achievement in optical or photonic technology for astronomical science, reconnaissance, or surveillance

For exceptional contribution to the field of optical polarization.

For outstanding contributions to optical or photonic techniques in the application and understanding of high speed phenomena.

For outstanding accomplishments in medical imaging.

For outstanding contributions to the field of photonics and the development of innovative, high impact technologies.

For outstanding contributions to optics education by an SPIE instructor or an educator in the field.

For sustained contributions to laser source science and technology at the highest levels

For outstanding discoveries, scientific and technical achievements, or inventions in the field of optics.

For significant achievement in the field of optical design.

For authorship of an outstanding book in the field of optics and photonics.