Alan WillnerAlan E. Willner received a PhD from Columbia University, as well as a BA and an Honorary Degree from Yeshiva University. He worked at AT&T Bell Labs and Bellcore, and is currently the Steven & Kathryn Sample Chair in Engineering at the University of outhern California. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and international fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. He received the IEEE Sumner Award; Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from the White House; SPIE President's Award; Bush, Fulbright, Guggenheim, and Packard Fellowships; OSA Forman Award; and Egleston Medal from Columbia Engineering Alumni Association. He was Co-chair of the US National Academies' study on Optics & Photonics; President of The Optical Society and the IEEE Photonics Society; and Editor-in-Chief of Optics Letters and Journal of Lightwave Technology. Read More Read Less