Honour: Gu Min Won Emmett Norman Leith Medal

Professor Gu Min, Executive Chancellor of the University Council of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST), has been awarded the 2022 Emmett Norman Leith Medal of the Optica (formerly OSA) in the field of optical information processing.
This Optica Medal, established in 2006, honours Emmett N. Leith, a world-renowned scientist in holography (the subject of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics) and optical information processing. It recognizes seminal contributions to the field of optical information processing. In assessing the significance of the contribution, consideration is given to all aspects including theoretical and conceptual breakthroughs as well as practical applications.
Professor Gu has been recognized for outstanding contributions to nanoscale optical information technology by extending the limit of optical data storage, holography and display through multi-dimensional division including optical orbital angular momentum and vectorial domains.
Professor Gu is also a winner of the 2019 Dennis Gabor Award in Diffractive Optics of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).
Professor Gu Min is the awardee of Chang Jiang Chair Professorship and Einstein Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Gu was awarded the Laureate Fellow of the Australian Research Council. He is a recipient of the W. H. Steel Prize (Australian Optical Society), the Ian Wark Medal and Lecture (Australian Academy of Science), the Boas Medal (Australian Institute of Physics), and the Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation. He was a Finalist of the Australian Innovation Competition and a winner of the People’s Choice KCA Research Commercialisation Award.
Professor Gu is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, as well as Foreign Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Optical Society.
Professor Gu is a world-leading authority in the fields of nanophotonics, nanofabrication and biophotonics with internationally renowned expertise in three-dimensional optical imaging theory. His research has led to significant impacts on societal challenges in information technology and big data storage and renewable energy.

Link to the news: https://www.optica.org/Awards/MGuWins2022LeithMedal