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Awards & Recognition

* Since joined Toronto Metropolitan University (previously Ryerson) in 2011

  1. Invited Visiting Researcher, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Graduate University), Japan, February-June 2023
  2. Invited Visiting Professor, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, May-June 2023 
  3. Nominated Co-Chair of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC) February 9 – 11, 2022, Vienna, Austria
  4. Elected Senior Member of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), August 2021
  5. Nominated Chair of the 14th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – BIOIMAGING (on-line), February 2021
  6. Invited Visiting Professor, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, December 2019
  7. Awarded Visiting Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan, February-May 2019
  8. Awarded Visiting Professor, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, April-May 2018
  9. Invited Visiting Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Graduate University), Japan, February-April 2018
  10. Elected Senior Member of Optical Society of America, August 2017
  11. Invited Visiting Professor, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, September-October 2017
  12. Awarded Visiting Professor, Helmholtz Centre, Technical University of Munich, Germany, December 2016
  13. Invited Visiting Professor, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, September-October 2015
  14. The international Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) certificate of recognition, 2015
  15. Ryerson Faculty of Science Dean Scholarly Research and Creative Activity (SRC) Award, for research achievements within five years of becoming a faculty member ($2000, given to one recipient annually), 2014
  16. Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO) certificate of appreciation, 2014
  17. Ryerson Early Tenure Nomination granted, 2011-2014.
  18. Nominated Non-Resident Guest Professor, Erlangen University, Germany, August 2011 - August 2015
  19. The best research paper award (€1000), European Nanotechnology Initiative Conference, 6th European Framework, BONSAI Consortium, Rome, Italy, 2012
  20. Invited Visiting Professor, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, September-October 2012
  21. Invited Visiting Professor Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, April-May 2012
  22. Edmund Optics Educational Award Finalist (€700), 2011 http://www.edmundoptics.com/promotions/educational-award/2011-winners/ (external link) 
  23. Habilitation Degree granted from Engineering Faculty, Erlangen University, Germany, 2008-2011 (Dr. Habil., (record #125 since 1971 (foundation year of the FAU Engineering Faculty))
  24. The research project proposal pitch competition award winner (US$22,000), The Normal Human Breast: Building Our Understanding from Mice to Women, Conference, Santa Monica, USA, 2011

Scholarships and Fellowships (since joined TMU in 2011)

  1. Visiting Fellowship from Laser Surgery and Medicine (CLSM), $4500, Japan, 03/2012-05/2012
  2. Bilateral Program Fellowship for travel exchange support, €25,000, DFG, Germany 10/2011-10/2012