Robert W. Boyd

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Robert Boyd was born in Buffalo, New York. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley. His doctoral thesis was supervised by Charles Townes and involves the use of nonlinear optical techniques in infrared detection for astronomy. Professor Boyd joined the faculty of the University of Rochester in 1977, and in 2001 became the M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics. In 2010 he became Professor of Physics and Canada Excellence Research Chair in quantum nonlinear optics at the University of Ottawa. His research interests include studies of “slow” and “fast” light propagation, quantum imaging techniques, nonlinear optical interactions, studies of the nonlinear optical properties of materials, and the development of photonic devices including photonic biosensors. Boyd has written two books, co-edited two anthologies, published over 500 research papers, and been awarded five patents. He is the 2009 recipient of the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics and the 2016 recipient of the Charles H Townes Award. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and SPIE. He has chaired the Division of Laser Science of APS and has been a director of OSA. Boyd has served as a member of the Board of Editors of Physical Review Letters and of the Board of Reviewing Editors of Science Magazine. He has an h-index of 111 (according to Google Scholar).

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• Blythe Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 1987–1988.
• Fellow, Optical Society of America, 1998.
• Fellow, American Physical Society, 2001.
• Herta Leng Memorial Lecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, April 13, 2005.
• Lecturer in the Frontiers In Spectroscopy series at Ohio State University, January, 2006.
• Research chosen by Discover magazine to be one of the top 100 research stories of 2006 (of which only six were in physics).
• Research described in the New York Times, May 16, 2006.
• Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics, 2009.
• Humboldt Prize for Physics, 2010.
• Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics, 2010.
• Fellow, SPIE, 2014.
• Quantum Electronics Award, IEEE Photonics Society, 2014.
• Honorary Doctorate, University of Glasgow, 2014.
• IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer, 2015–2016.
• Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society, 2016.
• Charles Hard Townes Award, Optical Society, 2016.
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2019.