Steve Cundiff was named an IEEE Fellow on January 1, 2014. In electing him as a Fellow, the Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. cited him “for contributions to self-referenced optical frequency combs and ultrafast nonlinear solid-state spectroscopy.”

“I am delighted to share the good news with you and to congratulate you on having this distinguished individual on your staff,” said J. Roberto B. de Marca, IEEE President and CEO in a letter to Thomas O’Brian, chief of NIST’s Quantum Physics Division here at JILA.

The IEEE Fellowship is one of the most prestigious honors of the IEEE. It is bestowed upon a limited number of Senior Members who have made outstanding contributions to the electrical and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession. Only about one-tenth of one percent of IEEE members become Fellows.

Source: JILA Scientific Communications