SPIE Gold Medal

The highest honor the Society bestows

The SPIE Gold Medal is the highest honor the Society bestows. Since 1977, it has been awarded in recognition of outstanding engineering or scientific accomplishments in optics, photonics, electro-optics, or imaging technologies or applications. The recipient(s) shall have made an exceptional contribution to the advancement of relevant technology. Service to the Society may also be considered for this award. Honorarium $10,000.

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Current Recipient


Graham Reed
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

For his sustained and ongoing leadership in the silicon photonics field, particularly in the area of silicon photonics modulators, mid-IR silicon photonics, and integrated lidar.

Past Recipients


2022 - Michael Berns
2021 - Hugo Thienpont
2020 - Ursula Keller
2019 - Robert Alfano
2018 - Paul Corkum
2017 - Katarina Svanberg
2016 - Paras N. Prasad
2015 - Nader Engheta
2014 - James Harrington
2013 - Federico Capasso
2012 - Daniel Malacara Hernandez
2011 - Harrison Barrett
2010 - Charles H. Townes
2009 - Richard B. Hoover
2008 - M. J. Soileau
2007 - Joseph W. Goodman
2006 - Duncan T. Moore
2005 - H. John Caulfield
2004 - Roland V. Shack
2003 - James C. Wyant
2002 - Zhores I. Alferov
2001 - Parameswaran Hariharan
2000 - Robert E. Fischer
1999 - William L. Wolfe
1998 - Thomas I. Harris
1997 - Marjorie and Aden Meinel
1996 - Robert R. Shannon
1995 - Georges Nomarski
1994 - Andrei L. Mikaelian
1993 - Alfred H. Sommer
1992 - Charles K. Kao
1991 - William F. Schreiber
1990 - Emmett N. Leith
1989 - Andre Marechal
1988 - Andrew Tescher
1987 - H. Angus Macleod
1986 - Brian J. Thompson
1985 - Warren J. Smith
1984 - Franke Cooke
1983 - Robert E. Hopkins
1982 - Harold H. Hopkins
1981 - Harold E. Edgerton
1980 - Rudolf Kingslake
1979 - Edwin H. Land
1978 - James G. Baker
1977 - John Donovan Strong