2019 | Fellow, The American Physical Society |
2018 | Fellow, National Academy of Inventors |
2018 | Fellow, AAAS |
2018 | The Stillman Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
2018 | TASSA President’s Service Award, TASSA |
2017 | Biocom Life Science Catalyst Award |
2017 | Guggenheim Fellow, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
2017 | Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2017 | Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) |
2017 | Fellow, IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
2016 | Rahmi M. Koç Science Medal, Koç University & Vehbi Koç Foundation {Inaugural Recipient} |
2016 | U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium – Committee Member, Session Chair |
2016 | Mary Kay Foundation, Cancer Research Award |
2016 | Ernst Abbe Lecture and Award, Carl Zeiss Foundation |
2016 | Vodafone Americas Foundation, Wireless Innovation Award |
2016 | IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer Award |
2016 | U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Arab-American Frontiers of Science Fellowship |
2015 | ICO Prize, International Commission for Optics |
2015 | The World Economic Forum, Technology Pioneers List |
2015 | Postdoctoral Scholars Mentoring Award, UCLA |
2015 | The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Microbiome Workshop, Invited Participant/Panelist |
2015 | Microscopy Today, Innovation Award |
2015 | The Kavli Foundation, Kavli Futures Symposium on Microbiome, Invited Participant/Panelist |
2014 | HHMI Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
2014 | The Optical Society (OSA) Fellow |
2014 | National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium – Invited Participant |
2013 | Microscopy Today Innovation Award |
2013 | Selected Among 10 Breakthrough Technologies of The Year JALA Ten (presented by Journal of Laboratory Automation), |
2013 | UCLA Chancellor.s Professorship |
2013 | Fellow, SPIE |
2013 | SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award .for his seminal contributions to computational imaging, sensing and bio-photonics technologies impacting telemedicine and global health challenges.. |
2012 | IEEE NANOMED Conference, Best Paper Award, 2012 |
2012 | National Academy of Engineering (NAE), The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award |
2012 | World Technology Award on Health & Medicine, presented by the World Technology Network in association with TIME, CNN, AAAS, Science, Technology Review, Fortune and Kurzweil |
2012 | Popular Science, Brilliant 10 Award |
2011 | The Scientist, Top Innovation of the Year |
2011 | SPIE Early Career Achievement Award in recognition of his pioneering contributions to non-destructive nonlinear material characterization techniques, nearfield and on-chip imaging and diagnostic systems. |
2011 | Rockefeller Foundation and mHealth Alliance, Innovators Challenge Winner |
2011 | Regional Health Care Innovation Challenge Award, The von Liebig Center, UCSD |
2011 | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) |
2011 | National Academy of Engineering (NAE), U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium – Invited Participant |
2011 | Innovation Competition Award, World Reconstruction Conference, Geneva |
2011 | Army Research Office (ARO), Young Investigator Award |
2010 | Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award |
2010 | PopTech Science and Public Leaders Fellowship |
2010 | NSF CAREER Award |
2010 | Netexplorateur Award, Netexplorateur Observatory and Forum, France |
2010 | National Geographic Emerging Explorer Award |
2010 | LAUNCH Health Innovation Award, presented by NASA, USAID, Department of State, and NIKE |
2010 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Explorations Award |
2009 | Vodafone Americas Foundation, Wireless Innovation Award |
2009 | Office of Naval Research (ONR), Young Investigator Award |
2009 | NIH Director.s New Innovator Award |
2009 | MIT.s Technology Review Magazine, TR 35 Award |
2009 | IEEE LEOS Young Investigator Award for his pioneering contributions to non destructive nonlinear material characterization techniques, near-field and on-chip imaging and diagnostic systems. |
2008 | Outstanding paper award, Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), 2008 |
2008 | Okawa Foundation Award, Japan |
2006 | Outstanding paper award, Gordon Research Conference, Lasers in Medicine and Biology |