Joyce Poon
Academic Appointments
2018: Director, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
2021-2023: Managing Director
2017: Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
2018: Honorary Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, TU-Berlin
2019: Affiliate Scientist, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network
2013: Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
2014 (Aug-Dec): Visiting Associate, Caltech
2014 (Jan-Mar): Visiting Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2012: Canada Research Chair in Integrated Photonic Devices
2007: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Education
2007: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
2003: M.S., Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
2002: B.A.Sc., Engineering Science (Physics), University of Toronto
Selected Awards and Honors
2022: IEEE Fellow
2018: Fellow of Optica (formerly Optical Society, OSA)
2017: ECE Departmental Teaching Award
2017: OFC Top-scored paper (Active optical devices and photonic integrated circuits category)
2013: McCharles Prize for Early Career Research Distinction
2012: MIT TR35
2012: Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
2010, 2011: IBM Faculty Award
2009: Ontario MRI Early Researcher Award
2008: NSERC University Faculty Award
2007: Milton and Francis Clauser Doctoral Thesis Prize, Caltech (top thesis prize)
2005: OSA Dekker Graduate Student Award
2005: IEEE LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship
2004-2006: NSERC PGS-D Research Award
2002-2004: NSERC Julie Payette PGS-A Research Award
2002: Centennial Thesis Award, University of Toronto (top undergraduate thesis prize, Engineering Science)
Professional Activities
2019-present: Scientist, Creative Destruction Labs
2019-present: Member, ECIO organizing committee
2018-2020: Associate Editor, Optics Express
2019-2020: Member, IEEE Group IV Photonics
2019-2020: Subcommittee Chair (Photonic Devices), CLEO-Pacific Rim
2018-2019:Organizer, OFC Special Symposium on Photonic Devices and Materials for Future Networks
2015-2018: Member, OFC Technical Program Committee
2017-2021: Member, IEEE EDS Optoelectronic Devices Technical Committee
2016-2018: Subcommittee Chair (Photonic Devices), IEEE Group IV Photonics
2014-2018: Member, IEEE Photonics Conference Technical Program Committee
2013-2018: Member, OSA Publications Council
2014-2018: Member, IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference Technical Program Committee
2017: Member, IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits
2015-present: Member, IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer Award Committee
2017-2018: IEEE Frederik Philips Award Committee
2015-2016: Member, IEEE Group IV Photonics Technical Program Committee
2014-2015: Feature issue development editor, Journal of the Optical Society of America B
2014-2016: Member, OECC Technical Program Committee
2014-2015: Subcommittee Chair, FiO Technical Committee (Integrated Photonics)
2012-2014: Member, FiO Technical Committee (Integrated Photonics)
2010-2012: Member, IPR Technical Committee (Photonic Devices and Integration)
2010-2013: Assistant Topical Editor, Journal of the Optical Society of America B
2012-2013: Subcommittee Chair, CLEO (S&I 09: Components, Integration, Interconnects and Signal Processing)
2009-2011: Member, CLEO Technical Committee (S&I 09)
2010-11: Local organizing committee, Advanced Photonics Congress