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Huafan Zhang's tutorial article was selected as an Editor's Pick
The tutorial "InGaN-based nanowires development for energy harvesting and conversion applications," published March 26, 2021, has been selected as an Editor's Pick in Journal of Applied Physics.

Spotlight summary by Prof. Boon S. Ooi on high performance of a semipolar InGaN laser with a phase-shifted embedded hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) grating
Spotlight Summary by Prof. Boon S. Ooi Published by the Optical Society (OSA)
https://www.osapublishing.org/spotlight/summary.cfm?id=441073

Tien Khee Ng recognized as IET and IOP Fellow
Tien Khee Ng recognized as IET and IOP Fellow .
https://www.theiet.org/membership/become-a-member/fellow-membership

Lasers: Accelerating Visible Light Communication
A news article by Meiwei Kong, Jorge Holguin-Lerma, Tien Khee Ng, and Boon S. Ooi published in Compound Semconductor on accelerating visible light communication using lasers
https://compoundsemiconductor.net/article/112505/Lasers_Accelerating_visible_light_communication

Jorge Holguín-Lerma receives 2020 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship
Photonics Lab's Ph.D. student Jorge Holguín-Lerma has recently been named a recipient of the 2020 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship

Light sensors detect larval pests munching on date palms
Optical fibers wrapped around date palm trunks could help detect this tree’s most destructive pest early enough to save it.

Jorge A. Holguín-Lerma takes home SPIE Photonics West 2020 Best Student Paper Award
Photonis Lab Student Wins SPIE Photonics West 2020 Best Student Paper Award

Professor Boon S. Ooi elected Fellow of U.S. National Academy of Inventors
KAUST Professor Boon S. Ooi was recently elected as a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors for his groundbreaking research work.

Malleswararao Tangi Awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
Malleswararao Tangi Receives the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-experienced.html

Nasir Alfaraj's Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Study on Deep-Ultraviolet Optoelectronic Devices Enabled by the Hybrid Integration of Next-Generation Semiconductors and Emerging Device Platforms

Latifah Al maghrabi's Master's Thesis Defense
Study of PA-MBE grown III-nitride nanowires for strain engineering optoelectronics, nano-energy harvesting devices and piezotronics.

Hybrid integration of materials for ultraviolet detection
Dr. Tien Khee gives a seminar on hybrid integration of materials for ultraviolet detection
https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/events/event/hybrid-integration-materials-ultraviolet-detection

Aditya Prabaswara's Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Study of III-nitride Nanowire Growth and Devices on Unconventional Substrates

Fatimah Alhawaj Wins the Top Scientific Paper Award of the SRSI Program
Fatimah Alhawaj won the Top Scientific Paper Award of the SRSI 2019 program for her paper entitled "Group-III Nitride Micro-Photodetector for High-Speed Visible Light Communication Link".

Davide Priante's Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Study of ultraviolet AlGaN nanowires light-emitting diodes
https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/events/event/study-ultraviolet-algan-nanowires-light-emitting-diodes

Yuan Mao elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE
Congratulations to Dr. Yuan Mao on his elevation to the grade of IEEE Senior member.

Jorge A. Holguin-Lerma awarded SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship
The international society for optics and photonics awards Jorge Holguín-Lerma.

Compound Semiconductor features “Narrowing the linewidth of the green laser”
Narrowing the linewidth of the green laser was featured in the June issue Compound Semiconductor Magazine.

Semiconductor Today features “Distributed feed-back gratings for indium gallium nitride laser diodes”
Distributed feed-back gratings for indium gallium nitride laser diodes” was featured in the May issue of Semiconductor Today Magazine
http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2019/may/kaust_030519.shtml

Islam Ashry elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE
Congratulations to Dr. Islam Ashry on his elevation to the grade of IEEE Senior member.