Joyce Poon | |
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| Born | Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto, California Institute of Technology |
| Awards | Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Award, IBM Faculty Award, University of Toronto Early Career Distinction Award, MIT Technology Review's Top 35 IT Innovator under 35, Milton and Francis Clauser Doctoral Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Photonics, Neurotechnology, Nanotechnology, Silicon photonics |
| Institutions | University of Toronto, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics |
| Thesis | Active and Passive Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides (2007) |
| Doctoral advisors | Amnon Yariv |
| Website | https://www.photon.utoronto.ca/ |
Joyce Poon is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto and Director of the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, where her research focuses on developing new optical devices for applications in neurotechnology.[1] She is also an honorary professor at the Technische Universität Berlin. She is a Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society), and has been serving as a Director-At-Large for the society since January 2021.[2]