Fellows receive $159,000 in financial support over three years to conduct their impactful research.

UCSB engineering assistant professor receives prestigious NSF award for employing light to track the location and movement of cells during early embryonic development.

Fewer than 0.1% of IEEE members receive the prestigious honor each year

The Heinrich Welker Award recognizes Coldren's contributions to photonics-enabling materials science.

The award notes the professor's many contributions that connect theory to application.