Recent Awards
Here is a list of some of our recent major Awards:
- Researcher of the Year Award, The Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio), 2020
- Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science – Clarivate, 2020
- Volgenau Chair for Engineering Innovation, UCLA, 2019
- UCLA Health Innovation, Med-Tech Challenge Winner, 2019
- Fellow, American Physical Society (APS), 2019
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2018
- Fellow, AAAS, 2018
- The Stillman Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2018
- TASSA President’s Service Award, TASSA, 2018
- Biocom Life Science Catalyst Award, 2017
- Guggenheim Fellow, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2017
- Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2017
- Fellow, IEEE, 2017
- Rahmi M. Koç Science Medal, Koç University & Vehbi Koç Foundation, 2016 {Inaugural Recipient}
- U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symp. – Committee Member, Session Chair, 2016
- Mary Kay Foundation, Cancer Research Award, 2016
- Ernst Abbe Lecture and Award, Carl Zeiss Foundation, 2016
- Wireless Innovation Award, Vodafone Americas Foundation, 2016
- IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer Award, 2016
- U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Arab-American Frontiers of Science Fellowship, 2016
- ICO Prize, International Commission for Optics, 2015
- Technology Pioneer, The World Economic Forum, 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, 2015
- HHMI Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2014
- Fellow, Optical Society of America (OSA), 2014
- National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium – Invited Participant, 2014
- Chancellor’s Professor, UCLA, 2013
- Microscopy Today, Innovation Award, 2013
- JALA Ten, 10 Breakthrough Technologies of The Year, 2013
- Fellow, SPIE, 2013
- SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award, 2013
- World Technology Award on Health & Medicine, presented by the World Technology Network in association with TIME, CNN, AAAS, Science, Technology Review, Fortune, Kurzweil and Accelerosity, 2012
- Popular Science, Brilliant 10 Award, 2012
- National Academy of Engineering (NAE), The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award, 2012
- The Scientist, Top Innovation of the Year, 2011
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2011
- mHealth Alliance and the Rockefeller Foundation, Innovators Challenge Winner, 2011
- SPIE Early Career Achievement Award, 2011
- Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award, 2011
- Regional Health Care Innovation Award, The von Liebig Center, UCSD, 2011
- National Academy of Engineering (NAE) U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium – Invited Participant, 2011
- LAUNCH Health Innovation Award, presented by NASA, USAID, Department of State, and NIKE, 2010
- NSF CAREER Award, 2010
- National Geographic Emerging Explorer Award, 2010
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Explorations Award, 2010
- Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award, 2010
- Netexplorateur Award, Netexplorateur Observatory and Forum, France, 2010
- PopTech Science and Public Leaders Fellowship, 2010
- NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2009
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2009
- IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award, 2009
- MIT’s TR35 Award, 2009
- Wireless Innovation Award, Vodafone Americas Foundation, 2009
- Okawa Foundation Award, 2008
For more awards please visit the Recent News.
Additional funding for the Ozcan Research Group is provided through generous awards from NIH, NSF, AFOSR, and DARPA.
