The Chinese Optical Society (COS) recently announced the selection results of its 2022 Fellows Class.

Perry Shum, Chair Professor of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), was selected as the first Fellow of the COS at the University.

Prof. Shum is also an OSA Fellow, SPIE Fellow, and Chairman of the IEEE Photonics Society Guangdong Branch.

Previously, he was the Vice President of the IEEE Photonics Society. He also served as Director of the Network Technology Research Centre (NTRC), Centre for OptoElectronics and Biophotonics (OPTIMUS), and Centre for Optical Fibre Technology (COFT), and Associate Chair of Academic at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

His research interests focus on silicon photonics, optical sensing, and laser technologies, and has published more than 900 peer-reviewed papers.

Established in 1979, the COS is a non-governmental academic organization of scientific and technological workers in the field of optics and optical engineering.

The purpose of the society is to advance the scientific and technological development of optics and promote the communication of scientists, engineers, educators and students.