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Boon S. Ooi

Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor , Electrical and Computer Engineering

Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division
Email icon boon.ooi@kaust.edu.sa
Website icon Photonics Laboratory

Our lab designs and develops light generating, detecting and manipulating devices and systems that can be applied to optical communications, energy, and environmental and agricultural monitoring.

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Biography

Boon S. Ooi (FNAI, FIEEE, FAPS, FOSA, FSPIE, FInstP) is an Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at KAUST. He previously held faculty positions at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) from 1996 to 2000 and Lehigh University (Pennsylvania, USA) from 2003 to 2009. From 2012 to 2020, he served as the Director of the KACST-Technology Innovation Center at KAUST.

Professor Ooi has trained more than 40 Ph.D. students and 17 postdoctoral fellows, many of whom have secured prestigious fellowships and awards from organizations like the UK Royal Academy, Marie Curie, Humboldt, IEEE, OSA, and SPIE. He holds 45 issued US patents and 21 international patents, many of which have been licensed to leading optics and photonics companies, driving commercialization success.

He has received numerous accolades, including the 2024 Sang Soo Lee Award (Optica/OSA and OSK), the 2023 Khalifa International Award (UAE), and multiple paper awards. Professor Ooi is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters and has previously held editorial roles with Optics Express and IEEE Photonics Journal.

Beyond his academic achievements, Professor Ooi is actively engaged in professional service, having served on key committees such as the IEEE Fellow Committee and the SPIE Fellow Selection Committee. He chaired the IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecture Selection Committee in 2024.

Research Interests

Professor Ooi’s research focuses on high-speed optoelectronics, optical wireless communications, and distributed fiber optic sensors.
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optics photonics

Education Profile

  • Ph.D., Electronics & Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK, 1994

  • B.Eng, Electronics & Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow UK, 1992

Awards and Recognitions

  • Sang Soo Lee Award, Optica/OSA and Optical Society of Korea, 2024

  • Technical Innovation of the Year Award, Oil & Gas Middle East, 2024

  • Khalifa International Award, Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 2023

  • The International Date Palm Innovation Technology Excellence Prize, National Center for Palms and Dates (NCPD) , 2022

Publications

  • D. Prianti, I. Dursun, M.S. Alias, D. Shi, V.A. Melnikov, T.K. Ng, O.F. Mohammed, O.M. Bakr, and B.S. Ooi, "The recombination mechanisms leading to amplified spontaneous emission at the true-green wavelength in CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskites", Applied Physics Letters, 106, 081902, 2015

  • R. T. ElAfandy, M. A. Majid, T. K. Ng, L. Zhao, D. Cha and B. S. Ooi, "Exfoliation of threading dislocation free single crystalline ultrathin gallium nitride nanomembrane", Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 24(16), pp2305-2311, 2014

  • Mohammed Zahed Mustafa Khan, Tien Khee Ng, and Boon S. Ooi, "Self-assembled InAs/InP quantum dots and quantum dashes: Material structures and devices",Progress in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 38(6), pp237–313, 2014

  • T. Frost, S. Jahangir, E. Stark, S. Deshpande. A. Hazari, C. Zhao, B. S. Ooi, P. Bhattacharya, "A monolithic electrically injected nanowire laser on (001) silicon",Nano Letters, Vol.14 (8), pp4535-4541, 2014

  • M. Z. M. Khan, M. A. Majid, T. K. Ng, D. Cha, and B. S. Ooi "Simultaneous quantum dash-well emission in a chirped dash-in-well superluminescent diode with spectral bandwidth >700nm", Optics Letters, vol. 38 (19), pp. 3720-3723, 2013

  • B. S. Ooi, H. S. Djie, Y. Wang, C. L. Tan, J. C.M. Hwang, X. M. Fang, J. M. Fastenau, A. W.K. Liu, G. T. Dang, and W. H. Chang "Quantum dashes on InP substrate for broadband emitter applications", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 14(4), pp 1230-1238, July/August 2008

Research Areas

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Earth Science and Engineering

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