Yanne Kouomou Chembo
Born
Cameroon
Alma materUniversity of Yaoundé I
University of the Balearic Islands
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland, College Park
FEMTO-ST Institute, French National Centre for Scientific Research
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Yanne Kouomou Chembo is an electrical engineer and associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research considers ultra-pure microwaves and Kerr frequency combs. He is a Fellow of The Optical Society and SPIE.

Early life and education

Chembo was born in Cameroon. He attended the University of Yaoundé I where he earned two bachelor's degrees, one in physics and one in telecommunications engineering. Chembo completed two simultaneous doctoral degrees, one at the University of Yaoundé I and one at the University of the Balearic Islands. After earning his doctoral degree, Chembo moved to the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) FEMTO-ST Institute as a postdoctoral researcher. He joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2009.

Research and career

Chembo returned to the FEMTO-ST Institute in 2010, where he led a group working on microwave photonics.[1][2] Here Chembo looked to develop ultra-pure microwaves using optical resonators.[1] He was supported by the European Research Council.[1] He created a photonic module that was capable of generating high-purity microwave signals for aerospace and optical communications.[1] To allow for coherent optical fibre telecommunications, Chembo made use of Kerr frequency combs.[3]

In 2014 Chembo was appointed to the International Commission for Optics committee on regional development.[4]

He stayed in France until 2016, when he moved to the joint Georgia Tech – CNRS Joint International Laboratory.[5][6] He moved to the University of Maryland, College Park in 2019, where he was made associate professor of Electrical Engineering.[7] He holds a joint position at the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP).[8]

He is an Associate Editor for Optics Express and has helped with the organisation of the International Year of Light.[5][9]

Awards and honors

  • 2019 Fellow of SPIE "for his achievements in ultra-stable microwave photonics oscillators."[4]
  • 2020 Fellow of The Optical Society "For pioneering contributions to the development of microwave photonic systems for aerospace and communication engineering, including monolithic optical frequency comb generators and optoelectronic oscillators."[10][11]
  • 2023 Fellow of the American Physical Society "for pioneering contributions to the understanding and application of complexity in time-delayed and spatially extended systems, encompassing experiments and models in both quantum and classical photonic domains"[12]

Select publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Searching for the purest microwaves". ERC: European Research Council. 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  2. ↑ "Yanne CHEMBO". Yanne CHEMBO. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  3. ↑ Chembo, Yanne K. (2016-09-18). "Using Kerr combs for coherent optical communications". ECOC 2016; 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication: 1–3.
  4. 1 2 "Yanne K. Chembo Named Fellow of SPIE". ece.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  5. 1 2 "Chembo, Yanne | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering". ece.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  6. ↑ "Yanne K. Chembo Biography - IEEE Photonics Society". www.photonicssociety.org. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  7. ↑ "ECE Welcomes New Faculty Member Yanne K. Chembo". eng.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  8. ↑ "Chembo, Yanne | The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP)". ireap.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  9. ↑ "OSA | About Optics Express". www.osapublishing.org. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  10. ↑ "Professor Yanne K. Chembo named 2020 Optical Society Fellow". ece.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  11. ↑ "OSA Awards & Honors". The Optical Society.
  12. ↑ "2023 Fellows". APS Fellow Archive. American Physical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
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