20 Regents Professor Girish Agarwal is an expert in quantum optics whose work has been honored with the Max-Born Prize from the Optical Society of America, the Physics Prize of the Third World Academy of Sciences, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize and the Humboldt Research Award. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, the Optical Society of America, the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Third World Academy of Sciences. He built a school of physics at the University of Hyderabad in India. He was the director of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad, India, for 10 years. He held the Indian National Science Academy’s Albert Einstein Research Professorship and an honorary professorship at the J Nehru Center for Advanced Research in Bangalore, India. He was a frequent visitor to the MaxPlanck Institute for Quantum Optics in Germany. Agarwal earned a doctorate from the University of Rochester where he received the Eastman Kodak Prize. Phil Shockley PORTRAIT Physics Regents Professor Girish Agarwal’s research focusses on fundamental advances in quantum physics at nano scale, precision measurements and high-resolution imaging. Girish Agarwal NOBLE FOUNDATION CHAIR IN LASER RESEARCH
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