# Professor Marandi Wins Young Scientist Award

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Professor Marandi Wins Young Scientist Award

# Professor Marandi Wins Young Scientist Award

May 07, 2019

[Alireza Marandi](https://aph.caltech.edu/people/amarandi), Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, has received a [2019 Young Scientist Award](http://iupap.org/commissions/c17-laser-physics-and-photonics/c17-news/) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics ([IUPAP](http://iupap.org/)). He was recognized “for contributions to nonlinear photonics, particularly his pioneering work on computing with networks of Optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) and demonstration of optical Ising machines, as well as half-harmonic generation of mid-infrared frequency combs.” [[List of award winners](http://iupap.org/commissions/c17-laser-physics-and-photonics/c17-news/)]

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