Tingye Li

Dr. Tingye Li's seminal contributions to lightwave technologies span more than four decades. After joining AT&T- Bell Labs in Holmdel, New Jersey in 1957, he worked with Gardner Fox on laser resonator modes; their work has been fundamental to the theory and practice of lasers. He is a pioneering leader in lightwave system research and is credited with revolutionizing lightwave communications by advocating and leading the research on amplified wavelength-division-multiplexed transmission systems at AT&T. Dr. Li retired from AT&T in 1998, as a division manager in the Communications Infrastructure Research Laboratory, and is currently an independent consultant in lightwave technologies and systems.

An IEEE Life Fellow, he is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Dr. Li has received the IEEE David Sarnoff Award, the IEEE W.R.G. Baker Prize Paper Award and the OSA/IEEE John Tyndall Award.