Djordjevic Named IEEE Fellow

IEEE, a professional society dedicated to advancing innovation and technological excellence for the benefit of humanity, has elevated University of Arizona professor of electrical and computer engineering Ivan Djordjevic to IEEE Fellow.

Djordjevic received the designation, which is granted to fewer than 0.1% of voting IEEE members annually, “for his contributions to physical-layer optical communications.”

"I've dedicated my career to furthering the field of optical communications and networks, so it is a great honor to receive this recognition from the largest technical professional society not only in this field, but in the world,” said Djordjevic, who has a joint appointment in optical sciences and has been teaching at the University of Arizona since 2004.

Djordjevic serves as a senior editor and member of the editorial board of the OSA/IEEE Journal of Optical Communications and Networking; the IOP Journal of Optics; IEEE Communications Letters; the Elsevier Physical Communication Journal, or PHYCOM; Optical and Quantum Electronics; and Frequenz. He is the author or co-author of seven books and more than 520 journal and conference publications. He also holds 51 patents.

“He is an exceptionally creative and productive researcher in the area of optical communications and coding theory for optical communication systems,” said ECE and optical sciences professor Raymond Kostuk, who has known Djordjevic for 15 years.