Lluis Torner
Lluis Torner i Sabata (born in 1961) is a physicist. He founded and lead ICFO from 2002 to 2024[1] in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). He is the recipient of the Leadership Award of the Optical Society of America,[2] the Monturiol Medal,[3] Gold Medal of the City of Barcelona,[4] the Creu de Sant Jordi of the Government of Catalonia[5] and the 2016 National Research prize of Catalonia.[6]
Career
[edit]Lluis Torner received his PhD at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) in 1989 after completing a five-year degree in Physics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, both in Spain. Subsequently, he enjoyed post-doctoral appointments at CREOL of the University of Central Florida. He has been Full Professor at Barcelona Tech since the year 2000.
He works in nonlinear optics and its applications, with emphasis on optical solitons. His most cited research contributions are in the areas of light guiding and trapping, optical solitons, light’s orbital angular momentum, and twisted photons.
Torner has been elevated to Fellow of the European Physical Society, the European Optical Society and the Optical Society of America (currently Optica). He is also a member of the Reial Academia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona (RACAB), the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) and the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España (RAC).[7]
Awards
[edit]· Medalla Monturiol (2009).[3]
· Leadership Award Optical Society of America (2011).[2]
· Optoel Award (2011).
· Ambaixador Regio7 Award (2012).[8]
· Premi Nacional de la Generalitat de Catalunya (2016)[6]
· Salvà-i-Campillo Personalitat Destacada Prize (2017).[9]
· Nature Mentoring Award (2017).[10]
· Creu de Sant Jordi Award (2022).[5]
· GoldTalk CINBIO Award (2023).[11]
· Gran Margallo Award (2023).[12]
· Gold Medal of the City of Barcelona (2023).[4]
· Talent d'Honor Fundació Impulsa Award (2024).[13]
· AMETIC Award (2024).[14]
References
[edit]- ^ ICFO
- ^ a b "Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ a b "S'atorguen les medalles Narcís Monturiol a Lluís Jofre, Anna Maria Serra i Lluís Torner — Sala de Premsa - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)". saladepremsa2.upc.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ a b "Ficha de la medalla de oro al mérito científico a Lluís Torner | Ajuntament de Barcelona". ajuntament.barcelona.cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ a b "El Govern distingeix amb la Creu de Sant Jordi 20 persones i 10 entitats". Govern.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ a b "Lluís Torner rep el Premi Nacional de Recerca 2016". Govern.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ "Miembro de la Academia - Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales". rac.es. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ Manresa, Redacció | (2017-05-11). "La llista de tots els Premis Regió7 des de l'any 1987 fins al 2016". Regió7 (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "FIB wins the Honor Award at the 22th edition of La nit de les Telecomunicacions i la Informàtica | FIB - Barcelona School of Informatics". www.fib.upc.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ "Mentoring | Nature". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "Goldtalk - CINBIO". cinbio.es. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ Timtul (2024-06-05). "22@NETWORK BARCELONA PREMIADA POR LA PROYECCIÓN INTERNACIONAL". www.22network.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "Creu Roja, Lluís Torner i la Fundació Horitzons 2050, Premis Talent d'Honor". www.cataloniatalent.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "AMETIC clausura la edición 38º del Encuentro de la Economía Digital y las Telecomunicaciones con Diana Morant, ministra de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, y Ana Botín, presidenta del Banco Santander mostrando su apoyo a la propuesta de AMETIC de tres Pactos de Estado – Ametic" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-23.
