Amnon Yariv

Amnon Yariv
Professor Amnon Yariv at Caltech in 2010
Born	(1930-04-13) April 13, 1930 (age 94) Tel Aviv, British Mandate Palestine
Known for	Optoelectronics
Awards	Harold Pender Award (1985) National Medal of Science (2009) IEEE Photonics Award (2011)
Scientific career
Fields	Applied physics, electrical engineering
Institutions	Caltech
Notable students	Kerry Vahala, Joyce Poon, Avraham Gover

Amnon Yariv (born April 13, 1930) is an Israeli-American professor of applied physics and electrical engineering at Caltech, known for innovations in optoelectronics. Yariv obtained his B.S., M.S. and PhD. in electrical engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 1954, 1956 and 1958, respectively.^[1]