Her research focuses on novel on-chip nanophotonic devices. She holds numerous patents on novel micron-size photonic structures for light manipulation, and is the author of over 100 technical papers in Physics and Optics journals. She has pioneered several of the critical building blocks for silicon photonics including GHz silicon modulators. Professor Lipson is a fellow of the Optical Society of America. She has received an NSF Early Career Award, Blavatnik Award, IBM Faculty Award, and is a member of the NY State Academy of Science. For more information about Professor Lipson�s research group, the Cornell Nanophotonics Group, please visit nanophotonics.ece.cornell.edu.