His research interests are in computational and theoretical studies of solid state and photonic structures and devices, especially photonic crystals, plasmonics, and meta-materials. He received a National Science Foundation Career Award, a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiative in Research, and the Adolph Lomb Medal from the Optical Society of America. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America and SPIE.