E. Wolf, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Professor Emil Wolf has been the Editor of the series Progress in Optics since its inception in 1961. More than 40 volumes have now been published, the first one in 1961. Professor Wolf received a Ph.D. degree from Bristol University (England) in 1948 and a D.Sc. Degree from Edinburgh University (Scotland) in 1955. He is presently the Wilson Professor of Optical Physics and Professor of Optics at the University of Rochester. Professor Wolf's main researches are in physical optics, particularly in studies of coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, diffraction and the theory of direct and inverse scattering. He is the co-author, with Nobel Laureate Max Born, of a well-known book Principles of Optics, first published in 1959 and now in its sixth edition. He is also the co-author, with Leonard Mandel, of Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics, published in 1995. Professor Wolf is the recipient of numerous awards for his scientific contributions and is an honorary member of the Optical Society of America, of which he was the President in 1978. He is also an honorary member of the Optical Societies of India and Australia and is the recipient of five honorary degrees from Universities in the Netherlands, Great Britain, the Czech Republic and in Canada.
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