He is only the sixth New Zealand-based fellow to be elected to the US-based international society, and joins his retired departmental colleague Emeritus Prof Ian Hodgkinson in gaining this distinction.
A photon is an elementary particle of light and other electromagnetic radiation.
And photonics is the science and technology of generating, controlling and detecting photons.
Prof Blaikie's honour recognises his pioneering research in sub-wavelength optics, including the development of evanescent near-field optical nanolithography and a world-first demonstration of sub-diffraction imaging using silver superlenses.
Prof Blaikie is Otago University's deputy vice-chancellor, research and enterprise, and is a former director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology.
The Royal Society of New Zealand also recently awarded Prof Blaikie the Thomson Medal, to honour his science leadership.
