Dr. Hayashi is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) of Japan, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Optical Society (OSA); and received 2009 IEICE Young Researcher’s Award, 2011 IEICE Communication Society OCS Young Researchers Award, 2012 IEICE Communication Society OCS Best Paper Award, and the Tingye Li Innovation Prize from OSA at OFC2017.