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Councils

Councils

Optica’s governance committees and councils focus on strategies, programs and activities that support the organization’s short- and long-term goals. Committee members are nominated by the President-Elect and approved by the Board of Directors. Members generally serve multi-year terms that follow the calendar year, beginning 1 January and concluding 31 December.


Corporate Engagement Council

  • Michael Lebby, United States, Chair
  • Aleksandra Boskovic, Corning Optical Communications, United States
  • Anjul Loiacono, Infleqtion, United States
  • Simon Schwinger, JAT - Jenaer Antriebstechnik GmbH, Germany
  • Joseph Spilman, Optimax Systems Inc, United States
  • Natarajan Subrahmanyan, Verition Fund Management, United States
  • Reinhard Voelkel, SalesPro4U, Switzerland

  • Meetings Council

  • Jens Biegert, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain, Chair
  • Abbie T Watnik, US Naval Research Laboratory, United States, Vice Chair
  • Sterling J Backus, Thorlabs Laser Division Boulder, United States
  • Aparajita Bandyopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
  • Judith S Birkenfeld, Consejo Sup Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
  • Jennifer J Hunter, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Aydogan Ozcan, University of California Los Angeles, United States
  • Takunori Taira, RIKEN / IMS, Japan
  • Gabrielle M Thomas, Menlo Systems GmbH, Germany

  • Membership Engagement & Development Council

  • Felipe Beltran-Mejia, UFABC, Brazil
  • Amol Choudhary, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
  • Nafisa Amin Hridi, Bangladesh Univ of Engineering and Tech, Bangladesh
  • Mercedeh Khajavikhan, University of Southern California, United States
  • Jelena Pesic, Nokia, France
  • Jun Shan Wey, Verizon Communications Inc, United States
  • Robert Ian Woodward, Toshiba Europe Ltd., United Kingdom

  • Nominating Council

  • Arlene Smith, Molex, Inc, United States, Chair
  • James D Kafka, MKS Instruments Inc, United States
  • Gerd Leuchs, Max-Planck-Inst Physik des Lichts, Germany
  • Michal Lipson, Columbia University, United States
  • Sujatha Ramanujan, Luminate, United States
  • Ulrike K Woggon, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
  • Xi-Cheng Zhang, University of Rochester, United States

  • Public Affairs Council

  • Shermineh Rostami Fairchild, University of Central Florida, CREOL, United States, Chair
  • Jennifer Brookes, United States, Past Chair
  • Anthony J Augustine, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
  • Pierre H Chavel, Institut d'Optique, France
  • Turan Erdogan, Plymouth Grating Laboratory, Inc., United States
  • Amy Eskilson, Inrad Optics, United States
  • Christoph S Harder, SwissPhotonics, Switzerland
  • Jung Soo Park, Google LLC, United States
  • Rosario Guadalupe Porras Aguilar, UNC Charlotte, United States
  • Madison Rilling, OPTONIQUE, Canada

  • Publications Council

  • Cornelia Denz, Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany, Vice Chair
  • Alexander L Gaeta, Columbia University, United States
  • Christoph K Hitzenberger, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria
  • James R Leger, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States
  • Joseph N Mait, United States
  • Susana Marcos, University of Rochester, United States
  • Irina Novikova, College of William & Mary, United States

  • Strategic Planning Council

  • Thomas Metzger, TRUMPF Scientific Lasers, Germany
  • Ian A Walmsley, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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