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.
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Corporate Engagement Council
Amy Eskilson, Inrad Optics, United States, Chair
Aleksandra Boskovic, Corning Optical Communications, United States
Cedric F Lam, Google LLC, United States
Michael Lebby, Lightwave Logic, Inc, United States
Anjul Loiacono, Infleqtion, United States
Rick Plympton, Optimax Systems Inc, United States
Thomas Rettich, TRUMPF SE & Co.KG, Germany
Natarajan Subrahmanyan, Verition Fund Management, United States
Reinhard Voelkel, SUSS MicroOptics SA, Switzerland
Debbie Wilson, Lumentum Operations LLC, United States
Meetings Council
Jens Biegert, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain, Chair
Steven T Cundiff, University of Michigan, United States, Past Chair
Sterling J Backus, Thorlabs Laser Division Boulder, United States
Judith S Birkenfeld, Instituto de Óptica Daza de Valdés, Spain
Liangcai Cao, Tsinghua University, China
Rama Chellappa, Johns Hopkins University, United States
Na Ji, University of California Berkeley, United States
Takunori Taira, RIKEN / IMS, Japan
Gabrielle M Thomas, Menlo Systems GmbH, Germany
Abbie T Watnik, US Naval Research Laboratory, United States
Membership Engagement & Development Council
Katherine Calabro, Apple Inc., United States, Chair
Dennis W Fantone, Optikos Corporation, United States, Vice Chair
Amol Choudhary, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Lea Kopf, Tampereen Yliopisto, Finland
Chun-Hung (Frank) Kuo, Mettler Toledo, United States
W. Y. Sarah Lau, CSIRO Australia Telescope Natl Facility, Australia
Jelena Pesic, Nokia, France
Donn Michael Silberman, Optics Institute of Southern California, United States
Robert Ian Woodward, Toshiba Europe Ltd., United Kingdom
Nominating Council
Arlene Smith, Molex, Inc, United States, Chair
Roel G. F Baets, Ghent University, INTEC, Belgium
Connie J Chang-Hasnain, Berxel Photonics, United States
Ekaterina Golovchenko, Lumentum Operations LLC, United States
Satoshi Kawata, Nanophotonics Co Ltd, Japan
Michal Lipson, Columbia University, United States
Public Affairs Council
Jennifer Brookes, US Department of Defense, United States, Chair
Diane M Wong, Teledyne SciCam Group, United States, Past Chair
Diana Michelle Bailey, National Inst of Standards & Technology, United States
Jennifer Brookes, US Department of Defense, United States
Amy Eskilson, Inrad Optics, United States
Christoph S Harder, SwissPhotonics, Switzerland
Gerd Leuchs, Max-Planck-Inst Physik des Lichts, Germany
Jung Soo Park, Google LLC, United States
Shermineh Rostami Fairchild, University of Central Florida, CREOL, United States
Michelle L Stock, TracInnovations, United States
Donna T Strickland, University of Waterloo, Canada
Publications Council
Susana Marcos, University of Rochester, United States, Chair
Alexander L Gaeta, Columbia University, United States, Past Chair
Joseph A Izatt, Duke University, United States, Past Chair
Alexandra Boltasseva, Purdue University, United States
Cornelia Denz, Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany
Christoph K Hitzenberger, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria
Joseph A Izatt, Duke University, United States
Irina Novikova, College of William & Mary, United States
Strategic Planning Council
Joseph A Izatt, Duke University, United States, Chair
Gisele Bennett, MEPSS LLC, United States
Jens Biegert, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
Thomas Metzger, TRUMPF Scientific Laser GmbH + Co KG, Germany
Gabrielle M Thomas, Menlo Systems GmbH, Germany
Ian A Walmsley, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
