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
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
