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20 June 2023
Optica announces 2023 class of Senior Members
Distinction from the Optica Board of Directors recognizes new Senior members for their experience, professional accomplishments
WASHINGTON— Optica today announces and celebrates the Senior Member class of 2023. 78 Optica members have received the distinction of Senior Member, which recognizes their experience and professional accomplishment in optics and photonics.
“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I extend my warmest congratulations to the new class of Optica Senior Members. These individuals have distinguished themselves through their exemplary professional accomplishments and service to Optica and the optics and photonics community,” said 2023 Optica President, Michal Lipson, Columbia University.
The 2023 class joins a distinguished group of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators who have demonstrated exemplary professional accomplishments in optics and photonics. To qualify for Optica Senior Membership, individuals must have at least 10 years of significant professional experience in the field, five years of active Optica membership and two endorsement statements from current Optica members.
- Vijayakumar Anand, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia
- Abubakar Isa Adamu, Microsoft, United States
- Ghazaleh Adibifard, Laval University, Canada
- M. Hassan Arbab, Stony Brook University, United States
- Muhammad Birowosuto, Łukasiewicz PORT, Indonesia
- Marc Brunel, Universite de Rennes, France
- Daniel Brunner, The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
- Oleg Butov, Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of RAS, Russia
- Ferda Canbaz, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Praneeth Chakravarthula, Princeton University, United States
- Christine Chen, Columbia University, United States
- Lin Chen, Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics, China
- Wen Chen, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
- Chih-Hsien Cheng, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
- Balkrishna Choubey, Indian Institute of Technology at Jammu, India
- Richard Collins, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, United States
- Matteo Conforti, University of Lille, France
- Javier De La Osa, Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia
- Israel De Leon, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Nicholas Devaney, The University of Galway, Ireland
- Mohammed Elamassie, Ozyegin University, Turkey
- Konstantinos Falaggis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
- Chengyong Feng, University of Rochester, United States
- Ulrich Fischer, Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Eduardo Fontana, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
- Nicolas Forget, Institut de Physique de Nice, France
- Luca Palmieri, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
- David Gibson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
- Amit Goyal, King Abdullah Univ of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
- Tian Gu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
- Ori Henderson-Sapir, University of Adelaide, Australia
- Vijitha Herath, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Warren Herman, University of Maryland College Park, United States
- Anthony Hoffman, University of Notre Dame, United States
- Nazanin Hoghooghi, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
- Rohan Katti, Bennett University, India
- John Khaydarov, MKS Instruments Inc, United States
- Peter Krummrich, Technische Universitaet Dortmund, Germany
- David Lees, University of Rochester, United States
- Zhaoyang Li, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China
- Houkun Liang, Sichuan University, China
- Marko Loncar, Harvard University, United States
- Jeffery Maki, Juniper Networks, United States
- Mark Meyers, University of Rochester, United States
- Manoj Mishra, MUST, India
- Ciaran Moore, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Peter Mosley, University of Bath, United Kingdom
- Shinki Nakamura, Ibaraki University, Japan
- Toshihiko Nakata, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Justus Ndukaife, Vanderbilt University, United States
- Minoru Obara, Keio University, Japan
- Ali Ozgur Yontem, TruLife Optics Ltd, United Kingdom
- Punya Paltani, IIIT at Naya Raipur, India
- Paul Pax, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
- Armando Pinto, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal
- Rosario Porras-Aguilar, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
- Erik Power, University of Rochester, United States
- Niels Quack, University of Sydney, Australia
- Sanjeev Raghuwanshi, Indian Institute of Technology, India
- Ritika Ranga, Delhi Technological University, India
- Nasrin Razmjooei, University of Texas at Arlington, United States
- Jan Rothhardt, Helmholtz Institute Jena and Friedrich Schiller University, Germany
- Abel Santos, University of Adelaide, Australia
- Lucie Sawides, Instituto de Óptica - CSIC, Spain
- Chao Shen, Fudan University, China
- Bhanu Singh, IIT Delhi, Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, India
- Dirk Sutter, TRUMPF Laser, Germany
- Małgorzata Szczerska, Politechnika Gdanska, Poland
- Takuo Tanemura, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Jean-Pierre van Helden, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Research and Technology, Germany
- Nilesh Vasa, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
- Benjamin Webb, University of Rochester, United States
- Jiayang Wu, Swinburne University of Technology | Optical Sciences Centre of SUT, Australia
- Ke Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Xiaohua Ye, Energetiq Technology Inc, United States
- Junqing Zhao, Shenzhen Technology University, China
- Yi Zou, ShanghaiTech University, China
- Ahmed Zubair, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh
Special Recognitions — Senior Members are identified in the Optica Individual Directory and during Optica-hosted events.
- Announcements — New Senior Members are announced in a news release, the Optica publication Optics & Photonics News and the Optica Member newsletter.
- Senior Member Certificate and Lapel Pin — Recognition materials are distributed upon request.
- Letter of Recognition — Approved Senior Members may request that a confirmation letter be sent to their employer.
- Exclusive Senior Member Programs — Opportunities from networking to mentoring to bring professionals together to learn and engage each year.
About Optica
Optica, Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, is the society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in the field. Founded in 1916, it is the leading organization for scientists, engineers, business professionals, students and others interested in the science of light. Optica's renowned publications, meetings, online resources and in-person activities fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate scientific, technical and educational achievement. Discover more at: Optica.org
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