2022 Recipients
Foundation
2022 Recipients
![Chenui Eugene Aban](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/eugene_aban_chenui_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814116026929594)
Chenui Eugene Aban
University of Buea, Cameroon
![Adewale Akinyimika](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/adewale_akinyimika_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115367058152)
Adewale Akinyimika
Hebei University of Technology, China
![](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2021/amplify/akosua_boampong.jpg?t=637815905431264316)
Akosua Boampong
Wellesley College, USA
![Jennifer Bragg](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/jennifer_bragg_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115434076685)
Jennifer Bragg
University of Arizona, USA
![Shayla Breedlove](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/shayla_breedlove_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115474709165)
Shayla Breedlove
University of Florida, USA
![Ayomikun Esan](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/ayomikun_esan_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115388069253)
Ayomikun Esan
University of Auckland, New Zealand
![Ibrahim Issah](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/ibrahim_issah_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115414845641)
Ibrahim Issah
Tampere University, Finland
![Rutendo Jakachira](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/rutendo_jakachira_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115466115728)
Rutendo Jakachira
Brown University, USA
![Arielle Joasil](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/arielle_joasil_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115377149920)
Arielle Joasil
Columbia University, USA
![Ngei Katumo](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/ngei_katumo_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115451950983)
Ngei Katumo
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
![Hamidu M. Mbonde](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/hamidu_m_mbonde_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115404909816)
Hamidu M. Mbonde
McMaster University, Canada
![Sylvester Munyao](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/sylvester_munyao_headshot_400x400_2.png?t=637814125904412000)
Sylvester Munyao
Multimedia University of Kenya, Kenya
![Ikechi Ndamati](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/ikechi_ndamati_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115423277342)
Ikechi Ndamati
McGill University, Canada
![Karabo Ndebele](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/karabo_ndebele_headshot_400x400.png?t=637814115443507315)
Karabo Ndebele
Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana
![Sheilah Njoka](https://optica-org-web-afd-f9abf4byhbacgfgk.z02.azurefd.net/optica/media/optica/foundation/opportunities/scholarships/2022/amplify/sheilah_njoka_headshot_400x400_2.png?t=637814125894733012)
Sheila Njoka
Multimedia University of Kenya, Kenya
2022 Selection Committee
Joshua Burrow, Brown University United States
Rj Doidge, United States
Michael D Duncan, Optica United States
George Okyere Dwapanyin, Stellenbosch University United Kingdom
James Hilfiker, J. A. Woollam Co Inc United States
Iroegbu Paul Ikechukwu, Chongqing University China
Yaseera Ismail, University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
Dikande Alain Moise, University of Buea Cameroon
A. Boh Ruffin, Corning Inc United States
Ramona S Smith, OFS United States
John J Weaver, IPG Photonics Corp United States