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Fellow Profiles
Fellows represent a diverse group of members who have served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics. These profiles let them share their unique stories, advice, and experience with the community.
If you are interested in participating in this program, please contact the Awards Office (awards@optica.org).

Fernando Mendoza Santoyo
Centro de Investigaciones en Optica AC, Mexico

Volker Sorger
George Washington University and Optelligence Company, USA

Antonio Zelaquett Khoury
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

Jungwon Kim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea

Walter Margulis
Rise Acreo AB and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Tayyab Suratwala
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

Sergey V. Polyakov
National Inst of Standards & Technology, USA

Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand

Sabino Chavez-Cerda
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico

Miguel Orszag
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile & Director of the Center for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Universidad Mayor, Chile

Laura Lechuga
Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, Spain

Kurt Bernardo Wolf
Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca Campus, Mexico

Kimani C. Toussaint, Jr
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

Karsten Buse
Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM and University of Freiburg, Germany

Christophe Caloz
Polytechnique Montréal and KU Leuven, Canada and Belgium

Andrea Fratalocchi
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
* Deceased