Faces Of Optica
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Faces of Optica
Watch Video![Anne-Sophie Mancha](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_chicago_anne-sophie_mancha_image_1392x1392.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Anne-Sophie
Mancha
![Koichi Shimoda](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Tokyo_Koichi_Shimoda_Image_1392x696.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Quite a few members have been my intimate collaborators and friends in optics.
Koichi Shimoda
University of Tokyo
![Jason Eichenholz](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_New_York_Jason_Eichenholz_Image_1392x1392.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Jason
Eichenholz
![Jennifer E. Hastie](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_Jennifer_Hastie_Image_1392x696.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Being part of this community enables members to broaden their view of the state-of-the-art in optics and photonics.
Jennifer E. Hastie
University of Strathclyde
![Christine Hendon](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_New_York_Christine_Hendon_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Christine
Hendon
![Araceli Venegas-Gomez](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_Araceli_Gomez_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Araceli
Venegas-Gomez
![Satoshi Kawata](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_tokyo_satoshi_kawata_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Satoshi
Kawata
![Christopher Dorman](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_Chris_Dorman_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Christopher
Dorman
![Connie Chang-Hasnain](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_beijing_connie_chang_hasnain_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Connie
Chang-Hasnain
![Gisele Bennett](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_washington_gisel_bennett_image_696x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Gisele
Bennett
I love that I can meet people not in my area of expertise . . . and widen my network.
Elaine Lalanne
Fibertek, Inc.
![Elaine Lalanne](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Washington_Elaine_Lalanne_Image_696x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
![Takashige Omatsu](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_tokyo_takashige_omatsu-2_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Takashige
Omatsu
![Kristen Hagan](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_San_Fran_Kristen_Hagan_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Kristen
Hagan
The Society . . . is a buzzing business opportunity at the interface of invention to innovation.
Wilhelm Kaenders
TOPTICA Photonics AG/Inc.
![Wilhelm Kaenders](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Munich_Willhelm_Kaenders-2_Image_696x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
![Ling-An Wu](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Beijing_Ling-An_Wu_Image_672x672-1.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Ling-An
Wu
![Pedro Vallejo Ramirez](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_Pedro_Ramirez_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Pedro
Vallejo Ramirez
![Ed Whittaker](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_New_York_Ed_Whittaker_Image_1392x696.jpg?ext=.jpg)
I joined as a graduate student in the late 1970s, and it has been my intellectual home ever since.
Ed Whittaker
Stevens Institute of Technology
![Ulrike Fuchs](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_munich_ulrike_fuchs_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Ulrike
Fuchs
![Elsa Garmire](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_San_Fran_Elsa_Garmire_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Elsa
Garmire
![Lidia Galdino](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_Lidia_Galdino_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Lidia
Galdino
![Abbie Watnik](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Washington_Abbie_Watnik_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Abbie
Watnik
![Alan Willner](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Washington_Alan_Willner_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Alan
Willner
![Alexandra Boltasseva](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Chicago_alexandra_boltasseva_Image_1392x696.jpg?ext=.jpg)
To interact with beautiful minds is the most rewarding part of my work.
Alexandra Boltasseva
Purdue University
![Allister I. Ferguson](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_Allister_Fergusen_Image_1392x696.jpg?ext=.jpg)
The Society has an increasingly important role in bringing scientific insight to current challenges faced by society.
Allister I. Ferguson
University of Strathclyde
![Anjul Loiacono](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_San_Fran_Anjul_Davis_Image_696x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Anjul
Loiacono
![Audrey Bowden](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_chicago_audrey_bowden_image_1392x1392-1.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Audrey
Bowden
![Bettina Heise](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_munich_bettina_heise-2_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Bettina
Heise
![Brandon Buscaino](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_San_Fran_Brandon_Buscaino_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Brandon
Buscaino
![Brandon Collings](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_New_York_Brandon_Collings_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Brandon
Collings
![Daigo Oue](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Tokyo_Daigo_Oue-1_Image_1392x696.jpg?ext=.jpg)
The community . . . provides many opportunities to interact with people . . . with the same language of optics.
Daigo Oue
Imperial College London
![Elizabeth A. Rogan](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Washington_Liz_Rogan_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Elizabeth A.
Rogan
![Fatemeh Ghaedi Vanani](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_San_Fran_Fatemeh_Ghaedi-Vanani_Image_1392x1392.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Fatemeh
Ghaedi Vanani
![Fei Liu](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/fei_liu_faces.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Fei
Liu
![George Dwapanyin](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_George_Dwapanyin_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
George
Dwapanyin
![Gregory Eskridge](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_San_Fran_Gregory_Eskridge_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Gregory
Eskridge
![Herbert Winful](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Washington_Herbert_Winful-3_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Herbert
Winful
![Hui Wang](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Beijing_Catherine_Hui_Wang_Image_672x672-2.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Hui
Wang
![Ian Walmsley](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_Ian_Walmsley_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Ian
Walmsley
![James C. Wyant](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Chicago_James_Wyant_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
James C.
Wyant
![Janet S. Fender](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_washington_janet_fender-2_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Janet S.
Fender
![Joe Goodman](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_San_Fran_Joe_Goodman_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Joe
Goodman
![John Pendry](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_John_Pendry_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
John
Pendry
![Joseph Izatt](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_washington_joseph_izatt_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Joseph
Izatt
![Kae Nemoto](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_munich_willhelm_kaenders-2_image_696x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Kae
Nemoto
![Lester A. Lee, Sr.](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_washington_lester_lee_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Lester A.
Lee, Sr.
![Liangcai Cao](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Beijing_Liangcai_Cao_Image_696x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Liangcai
Cao
![Ling Fu](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_beijing_ling_fu_image_672x672-1.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Ling
Fu
![Michael Raymer](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_San_Fran_Michael_Raymer_Image_696x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Michael
Raymer
![Miles Padgett](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_Miles_Padgett_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Miles
Padgett
![Ming-Jun Li](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_New_York_Ming-Jun_Li_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Ming-Jun
Li
![Monika Ritsch-Marte](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Munich_Monika_A_Ritsch-Marte-2_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Monika
Ritsch-Marte
![Nadezhda M. Bulgakova](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Munich_Nadezhda_M_Bulgakova_Image_696x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Nadezhda M.
Bulgakova
![Peter Knight](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_London_Glasgow_Peter_Knight_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Peter
Knight
![Pingli Han](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_beijing_pingli_han_image_672x672-1.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Pingli
Han
![Piotr Wegrzyn](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Munich_Piotr_Wegrzyn_Image_1392x1392.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Piotr
Wegrzyn
![Richard Zeltner](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Munich_Richard_Zeltner-2_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Richard
Zeltner
![Setsuko Ishii](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_tokyo_setsuko_ishii-1_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Setsuko
Ishii
![Sile Nic Chormaic](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_tokyo_sile_nic_chormaic-2_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Sile
Nic Chormaic
![Susan Houde-Walter](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Washington_Susan_Houde-Walter-2_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Susan
Houde-Walter
![Susana Marcos](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Chicago_Susana_Marcos_Image_1392x696.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Optics and photonics have been the centerpiece of my career development.
Susana Marcos
University of Rochester
![Tatjana Pladere](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_munich_tatjana_pladere_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Tatjana
Pladere
![Thomas Searles](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Chicago_Thomas_Searles_Image_1392x696-1.jpg?ext=.jpg)
In each stage of my academic career, the Society has contributed a significant space to support.
Thomas Searles
University of Illinois Chicago
![Viviana Claveria](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_Chicago_viviana_claveria_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Viviana
Claveria
![William Phillips](https://opticaorgdev.blob.core.windows.net/$web/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/optica_washington_bill_phillips-1_image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
William
Phillips
![Xuan Liu](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_New_York_Xuan_Liu_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)
Xuan
Liu
![Yoshi Okawachi](https://d1ie4rvjr19n12.cloudfront.net/optica/media/optica/history/faces/jpgs/Optica_New_York_Yoshitomo_Okawachi-1_Image_672x672.jpg?ext=.jpg)