Faces of Optica

A portrait gallery and video providing an extraordinary look at who we are and the innovation that emerges from our diversity.

Anne-Sophie

Mancha

Quite a few members have been my intimate collaborators and friends in optics.

Koichi Shimoda

University of Tokyo

Jason

Eichenholz

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

Araceli

Venegas-Gomez

Satoshi

Kawata

Christopher

Dorman

Connie

Chang-Hasnain

Gisele

Bennett

I love that I can meet people not in my area of expertise . . . and widen my network.

Elaine Lalanne

Fibertek, Inc.

Takashige

Omatsu

Kristen

Hagan

The Society . . . is a buzzing business opportunity at the interface of invention to innovation.

Wilhelm Kaenders

TOPTICA Photonics AG/Inc.

Ling-An

Wu

Pedro

Vallejo Ramirez

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

Elsa

Garmire

Lidia

Galdino

Lester A.

Lee, Sr.

Fatemeh

Ghaedi Vanani

To interact with beautiful minds is the most rewarding part of my work.

Alexandra Boltasseva

Purdue University

Ming-Jun

Li

Joseph

Izatt

Viviana

Claveria

Miles

Padgett

Kae

Nemoto

Brandon

Buscaino

Being a member of the community, I became closely connected with the brightest scientists in optics-related fields.

Nadezhda M. Bulgakova

Czech Academy of Sciences

Janet S.

Fender

(James) Roy

Taylor

Brandon

Collings

John

Pendry

It is wonderful to have so many life-long friends from nations around the world.

Liangcai Cao

Tsinghua University

George

Dwapanyin

Elizabeth A.

Rogan

The Society has an increasingly important role in bringing scientific insight to current challenges faced by society.

Allister I. Ferguson

University of Strathclyde

Monika

Ritsch-Marte

Gregory

Eskridge

Sile

Nic Chormaic

Xuan

Liu

Piotr

Wegrzyn

Optics and photonics have been the centerpiece of my career development.

Susana Marcos

University of Rochester

Ian

Walmsley

Bettina

Heise

Joe

Goodman

William

Phillips

Pingli

Han

Richard

Zeltner

Advancing science is a group activity, and one of my greatest pleasures is interacting with the community.

Michael Raymer

University of Oregon

Abbie

Watnik

Peter

Knight

Yoshi

Okawachi

Herbert

Winful

Ling

Fu

Alan

Willner

This community is a home away from home. Always, I have felt welcome, included, and valued.

Anjul Loiacono

ColdQuanta

In each stage of my academic career, the Society has contributed a significant space to support.

Thomas Searles

University of Illinois Chicago

Setsuko

Ishii

Fei

Liu

Tatjana

Pladere

Susan

Houde-Walter

Audrey

Bowden

The community . . . provides many opportunities to interact with people . . . with the same language of optics.

Daigo Oue

Imperial College London

Hui

Wang