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Optica announces 2024 class of Senior Members

11 July 2024

Optica announces 2024 class of Senior Members

Distinction from the Optica Board of Directors recognizes new Senior members for their experience, professional accomplishments

WASHINGTON— Optica announces and celebrates the Senior Member class of 2024. 95 Optica members have received the distinction of Senior Member, which recognizes their experience and professional accomplishments in optics and photonics.

“I very much appreciate the decision that the Optica Board of Directors a while ago approved the class of Optica Senior Members. Distinctions play such an important role and they are the currency with which Optica can say thank you for outstanding scientific accomplishments in our field and for service to the Optica Community encouraging others to follow their footsteps.” said 2024 Optica President, Gerd Leuchs, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light. “My congratulations to the 2024 class!”

The 2024 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.

  1. Marc Achermann,  Sigrist Photometer AG /Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
  2. David Allred Brigham Young, University
  3. Patrizio Antici, INRS
  4. James Armstrong, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  5. Ganesh Balakrishnan, University of New Mexico
  6. Enkeleda Balliu, Cobolt AB, part of Hubner Photonics
  7. Melissa Beason, Air Force Institute of Technology
  8. Martynas Beresna, University of Southampton
  9. Simeon Bogdanov, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  10. Neil Bruce, Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnología, UNAM
  11. Stefan Carp, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
  12. Wei-Ting Chen, SNOChip
  13. Huihui Cheng, Xiamen University
  14. Karl Citek, Pacific University College of Optometry
  15. Giampiero Contestabile, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
  16. Dominique Dagenais, National Science Foundation
  17. Martin Daniels, OSRAM
  18. Jennifer Decker, National Research Council Canada
  19. Jianglei Di, Guangdong University of Technology
  20. Roman Egorov, Crown Castle
  21. Jonathan Fan, Stanford University
  22. Xue Feng, Tsinghua University
  23. Shiyao Fu, Beijing Institute of Technology
  24. Girija Gaur, Morgan Lewis
  25. Somnath Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
  26. Viktor Goldovsky, HillBerry GAT Ltd.
  27. Amit Goyal, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  28. Lili Gui, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  29. Fernando Guiomar, Instituto de Telecomunicações
  30. Nikhil Deep Gupta,  Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, India
  31. Jonathan Habif, Information Sciences Institute
  32. Oliver Heckl, University of Vienna
  33. Eric Herman, Synopsys
  34. David Hillier, AWE
  35. Aurelien Houard, Ecole polytechnique
  36. Hao Huang, Amazon
  37. Silvia Soria Huguet, Institute of Applied Physics Nello Carrara
  38. Oleksandr Isaienko, Cisco Systems, Inc.
  39. Jakob Janting, Technical University of Denmark
  40. Zbigniew Jaroszewicz, National Institute of Telecommunications
  41. B. Keith Jenkins, University of Southern California
  42. Yuechen Jia, Shandong University
  43. DongKyun Kang, University of Arizona
  44. Michal Karpinski, University of Warsaw
  45. Amirkianoosh Kiani, Ontario Tech University
  46. Nathaniel Kinsey, Virginia Commonwealth University
  47. Kyoko Kitamura, TOHOKU University
  48. Victor Kulikov, University of Dayton
  49. Manoj Kumar Lakra, Kobe University, Japan
  50. Ya-Ju Lee, National Cheng Kung University
  51. Yanjun Liu, Southern University of Science and Technology
  52. Huihui Lu, Jinan University
  53. Joseph Lukens, Arizona State University
  54. Yaoguang Ma, Zhejiang University
  55. Andrea Marini, University of L’Aquila
  56. Sean A. McDaniel, Air Force Research Laboratory
  57. Rui Min, Beijing Normal University
  58. Craig Mueller, The Aerospace Corporation
  59. Inbarasan Muniraj, Alliance University
  60. Michel Olivier, Universite Laval
  61. David Peckham, OFS
  62. Jörg Piper University of Oradea, Romania
  63. Matthew Posner, Optonique
  64. Basudev Roy, IIT Madras
  65. Judson Ryckman, Clemson University
  66. Winston Schoenfeld, University of Central Florida
  67. Peter Shardlow, Trumpf
  68. Behnam Shariati, Fraunhofer HHI
  69. Florian Stroehl, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  70. Brent C. Stuart, LLNL
  71. Myoung-Gyun Suh, NTT Research
  72. Jyh Rou Sze, Taiwan Instrument Research Institute, National Applied Research Laboratories.
  73. Csaba Toth, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  74. Abderrahmen Trichili, University of Oxford
  75. Maciej Trusiak, Warsaw University of Technology
  76. Thorsten Uphues, Coburg University of Applied Science and Arts
  77. Martin Virte, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  78. Cheng Wang, City University of Hong Kong
  79. Qian Wang, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
  80. Lihui Wang, Soochow University
  81. Xiaoming Wei, South China University of Technology
  82. Florian Willomitzer, Wyant College of Optical Sciences - University of Arizona
  83. Christopher Wood, ColdQuanta dba Infleqtion
  84. Robert Woodward, Toshiba Europe Ltd
  85. Pin Chieh Wu. National Cheng Kung University
  86. Yi Xu, Guangdong University of Technology
  87. Shuangyi Yan, University of Bristol
  88. Shang Hua Yang, National Tsing Hua University
  89. You Yang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  90. Nathan Youngblood, University of Pittsburgh
  91. Hanyu Zhan, Corning Inc.
  92. Haitao Zhang, Tsinghua University
  93. Guoan Zheng, University of Connecticut
  94. Jun Zhu, Tsinghua University
  95. Mo Zohrabi, University of Colorado Boulder

Senior Members are identified in the Optica Individual Directory and during Optica-hosted events.

  • 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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