Technical Program Committee

Chairs

José Javier Sánchez Mondragón
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico
Chair

Eduardo Tepichin
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico
Co-Chair

Victor Coello Cardenas
CICESE – Unidad Monterrey, Mexico
Program Chair

Committee Members

Optical Design, Instrumentation and Metrology

Marta de la Fuente, ASE Optics Europe, Spain, Subcommittee Chair
Fermin Granados, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico, Subcommittee Co-Chair
Guillermo Baldwin, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
Angeles Camacho Rosales, Coractive, Canada
Jorge Garcia-Sucerquia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Guillermo García-Torales, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Perla Viera Gonzalez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

Holography and Other Coherent Optics

Ponciano Rodriguez-Montero, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico, Subcommittee Chair
Benjamin Pérez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
Carmelo Rosales-Guzmán, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica AC, Mexico
Yijie Shen, Nanyang Technological University, China
Juan Sumaya-Martinez, Universidad Autonoma Edo. México, Mexico
Diana Tentori, CICESE, Mexico

Optical Communications and Optical Signal Processing

Arturo Alberto. Castillo-Guzman, UANL FCFM, Subcommittee Chair
Alex Alvarado, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands, Subcommittee Co-Chair
Felipe Beltran-Mejia, Padtec, Brazil
Ramon Gutierrez-Castrejon, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Anatoly Khomenko, CICESE, Mexico
Darli Mello, UNICAMP, Brazil
Juan Diego Zapata, University of Antioquia, Colombia

Nonlinear Optics

Raul Rangel-Rojo, CICESE, Mexico, Subcommittee Chair
Ana Maria de Paula, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, Subcommittee Chair
Jaime Cardenas, University of Rochester, USA
Alexander Cerjan, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Costantino De Angelis, Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Gustavo Grinblat, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Armando Perez Leija, CREOL, USA

Optics in Quantum Science and Technology

Yaseera Ismail, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Subcommittee Chair
Alejandra Valencia, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Colombia, Subcommittee Co-Chair
Karen Fonseca, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Enrique Galvez, Colgate University, USA
Nicolas Quesada, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Integrated Optics, Plasmonics and Nanophotonics

Alvaro Casas-Bedoya, University of Sydney, Australia, Subcommittee Chair
Roberto Machorro Mejia, UNAM, Mexico, Subcommittee Co-Chair
Leonardo de Souza Menezes, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität Munchen, Germany
Gustavo Silva Wiederhecker, University of Campinas, Brazil
Aura Higuera Rodriguez, Signify, Netherlands
Jorge Zurita-Sanchez, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico

Laser Science and Technology

Ladan Arissian, National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA, Subcommittee Chair
Paulo Ribeiro, Dep. Physics/Faculty Science & Tech, Portugal, Subcommittee Co-Chair
Esther Baumann, National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA
Camilo Ruiz, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Optical Materials

Patrice Genevet, Colorado School of Mines, USA, Subcommittee Chair
Paulina Segovia, CICESE, Mexico, Subcommittee Co-Chair
Alejandro Aceves, Southern Methodist University, USA
Yara Galvão Gobato, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil
Natalia Litchinitser, Duke University, USA
Esther Robollar, CSIC, Spain

Sensing and Spectroscopy

Marco Antonio Meneses-Nava, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica AC, Mexico, Subcommittee Chair
Mayerlin Nunez Portela, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Subcommittee Co-Chair
Ramon Carriles-Jaimes, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica AC, Mexico
Victor Contreras, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Carlos Lopez-Mariscal, Underwater Photonics, Mexico
Roberto Sangines, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Esteban Vera, P. Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile

Biophotonics and Medical Applications

Julio Ramirez-San-Juan, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico, Subcommittee Chair
Roger Chiu Zarate, Centro Universitario de los Lagos, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Jhonattan Cordoba Ramirez, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ruben Ramos Garcia, INAOE, Mexico
Cristina Kurachi, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Juan Pablo Padilla, University of Puebla, Mexico
Rosario Porras-Aguilar, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Veronica Vazquez, CIO, Mexico

Other Multidisciplinary Areas of Photonics

Ana Cardenas Soto, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, Subcommittee Chair
Rafael Guzman Cabrera, Guanajuato University, Mexico, Subcommittee Co-Chair
Jorge Luis Camas Anzueto, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Mexico
Jose Luis Maldonado Rivera, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica AC, Mexico
Lucia Akemi Miyazato Saito,  Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil