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Technical Group Leadership Election
Congratulations to the newly elected Technical Group leaders!
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2024 Technical Group Leaders
Optica is pleased to announce the next leaders for thirteen of our technical groups. Optica Technical Groups are vibrant and active communities that connect Optica members with colleagues and leaders within specialized topic areas worldwide.
The selected individuals will serve as chair for a three-year term starting in January 2024. Elected by their fellow members, these individuals will be responsible for selecting an executive committee to collaborate with to foster a sense of community among the members of their group. Working together, they will organize special events featuring tailored programming, host webinars on hot topics, and share information on the latest developments in their field throughout their three-year terms.
The 2024 Technical Group Leaders are:
Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography
Aditi Sahu
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
Color
Allie Hexley
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Optoelectronics
Amita Rawat
University of California, Davis, United States
Optical Communications
Anny Xijia Zheng
Google LLC, United States
Polarization Management and Propagation
Claire Cisowski
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Photonic Metamaterials
Haoran Ren
Monash University, Australia
Applications of Visual Science
Laura Young
University of Newcastle, United Kingdom
Nonlinear Optics
Lewis Hill
Max-Planck-Inst Physik des Lichts, Germany
Systems and Instrumentation
Manish Tiwari
Manipal University Jaipur, India
Optical Material Studies
Michael Coco
Veeco, Inc., United States
Optical Metrology
Raktim Haldar
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Optical Cooling and Trapping
Riccardo Pennetta
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Photonic Detection
Matteo Alasio
Politecnico di Torino, Italy