April 2018
An Insightful Experience at OSA Leadership
Dr. Ivan P. Kaminow was a pioneer in the area of telecommunications and was passionate about mentoring early career professionals and the OSA Ivan P. Kaminow Early Career Professional Prize has been constituted in his memory. I remember waking up in the first week of January and seeing the email...
Added: 02 May 2018
AIO 2018: Focus on Dr. Stefano Bonora, INFM-CNR, Padova, Italy
Dr Bonora has developed a research line in the design, realization and application of deformable mirrors. During this activity he collaborated with many...
Added: 30 April 2018
Advice from an Industry Professional: OSA Ambassador Interview Series
Jelena Pesic, 2018 OSA Ambassador, conducts interviews with researchers in the field of industry. She asks a wide-range of questions regarding their inital interest in science, why they chose optics, to why industry is important.
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Added: 30 April 2018
Advice from an Industry Professional: OSA Ambassador Interview Series
Jelena Pesic, 2018 OSA Ambassador, conducts interviews with researchers in the field of industry. She asks a wide-range of questions regarding their inital interest in science, why they chose optics, to why industry is important.
The first interview is with Andrew Lord (visiting professor at Essex University), Head of Optical Research in BT in the United Kingdom.
Added: 20 April 2018
AIO 2018: Focus on Dr. Thomas Laurent, Eagleyard Photonics GmbH, Germany
Dr. Thomas Laurent graduated with a Diploma in Physical Chemistry. His first contact with laser diodes (literally) was when opening up a 5W Coherent Verdi Laser. Exactly that device ensured his PhD thesis researching ultrafast femtosecond processes – to which he was attracted ever since. He will be in Orlando talking about Qualifying Active Components for Space and LIDAR Applications.
Added: 17 April 2018
The New Era of Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
OSA’s Centennial Light the Future speaker series was created during The Optical Society’s Centennial in 2016 to highlight the optical sciences in our everyday lives. Speakers have included visionaries, futurists and Nobel Laureates. The series continues in 2018 lead by Professor Nergis Mavalvala, Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, Massachusetts Institute...
Added: 11 April 2018
Kurt Bernardo Wolf on Being Adaptable in the Pursuit of Science
In this installment of Senior Member Insights, we talk with Kurt Bernardo Wolf. Kurt is currently titular researcher in the Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, of the National University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), at the Cuernavaca campus. Prior to the Instituto de Ciencias Físicas opening in 1985, he had worked at the Applied Mathematics institute in Mexico City, and lectured...
Added: 10 April 2018
AIO 2018: Focus on Dr. John W. Berthold, Davidson Instruments, Inc, USA
John W. Berthold received the B.A. degree in physics from Gettysburg College and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in optical sciences from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He has fifty years experience in optics research, thin film coatings, and sensors, and is internationally recognized for many contributions in the development of fiber optic sensors.
Added: 09 April 2018
