If there is an OSA Local Section in your area, we encourage you to become an active member. If you do not yet have a nearby Local Section, we invite you to establish one.
Click on a state or country name for a listing of local sections.
Alabama
Huntsville Electro-Optical Society (HEOS)
est. 1969
John Callahan
110 Red Rock Drive
Huntsville AL 35811
Email: optics.callahan@gmail.com
http://www.heos.org
California
Northern California Local Section of the Optical Society of America
Joe Armstrong, President
Tel: (408) 875-5435
Email: ncal.osa@gmail.com
http://osa.braveline.com/ncal/
Optical Society of Southern California (OSSC)
est. 1951
PO Box 3033
Fullerton, CA 92834-3033
Email: President@ossc.org
http://www.ossc.org
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Section of OSA (RMOSA)
est. 1968
Jim Baer
3930 17th St
Boulder, CO 80304
Email: jbaer@ball.com
http://osa.braveline.com/rmosa/index.html
Connecticut
Southwestern Connecticut
Southwestern Connecticut Section of OSA
est. 1952
Bob Mundie
206 Weskora Rd.
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Tel: +1 914.245.3157
Email: remundie@optonline.net
District of Columbia
National Capital Section of OSA (NCS)
est. 1962
Peter Blake
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
MS 551.0
Greenbelt MD 20771-0001
Email: peter.n.blake@nasa.gov
http://ncs-osa.org/
Illinois
Optical Society of Chicago (OSC)
est. 1947
Shu-I Wang
825 Pearson - 6E
Des Plaines, IL 60016
Email: Shu.wang@cmcelectronics.us
Massachusetts
New England Section of OSA (NESOSA)
est. 1949
David Biss
617-584-0266
296 Lake Ave,
Newton, MA 02461
Email: nesosa@nesosa.org
http://www.nesosa.org
Michigan
Ann Arbor Section of OSA (AAOSA)
Bodo Ehlers
Rigaku Innovative Technologies
1900 Taylor Road
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
Tel: 248-232-6411
Email: bodo.ehlers@rigaku.com
http://osa.braveline.com/aaosa/
Minnesota
Minnesota Section of OSA (MSOSA)
est. 1973
Wei Zhou
Rudolph Technologies, Inc
4900 78th street
Bloomington, MN, 55435
Tel: 6514947066
Email: wei.zhou@rudolphtech.com
https://sites.google.com/site/minnesotaosa/
Missouri
Optical Society of Greater St. Louis/OSGSL
est. 1984
Louis E. Pape
Jim Seeser, Treasurer
5 Old Westbury Lane
St. Louis, MO 63119
Email: Louis.e.pape-ii@boeing.com
http://osa.braveline.com/stlouis/index.htm
Nevada
Reno Tahoe Section
Janet Langford Gray
3525 Brant Street
Cold Springs Valley, Reno, NV 89508
Email: jlangfordgray@sbcglobal.net
http://www.renotahoephotonics.com
New York
OSA Rochester Section, Inc.
est. 1916
President: Julie Bentley
Institute of Optics
University of Rochester
Email: president@osarochester.org
http://www.osarochester.org
Oregon
Columbia Local Section
Eric Udd, President
Bill Birdwell, Secretary
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1300 SW Fifth Ave, Ste. 2300
Portland OR 97201-5630
billbirdwell@dwt.com
Pennsylvania
Tri-state Section of OSA
est. 2002
Volkmar Dierolf
Lehigh University
Dept of Physics
16 Memorial Dr. East
Bethlehem PA 18015
Tel: +1 610.758.3915
Email: vod2@lehigh.edu
Western Pennsylvania Section of OSA
Mathew Fetterman
Penn State Electro-Optics Center
222 Northpointe Blvd
Freeport, PA 16229
Tel: +1 724.295.7000 x7172
Email: mfetterman@eoc.psu.edu
Canada
Quebec Section of OSA
est. 1983
Réal Vallée
Quebec Local Section
2375 Rue de la Terrasse
Quebec, Quebec G1V 0A6
Email: real.vallee@copl.ulaval.ca
Egypt
Alhazen Egyptian Local Section of OSA
Prof. Mohamed Abdel Harith
The National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science
Cairo University
El Gamaa Street 1, Giza 12613
Egypt
Email: mharithm@niles.edu.eg
Latvia
Latvia Section of OSA
Prof. Janis Spigulis
University of Latvia
Inst of Atomic Phys and Spectro
Rainis Blvd 19
Riga 1586
Latvia
Email: janispi@latnet.lv
Singapore
Singapore Local Section
Dr. Julian Chi Chiu Chan
Blk. N1.3
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637457
Phone: +65 67904822
Email: eccchan@ntu.edu.sg
Taiwan
Taiwan Local Section of OSA
Est. 1999
Prof. Cheng-Chung Lee
National Central University
Department of Optics and Photonics
National Central University
300 Chung-Da Rd., Chung-li 320001
Taiwan
Tel: +886 34263918
Email: cclee@dop.ncu.edu.tw
Thailand
Thailand Local Section of OSA
est. 2002
Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn
National Science and Technology Development Agency (NECTEC)
Ministry of Science Technology and Environment
73/1 NSTDA Bldg., Rama VI Rd.
Ratchathewi, Bangkok
Thailand 10400
Tel: +66 2739.21812
Fax: +66 2739.2184
Email: saruns@notes.nectec.or.th
Ukraine
Kharkiv Local Section
Est. 2009
Dr. Sergey Ivanovich Tarapov
Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics
12 Ac. Proscura St
Kharkov 61085
UKRAINE
Tel: +380 57.720.34.63
Fax: +380 57.315.21.05
Email: tarapov@ire.kharkov.ua
