There are OSA Local Sections throughout the world. These groups are engaged in a large variety of activities, from hosting local meetings focused on technical topics and business networking, to reaching out to help young students learn about science and the world of optics.
OSA’s national organization supports sections through activity grants, awards, publications, guest lecturer programs, leadership training, year-round networking opportunities, and more. View a listing of section benefits here.
If there is an OSA Local Section in your vicinity, we encourage you to become an active member. If your area does not yet have a section, we invite you to establish one.
Alabama
Huntsville Electro-Optical Society (HEOS)
est. 1969
Ron Eng
NASA MSFC
VP63
Huntsville, AL 35812
Tel: +1 256.544.3603
Email:
ron.eng@nasa.gov
http://www.heos.org
California
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
Timothy Reed
Email: timothy.reed@yahoo.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
Joe Howard
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
MS 551.0
Greenbelt MD 20771-0001
Email: Joe.Howard@nasa.gov
http://localsections.osa.org/ncsosa/
Illinois
Optical Society of Chicago (OSC)
est. 1947
Shu-I Wang
Chicago OSA / OSC Optical Group
1818 E. Apache Ln.
Mt. Prospect IL 60056-1904
Email: Shu-i.Wang@cmcelectronics.us
Massachusetts
New England Section of OSA (NESOSA)
est. 1949
David Lees
57 Gleason Rd.
Lexington MA 02420-0000
Tel: +1 978.967.2347
Tel: +1 617.969.5760
Email: nesosa@nesosa.org
http://www.nesosa.org
Michigan
Ann Arbor Section of OSA (AAOSA)
Marcos Dantus
Michigan State University
58 Chemistry Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Email: dantus@msu.edu
http://www.annarborosa.org/
Minnesota
Minnesota Section of OSA (MSOSA)
est. 1973
Ron Antos
Academic and Corporate Relations Center
1000 Westage Drive, Suite 160
St. Paul, MN 55114
Tel: +1 612.626.3431
Email: antos010@umn.edu
http://localsections.osa.org/minnesota/index.html
Missouri
Optical Society of Greater St. Louis/OSGSL
est. 1984
Louis E. Pape
Boeing Phantom Works
MC 306-4130
PO Box 51
St, Louis, MO 636166
Tel: +1 314.233.5782
Fax: +1 314.233.5672
Email: Louis.e.pape-ii@boeing.com
http://localsections.osa.org/stlouis/index.htm
Nevada
Reno Tahoe Section
Jutta Recktenwald
Box 13282
Reno, NV 89507
Tel: +1 775.250.3379
Email: jutta@recktenwald.com
http://www.renotahoephotonics.com
New Mexico
New York
Rochester Local Section of OSA
est. 1916
Thomas Brown
University of Rochester
The Institute of Optics
Wilmot Building, River Campus
Rochester NY 14627
Tel: +1 585.275.7816
Fax: +1 585.271.1027
Email: brown@optics.rochester.edu
http://www.osarochester.org
North Carolina
Oregon
Columbia Local Section of OSA
est. 1976
William A. Birdwell
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1300 SW Fifth Ave
Portland, OR 97201-5630
Tel (Office): +1 503.778.5208
Tel (Mobile): +1 503.866.1086
Email: billbirdwell@dwt.com
http://www.osacolumbiasection.org
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
http://localsections.osa.org/WesternPennsylvania/westpennindex.htm
Canada
Quebec Section of OSA
est. 1983
Real Vallee
Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers
Quebec City, Quebec
CANADA G1V 0A6
Tel: +1 418.656.2698
Fax: +1 418.656.2623
Email: real.vallee@copl.ulaval.ca
Southwestern Ontario Section of OSA
Kostadinka Bizheva
Department of Physics,
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON, N2L3G1 Canada
Tel: +1 519 888-4567
Fax: +1 519.747.3996
Email: kbizheva@uwaterloo.ca
http://localsections.osa.org/swont/index.html
India
Japan
Tokyo Section of OSA
est. 1996
Ken Ueda
Institute of Laser Science, UEC
1-5-1 Chofugaoka
Chofu, Tokyo
82 Japan
Tel: +81 4244.3.5700
Fax: +81 4248.5.8960
Email: ueda@ils.uec.ac.jp
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
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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
Ukranian Section of OSA
est. 2003
Sergiy Al. Kostyukevych
Inst. of Semiconductor Physics
41 Prospekt Nauki, Off. 219
Kiev, 03028 Ukraine
Tel: +380 44.265.62.05
Fax: +380 44.265.54.30
Email: secret@spie.org.ua
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