Local Section Locations

California
Optical Society of Northern California (OSNC)
est. 1961
Paul Robb
1079 Bryant Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-3705
Tel: 408.390.5929 (Cell)
www.osnc.org

Optical Society of San Diego (OSSD)
est. 1963
Brian Catanzaro
CFE Services
5147 Pacifica Dr
San Diego, CA 92109
Tel: 858.204.6299
Email: bcatanza@alumni.caltech.edu
www.ossd.org

Optical Society of Southern California (OSSC)
est. 1952
Arnie Bazensky
P.O. Box 3033
Fullerton, CA 92834-3033
Tel: 714.871.0800
Email: Arnie.bazensky@us.schott.com
www.ossc.org

Colorado
Rocky Mountain Section of OSA (RMOSA)
est. 1968
Dirk Richter
Email: dirk.richter@osa.org
http://localsections.osa.org/rmosa/index.htm

Connecticut
Southwestern Connecticut
Southwestern Connecticut Section of OSA
est. 1952
Bob Mundie
206 Weskora Rd.
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Tel: 914.245.3157
Email: remundie@optonline.net

District of Columbia
National Capital Section of OSA (NCS)
est. 1962
Geary Schwemmer
Science and Engineering Services, Inc.
6992 Columbia Gateway Drive
Suite 200
Columbia, MD 21046
http://localsections.osa.org/ncsosa/

Illinois
Optical Society of Chicago (OSC)
est. 1947
George Magerl
President
Chicago OSA/ OSC Optical Group
825 Pearson - 6E
Des Plaines IL 60616-0000
Email: gmagerl@sbcglobal.net
http://www.chicago-optgrp.org/

Massachusetts
New England Section of OSA (NESOSA)
est. 1949
Barbara Darnell
296 Lake Ave
Newton, MA 02461
Tel: 617.969.5760
Email: nesosa@nesosa.org
www.nesosa.org

Michigan
Ann Arbor Section of OSA (AAOSA)
Michelle Stock
IMRA America Inc, Marketing Dept.
1044 Woodridge Ave.
Ann Arbor MI 48105
Email: mstock@imra.com
http://localsections.osa.org/aaosa/aaosaindex.htm

Minnesota
Minnesota Section of OSA (MSOSA)
est. 1973
David Vaughnn
August Technology Corporation
4900 West 78th Street
Bloomington, MN 55435
Tel: 952.259.1752
Email: david.vaughnn@augusttech.com
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: 314.233.5782
Fax: 314.233.5672
Email: Louis.e.pape-ii@boeing.com
http://localsections.osa.org/stlouis/index.htm

Nevada
Reno Tahoe Section
Box 13282
Reno, NV 89507
Tel: 775.322.5669
Email: scilogics@yahoo.com
www.renotahoephotonics.com

New Mexico
Albuquerque Chapter of OSA
est. 1985
Dave Schaack
Designs for Systems
11719 Menaul Boulevard, NE, Suite C
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Tel: 505.298.8955
Email: dschaack@ieee.org

New York

Rochester Local Section of OSA
est. 1916
James Zavislan
The Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester
Dept. of Dermatology, Biomedical Eng. and Ophthalmology, Wilmot Bldg.
Rochester, NY 14627
585.275.9819
585.244.4936
http://localsections.osa.org/rosa/RochesterOSA.htm
Email: zavislan@optics.rochester.edu

North Carolina
Charlotte Optical Society
Choon How Gan
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
ATTN: Charlotte OSA Local Chapter
9201 University City Blvd
Grigg Hall, Room 235
Charlotte NC 28223
Email: chgan@uncc.edu

Oregon
Columbia Local Section of OSA
est. 1976
William A. Birdwell
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1300 SW Fifth Ave
Portland, Oregon 97201-5630
503-778-5208 (o)
503-866-1086 (c)
billbirdwell@dwt.com
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: 610.758.3915
Email: vod2@lehigh.edu

Western Pennsylvania Section of OSA
Mathew Fetterman
Electro-Optics Center
222 Northpointe Blvd
Freeport, PA 16229
Tel: 724.295.7000 x7172
http://localsections.osa.org/WesternPennsylvania/westpennindex.htm

Canada
Quebec Section of OSA
est. 1983
Roger A. Lessard
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics
Laval University
Quebec City, Quebec
CANADA G1K 7P4
Tel: 418.656.2152
Fax: 418.656.2040
Email: ralessard@phy.ulaval.ca

Southwestern Ontario Section of OSA
Kostadinka Bizheva
Department of Physics,
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON, N2L3G1 Canada
Tel: 519 888-4567
Fax: 519.747.3996
Email: kbizheva@uwaterloo.ca
http://localsections.osa.org/swont/index.html

India
India Section of OSA
est. 2003
Ajoy Ghatak
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology
New Delhi 110 016, India
Email: ajoykghatak@yahoo.com

Japan
Tokyo Section of OSA
est. 1996
Ken Ueda
Institute of Laser Science, UEC
1-5-1 Chofugaoka
Chofu, Tokyo
82 Japan
Tel: 81.424.43.5700
Fax: 81.424.85.8960
Email: ueda@ils.uec.ac.jp
www-osa.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

Taiwan
Taiwan Local Section of OSA
Dr. Chi-Kuang Sun
National Taiwan University
Grad. Inst. of Photonics and Optoelectr.
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan  10617
Tel: (886)233-6650 85
Email: sun@cc.ee.ntu.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
E-mail: saruns@notes.nectec.or.th

Ukraine
Ukranian Section of OSA
est. 2003
Sergiy Al. Kostyukevych
Inst. of Semiconductor Physics
41 Prospekt Nauki, Off. 219
Kiev, 03028 Ukraine
Tel: 380.44.2.656.205
Fax: 380.44.2.655.430
E-mail: secret@spie.org.ua

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