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Councils

Optica’s governance committees and councils focus on strategies, programs and activities that support the organization’s short- and long-term goals. Committee members are nominated by the President-Elect and approved by the Board of Directors. Members generally serve multi-year terms that follow the calendar year, beginning 1 January and concluding 31 December.


Corporate Engagement Council

  • Michael Lebby, Lightwave Logic, Inc, United States, Chair
  • Amy Eskilson, Inrad Optics, United States, Past Chair
  • Aleksandra Boskovic, Corning Optical Communications, United States
  • Anjul Loiacono, Infleqtion, United States
  • Rick Plympton, Optimax Systems Inc, United States
  • Natarajan Subrahmanyan, Verition Fund Management, United States
  • Reinhard Voelkel, Focuslight Switzerland SA, Switzerland

    • Meetings Council

  • Jens Biegert, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain, Chair
  • Sterling J Backus, Thorlabs Laser Division Boulder, United States
  • Judith S Birkenfeld, Consejo Sup Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
  • Liangcai Cao, Tsinghua University, China
  • Aydogan Ozcan, University of California Los Angeles, United States
  • Takunori Taira, RIKEN / IMS, Japan
  • Gabrielle M Thomas, Menlo Systems GmbH, Germany
  • Abbie T Watnik, US Naval Research Laboratory, United States

    • Membership Engagement & Development Council

  • Dennis W Fantone, Optikos Corporation, United States, Chair
  • Katherine Calabro, Apple Inc., United States, Past Chair
  • Amol Choudhary, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
  • Lea Kopf, Tampereen Yliopisto, Finland
  • W. Y. Sarah Lau, CSIRO Australia Telescope Natl Facility, Australia
  • Jelena Pesic, Nokia, France
  • Donn Michael Silberman, Optics Institute of Southern California, United States
  • Robert Ian Woodward, Toshiba Europe Ltd., United Kingdom

    • Nominating Council

  • Arlene Smith, Molex, Inc, United States, Chair
  • Ekaterina Golovchenko, Lumentum Operations LLC, United States
  • Satoshi Kawata, Nanophoton Corporation, Japan
  • Gerd Leuchs, Max-Planck-Inst Physik des Lichts, Germany
  • Michal Lipson, Columbia University, United States
  • Sujatha Ramanujan, Luminate, United States
  • Ulrike K Woggon, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

    • Public Affairs Council

  • Jennifer Brookes, US Department of Defense, United States, Chair
  • Shermineh Rostami Fairchild, University of Central Florida, CREOL, United States, Vice Chair
  • Anthony J Augustine, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
  • Diana Michelle Bailey, National Inst of Standards & Technology, United States
  • Pierre H Chavel, Institut d'Optique, France
  • Amy Eskilson, Inrad Optics, United States
  • Christoph S Harder, SwissPhotonics, Switzerland
  • James D Kafka, MKS Instruments Inc, United States
  • Jung Soo Park, Google LLC, United States
  • Donna T Strickland, University of Waterloo, Canada

    • Publications Council

  • Susana Marcos, University of Rochester, United States, Chair
  • Cornelia Denz, Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany, Vice Chair
  • Alexandra Boltasseva, Purdue University, United States
  • Alexander L Gaeta, Columbia University, United States
  • Christoph K Hitzenberger, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria
  • Irina Novikova, College of William & Mary, United States
  • Xi-Cheng Zhang, University of Rochester, United States

    • Strategic Planning Council

  • Gisele Bennett, MEPSS LLC, United States
  • Jens Biegert, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
  • Thomas Metzger, TRUMPF Scientific Laser GmbH + Co KG, Germany
  • Gabrielle M Thomas, Menlo Systems GmbH, Germany
  • Ian A Walmsley, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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