Optica Local Sections promote optics through a variety of activities, including hosting local meetings focused on technical topics, business networking and teaching young students about science and the world of optics. Optica's global organization supports Local Sections through activity grants, awards, publications, guest lecturer programs, networking opportunities and more. A full listing of section benefits is available online.
If there is an Optica 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 contact us about establising one.
Click on a state or country name for a listing of local sections.
Alabama
Huntsville Electro-Optical Society (HEOS)
California
Conejo Ventura Section
President: Eric and Virginina Ford
Email: erich4d@gmail.com
15113 Malibu Road
Malibu, CA 90265
Northern California Local Section
Optical Society of Southern California
President: Kevin J. Romero
Email: President@ossc.org
Website: http://www.ossc.org
14271 Jeffery Road, Suite #136
Irvine CA, 92620
District of Columbia
National Capital Section
President: Jim Heaney
Email: james.b.heaney@nasa.gov
Website: ncs-osa.org/
National Capital Section/OSA c/o Dr. Joseph M. Howard
Code 551NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Illinois
Optical Society of Chicago
President: Tara Maggiano
Email: opticalsocietychicago@gmail.com
Website: sites.google.com/site/opticalsocietyofchicago/
825 Pearson - 6E
Des Plaines, IL 60016
Massachusetts
New England Section
President: Hillary Balonek
Email: hillary.maben@gmail.com, nesosa@nesosa.org
Website: http://www.nesosa.org
296 Lake Ave,
Newton, MA 02461
Michigan
Ann Arbor Section
est. 1966
President: Cynthia Aku-Leh, Ph.D.
Email: cynthia.akuleh@gmail.com
Website: http://aaosa.osahost.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Ann-Arbor-OSA-6776980
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AnnArborOSA
ISciences LLC
Ann Arbor, MI, 48103
Minnesota
Minnesota Section
President: John Sinko
Email: jesinko@stcloudstate.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/minnesotaosa/
1043 Grand Ave, #129
Saint Paul, MN 55105
New York
Rochester Section, Inc.
President: Ben Zwickl
Email: bmzsps@rit.edu - president@osarochester.org Website: http://www.osarochester.org
Institute of Optics
University of Rochester
Oregon
Columbia Section
President: Douglas Holmgren
Contact: holmgren.doug@gmail.com
Website: http://columbiasection.osahost.org/
Stoel Rives LLP
760 SW Ninth Avenue, Suite 3000
Portland, OR 97205
Texas
Optical Society of North Texas (OSNT)
President: Mike Simpson
Email: info@osntx.org
Australia
Sydney Section
President: Mikolaj Schmidt
Email: mikolaj.schmidt@mq.edu.au
Twitter: @SydneyLocalOSA
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sydneyosa/home
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Macquarie University
North Ryde, NSW 2109
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Local Section
President: Sajid Choudhary
Email: smc@ieee.org
Website: http://www.osa-bangladesh.org/
Department of the EEE, ECE Building, BUET
ECE Building, Palashi
Dhaka, Bangladesh 1205
Canada
Quebec Section
President: Julien Beaudoin Bertrand
Email: julien.b.bertrand@copl.ulaval.ca
2375 Rue de la Terrasse
Quebec, Quebec G1V 0A6
China
Shenzhen Local Section
President: Prof. Dr. Xiao Wei Sun
Email: sun.xw@sustc.edu.cn
South University of Science & Technology
Tangchang Road, Xili, Nanshan District
Shenzhen, Guangdong 5180552375
Egypt
Alhazen Egyptian Local Section
Indonesia
Indonesia Local Section
President: Aulia Nasution
Email: aulia.nasution@fulbrightmail.org
Building 442, Puspiptek
Serpong, Banten 15314
INDONESIA
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Section
Singapore
Singapore Local Section
Chairman: Wei Lei
Email: wei.lei@ntu.edu.sg
50 Nanyang Avnue
639798
SINGAPORE
Taiwan
Taiwan Local Section
President: Shien-Kuei Liaw
Email: skliaw@mail.ntust.edu.tw
Graduate Institute of Electro-Optic
No. 43號, Section 4, Keelung Rd, Da’an District
Taipei City, Taiwan 106
300 Chung-Da Rd., Chung-li 320001
Taiwan
Thailand
Thailand Local Section
President: Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn
Email: sarun.sumriddetchkajorn@nectec.or.th
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
112 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Rd
Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathumthani 12120
Ratchathewi, Bangkok
Thailand 12120
Ukraine
Kharkiv Local Section