Committee Chairs
CLEO 2026
The premier international forum for scientific and technical optics.
General & Program Chairs
| General Chairs | Program Chairs |
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 Michael Mielke G&H (Gooch & Housego) USA |
Carl Liebig US AFRL Wright Patterson USA |
 Michael KrainakRelative Dynamics USA |
 Garrett ColeUniversity of Arizona USA |
| General Chairs | Program Chairs |
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 Paulina KuoNIST USA |
Matthias Heinrich University of Rostock Germany |
| Sahin Ozdemir St. Louis University USA |
 Galan MoodyUC Santa Barbara USA |
| General Chairs | Program Chairs |
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 Jifeng LiuDartmouth College USA |
 Juliet GopinathUniversity of Colorado Boulder USA |
 Katia ShtyrkovaMIT Lincoln Laboratory USA |
 Mikko HuttunenTampere University Finland |
Subcommittee Chairs
| Subcommittee | Subcommittee Chair #1 | Subcommittee Chair #2 |
| A&T: 1. Biomedical applications | Judith Su University of Arizona Arizona, USA |
Katarzyna Komolibus Tyndall National Institute Cork, Ireland |
| A&T: 2. Laser-based Manufacturing, Machining and Nanoprinting | Andreas Michalowski University of Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany |
Geoff Lott MKS Oregon, USA |
| A&T: 3. Optical Instrumentation for Measurements and Monitoring | Jasper Drisko Cisco California, USA |
Charlie Fancher MITRE USA |
| A&T: 4. Environmental Sensing Applications of Optical Measurements and Instrumentation | Molly Fahey Intuitive Machines District of Columbia, USA |
Jennifer Lee BAE Systems Colorado, USA |
| A&T: 5. Quantum Technology in Transition | Susannah Dickerson Draper USA |
Robert McConnell MIT Massachusetts, USA |
| A&T: 6. Advances in Integrated Photonics and Semiconductor Technology | Xinru Wu Intel Labs USA |
Sven Hoefling University of Würzburg Würzburg, Germany |
| Subcommittee | Subcommittee Chair #1 | Subcommittee Chair #2 |
| 1. Quantum Optics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids | Roberto de J. León-Montiel National Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico City, Mexico |
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| 2. Quantum Information and Communication | Linran Fan University of Texas Texas, USA |
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| 3. Quantum Photonics | Navin Lingaraju Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Maryland, USA |
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| 4. Optical Excitations and Ultrafast Phenomena in Condensed Matter | Hanyu Zhu Rice University Texas, USA |
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| 5. Nonlinear Optics and Novel Phenomena | Rivka Bekenstein Hebrew University Isreal |
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| 6. Nano-Optics and Plasmonics | Abdoulaye Ndao University of San Diego California, USA |
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| 7. Ultrafast Science of Attosecond, X-Ray Free-Electron-Laser, and Ultra-Intense Light | Hanieh Fattahi Max Planck Institute Erlangen, Germany |
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| 8. Metamaterials and Complex Media | Yu Yao Arizona State University Arizona, USA |
Alex Song University of Sydney Sydney, Australia |
| Subcommittee | Subcommittee Chair #1 | Subcommittee Chair #2 |
| 1. Light-matter Interactions and Materials Processing | Euan McLeod Wyant College of Optical Sciences Arizona, USA |
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| 2. Laser Systems and Facilities | Yu-Chieh Lin RIKEN Wako, Japan |
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| 3. Semiconductor Lasers | Yating Wan KAUST Thuwal, Saudi Arabia |
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| 4. Nonlinear Optical Technologies | Nathalie Vermeulen Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussel, Belgium |
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| 5. Terahertz Science and Technology | Eva Arianna Aurelia Pogna National Research Council (CNR) Milan, Italy |
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| 6. Optical Materials, Fabrication and Characterization | Di Zhu National University of Singapore Singapore |
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| 7. Micro- and Nano-Photonic Devices | Yuriko Maegami National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan |
Avik Dutt University of Maryland Maryland, USA |
| 8. Ultrafast Optics and Applications | Pamela Bowlan SLAC National Accelerator Lab Menlo Park, CA |
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| 9. Photonic Integration | Aseema Mohanty Tufts University Massachusetts, USA |
Alvaro Casas Bedoya University of Sydney Sydney, Australia |
| 10. Photonic Computing | Yannick Salamin University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL) Florida, USA |
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| 11. Fiber Photonics: Novel Phenomena, Lasers, Systems and Fabrication | Helena Lopez-Aviles [Affiliation not listed] |
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| 12. Lightwave Communications and Optical Networks | Deepa Venkitesh Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, India |
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| 13. Active Optical Sensing | Megan Kelleher HRL Laboratories California, USA |
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| 14. Optical Metrology | Daniele Nicolodi Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Braunschweig, Germany |
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| 15. Quantum and Atomic Devices and Instrumentation | Sara Mouradian University of Washington Washington, USA |
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Subcommittee Members
| MEMBERS | |
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| Rong Duan Cutera Inc USA |
Shuwen Zeng CNRS France France |
| Pablo Loza ICFO Spain Spain |
Kurt Anderson Francis Crick Institute UK |
| Jürgen Popp Freidrich Schiller University Germany |
Siavash Yazdanfar Corning USA |
| Qimin Quan NanoMosaic Inc USA |
Kyle Preston Siphox USA |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Tsing-Hua Her University of North Carolina USA |
Edward Kinzel University of Notre Dame USA |
| Wendwesen Gebremichael Aktiwave USA |
Catarina Gaudiuso CNR IFN Italy |
| Reiner Ramsayer Robert Bosch GmbH Germany |
Felix Abt Orell Füssli Switzerland |
| Myriam Kaiser Trumpf Laser SE Germany |
Aiko Narazaki AIST Japan |
| Stuart McLean Coherent USA |
Carla Bacco Lasea USA USA |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Anna-Lena Sahlberg Lund University Sweden |
Briana Indahl Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics USA |
| Kerrianne Harrington University of Bath UK |
Margaret Kim University of Alabama USA |
| Sean Fackler Indrio Technologies USA |
Bryan Bosworth NIST USA |
| Dora Hu A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research Singapore |
Sean Clees Stanford USA |
| Kim Cuong Le Lund University Sweden |
Anna Vaskuri NIST USA |
| Jonathan Kwolek NRL USA |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Peter D Dragic University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign USA |
Doruk Engin Fibertek Inc USA |
| Andreas Schmitt-Sody AFRL USA |
Steve Lecomte CSEM Switzerland |
| George R Gray Northrop Grumman USA |
Kirk McKenzie The Australian National University Australia |
| Kevin Knabe Vescent USA |
Evan Eshelman Honeybee Robotics USA |
| Linda Mondin ESA France |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Anne Matsuura Intel USA |
Elham Heidari University of Florida USA |
| Adam Ollanik Quantinuum USA |
Henry Timmers Vescent USA |
| James Shaffer Quantum Valley Ideas Lab Canada |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Tianren Fan Amazon USA |
Duanni Huang Intel USA |
| Nathan Youngblood University of Pittsburgh USA |
Yusheng Bian Global Foundry USA |
| Xian Xiao OpenLight Photonics USA |
Xue Huang Acacia-Cisco USA |
| Paolo Pintus University of Cagliari Italy |
Satoshi Iwamoto University of Tokyo Japan |
| Adam Piotrowski VIGO Photonics Poland |
Mohamad Idjadi Nokia Bell Labs USA |
| Nima Nader NIST USA |
Chao Xiang University of Hong Kong Hong Kong |
| Martijn Heck Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands |
Matthew Suttinger Air Force Research Laboratory USA |
| Mateus Corato Zanarella TOPTICA Photonics, Inc. USA |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Pablo Solano Universidad de Concepción Chile |
Karina Garay-Palmett CICESE – Ensenada Mexico |
| Omar S. Magana-Loaiza Louisiana State University USA |
Mario A. Quiroz-Juárez Center for Applied Physics and Advanced Technology Mexico |
| Ralph Jimenez University of Colorado, Boulder USA |
Rui-Bo Jin Hunan Normal University China |
| Daniel Sahagun National Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico |
Shi-Hai Dong Huzhou University China |
| Chenglong You Louisiana State University USA |
Zheshen Zhang University of Michigan USA |
| Valerio Flavio Gili Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics Germany |
Guang-Wei Deng University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China |
| Xiaoqin Gao Nanjing University China |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Nicola Montaut Institut national de la recherche scientifique Canada |
Kristina Meier Los Alamos NL USA |
| Koji Azuma NTT Japan |
Fabian Steinlechner Universitat Jena Germany |
| Shengwang Du Purdue University USA |
Benjamin Lawrie Oak Ridge NL USA |
| Michael Grace BBN USA |
Daniel Soh University of Arizona USA |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Joseph Lukens Purdue University USA |
Chitraleema Chakraborty University of Delaware USA |
| Lucia Caspani University of Insubria Italy |
Claire LeGall Nu Quantum UK |
| Shigeru Nakagawa Tokyo Institute of Tech Japan |
Matthias Weiss University of Muenster Germany |
| Kamyar Parto PsiQuantum USA |
Alexander Senichev University of Maryland – BC USA |
| Xu Yi University of Virginia USA |
Tobias Gehring Technical University Denmark |
| Poolad Imany Icarus Quantum |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Hebin Li University of Miami USA |
Yaroslav Gerasimenko Regensburg University Germany |
| Meredith Henstridge SLAC USA |
Alfred Zong Stanford University USA |
| Takayuki Kurihara University of Tokyo Japan |
Tran Trung Luu Hong Kong University China |
| Wanzheng Hu Boston University USA |
Luyi Yang Tsinghua University China |
| Martina Basini ETH Zurich Switzerland |
Liang Luo Ames National Laboratory USA |
| MEMBER | |
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| Marco Ornigotti Tampere University Finland |
Armando Perez-Leija University of Central Florida USA |
| Konstantinos Makris University of Crete Greece |
Kai Wang McGill University Canada |
| Eran Lustig Stanford USA |
Rivka Bekenstein Hebrew University Israel |
| Qing Gu North Carolina State University USA |
Alexander Solntsev University of Technology Sydney Australia |
| Carlota Canalias KTH Stockholm Sweden |
Nick Rivera Harvard University USA |
| Kiyoul Yang Harvard USA |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Ashok Kodigala Sandia Laboratories USA |
Matthieu Mivelle Sorbonne University France |
| Patrice Genevet Colorado School of Mines USA |
Maria Antonietta Vincenti University of Brescia Italy |
| Luca Dal Negro Boston University USA |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Andrew Edwards Stanford Uni USA |
Anne-Lise Viotti Lund University Sweden |
| Dmitry Zmin Cambridge UK |
Gaia Barbiero TSL Germany |
| Gopal Dixit IIT Bombay India |
Hui Dandan (no institution listed) China |
| Kun Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences China |
Margarita Kokhlova King’s College London England |
| Matthew Edwards Stanford University USA |
Michael Krüger Technio Israel |
| Peter Kraus Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography Netherlands |
Shima Golam-Mirzaei National Research Council of Canada Canada |
| Yuya Morimoto RIKEN Japan |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Yuzhe Xiao University of North Texas US |
Jiaqi Gu Arizona State University US |
| Zin Lin Virginia Tech US |
Haoning Tang Harvard University US |
| Noah Rubin UCSD US |
Viktar Asadchy Aalto University Finland |
| Sui Yang Arizona State University US |
Prasad Iyer Sandia US |
| Cheng Guo Stanford University US |
Sid Assawaworrarit University of Sydney Australia |
| Zhexin Zhao FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Camilo Florian Kassel University Germany |
Esther Rebollar Instituto de Química Física Blas Cabrera Spain |
| Ioanna Zergioti National Technical University of Athens Greece |
Linhan Lin Tsinghua University China |
| Robert Kaindl Arizona State University USA |
Shih-Chi Chen Chinese University of Hong Kong China |
| Thejaswi Tumkur Lawrence Livermore National Lab USA |
Xiaohan Du City University of Hong Kong China |
| Yoshio Hayasaki Utsunomiya University Japan |
Yves Bellouard Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Pavel Bakule ELI Beamlines Czech |
Niklas Wetter Nuclear Energy Research Institute Brazil |
| Kiani Leily Sehaar Lawrence Livermore USA |
Yuxi Fu XIOPM Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China |
| Olivier Chalus Thales France |
Yicheng Wang Univ Bochum Germany |
| Kana Iwakuni The University of Electro-Communications Japan |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Yu-Jung Lu National Taiwan University Taiwan |
Linjie Zhou Shanghai Jiao Tong University China |
| Di Liang University of Michigan United States |
Ting Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences China |
| Natalia Kryzhanovskaya HSE University Russia |
Renmin Ma Peking University China |
| Mingxiao Li University of California, Santa Barbara United States |
Mingbin Yu Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology China |
| Hongwei Zhao Aeluma United States |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Carsten Rockstuhl KIT Germany |
Daria Smirnova Australian National University Australia |
| Giovanna Tissoni Université Côte d’Azur France |
Gregory Moille NIST USA |
| John Donegan Trinity College Dublin Ireland |
Lewis Hill Max Planck Institute Germany |
| Marc Jankowski NTT Research USA |
Nathaniel Kinsey Virginia Commonwealth University USA |
| Rich Mildren Macquarie University Australia |
Wonkeun Chang Nanyang Technological University Singapore |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Shaghik Atakaramians UNSW – University of Sydney Australia |
Fabio Novelli Ruhr University Bochum Germany |
| Jan-Christoph Deinert Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf Germany |
Lauren Gingras Menlo Germany |
| Luana Olivieri University of Loughborough UK |
Markus Andreas Huber University of Regensburg Germany |
| Michael Ruggiero University of Rochester USA |
Sukhdeep Dhillon CNRS – Université de Paris 7 France |
| Tal Ellenbogen Tel Aviv University Israel |
Yu Wu Stanford University USA |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Bart Kuyken Ghent University – imec Belgium |
Carsten Schuck University of Münster Germany |
| Cheng Wang City University of Hong Kong China |
David Barton Northwestern University USA |
| Elizaveta Semenova Technical University of Denmark Denmark |
Farnaz Niroui Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA |
| Kayoung Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) Republic of Korea |
Linbo Shao Virginia Tech USA |
| Marco Colangelo Northeastern University USA |
Shuwen Zeng CNRS France |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Bijoy K. Das IIT Madras India |
Chaoran Huang Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong |
| Cuicui Lu Beijing Institute of Technology China |
Daniel J. Blumenthal UCSD USA |
| Ioannis Zeimpekis University of Southampton UK |
Ipshita Datta LLNL USA |
| Juanjuan Lu ShanghaiTech China |
Ken Tanizawa Tamagawa University Japan |
| Masato Takiguchi NTT Japan |
Mengyue Xu University of Michigan USA |
| Niels Quack Institut für Mikroelektronik Stuttgart Germany |
Nils Engelsen Chalmers University of Technology Sweden |
| Qixiang Cheng University of Cambridge UK |
Sangsik Kim KAIST Korea |
| Yidong Huang Tsinghua University China |
Yuan Cao UCB USA |
| Yuya Shoji Institute of Science Tokyo Japan |
Shun Fujii Keio University Japan |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Bertrand Kibler CNRS Academia France |
Chau Truong The Ohio State University Academia USA |
| Christoph Heyl DESY Academia Germany |
Cord Arnold Lund University Academia Sweden |
| Eiji J. Takahashi RIKEN Academia Japan |
Hannah Ostapenko Heriot-Watt University Academia UK |
| Ishii Nobuhisa National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) Government Japan |
Murat Yessenov University of Central Florida Government USA |
| Nick Nardelli NIST Government USA |
Rosa Romero Sphere Ultrafast Photonics Industry Portugal |
| Seung-Whan Bahk Laboratory for Laser Energetics Academia USA |
Thomas Allison Stony Brook University Academia USA |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Amirhassan Shams-Ansari Monarch Quantum USA |
Carlos Errando-Herranz Delft University of Technology Netherlands |
| Döndü Sahin Boeing USA |
Felipe Beltran Mejia Federal University of ABC Brazil |
| Gaurang Bhatt Sandia National Laboratories USA |
Gunther Roelkens Ghent University Belgium |
| Jaime Cardenas University of Rochester USA |
Jie Zhao Marvell Technology USA |
| Kazuhiro Kuruma University of Tokyo Japan |
Melissa Ziebell Nokia USA |
| Yang Liu Huazhong University of Science and Technology China |
You-Chia Chang National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taiwan |
| Yuan Yuan Northeastern University USA |
Yue Wang University of York UK |
| Christian Reimer HyperLight USA |
Victor Dolores-Calzadilla Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands |
| Padraic Morrissey Tyndall Institute Ireland |
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| MEMBERS | |
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| Charles Roques-Carmes Stanford USA |
Alexandros Emboras ETH Zurich Switzerland |
| Tianyu Wang Boston University USA |
Giulia Marcucci University of Glasgow / LumiAIres Scotland |
| Hiroki Takesue NTT Japan |
Fei Xia UC Irvine USA |
| Kai Wang McGill University Canada |
Daniel Soh University of Arizona USA |
| Elena Goi USST China |
Mario Chemnitz IPHT Jena Germany |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Aku Antikainen University of Rochester USA |
Katarzyna Krupa Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS Poland |
| Lyubov Amitonova Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands |
Matteo Conforti University of Lille France |
| Richard Zeltner Menlo Systems Germany |
Thibaut Sylvestre FEMTO-ST Research Institute France |
| Uğur Teğin Koç University Turkey |
Yosuke Mizuno Yokohama National University Japan |
| Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem University of Adelaide Australia |
Lei Wei Nanyang Technological University Singapore |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Siddharth Varughese Jacob Infinera / Nokia USA |
Varghese Antony Thomas Ciena USA |
| Amol Delmade Pilot Photonics Ireland |
Stephan Pachnike University of Kiel Germany |
| Govind Vedala SubCom USA |
Liwei Li University of Sydney Australia |
| Qunbi Zhuge Shanghai Jiao Tong University China |
Aneesh Sobhanan Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad India |
| Arvind Mishra Sterlite Technologies Limited India |
Byrav Ramamurthy University of Nebraska–Lincoln USA |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Carolin Bauer ETH Switzerland |
Daniel McCart LLNL USA |
| Darko Zibar Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Denmark |
Emily Caldwell NIST USA |
| Ibrahim Sadiek Ruhr University Bochum Germany |
Mo Li University of Washington USA |
| Thomas Legero PTB Germany |
Waruna Kulatilaka Texas A&M University USA |
| Ragnar Seton The Arctic University of Norway Norway |
Matt Eichenfield University of Arizona USA |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Guanhao Wu Tsinghua University China |
Bess Fang Observatoire de Paris France |
| Marco Schioppo National Physical Laboratory UK |
Antoine Rolland IMRA Inc USA |
| Nazanin Hoghooghi NIST USA |
Katharina-Sophie Isleif Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Germany |
| Ryan Cole Bates College USA |
Akira Ozawa Yokohama National University Japan |
| Abijith Kowligy Vector Atomic USA |
Sarah Scholten University of Adelaide Australia |
| MEMBERS | |
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| Boris Braverman University of Toronto Canada |
Cui Shanying PsiQuantum Inc USA |
| Mark Dong MITRE USA |
Donggyu Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Korea |
| Emily Davis New York University USA |
Hannah Clevenson Draper Laboratory USA |
| Daniel Higginbottom Photonic Inc. Canada |
Robert Niffenegger University of Massachusetts, Amherst USA |
| Tim Schroeder Humboldt Universität Germany |
Tingrei Tan University of Sydney Australia |
