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What is Your Current Profession? How Does Your Work in Photonics Impact Innovation and Benefit Humanity? My current title is Principal Research Electronics Engineer. As we all know, Photonics is the science of light centered around generating, controlling, and detecting light waves and photons, which are ...

Associate Vice President (AVP), Chapter Relations – IEEE Photonics Society What is Your Current Career Track and/or Technical Areas of Interest within Photonics? Professionally, I am more involved in emerging technologies, products & solutions development, and innovations but my photonics interests are in the photonics engineering a...

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Associate Vice President of Women in Photonics, IEEE Photonics Society What is your current professional job? I work as a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. What Role Does Your Volunteer Leadership Position Play for ...

Niamh KavanaghVideo Product Owner, Verizon ConnectChair of the Diversity Oversight Committee of IEEE Photonics Society Our volunteer leaders are the driving force behind the IEEE Photonics Society’s mission. This column commemorates leaders who have made a positive impact on the photonics community around the world. In ...

Our volunteer leaders are the driving force behind the IEEE Photonics Society's mission. This column will commemorate leaders who have made a positive impact on the photonics community around the world. In this issue, Paul Crump, IEEE Photonics Society Globalization Committee Chair, is featured. 

Anna Peacock, PhD Professor and Head of the Nonlinear Semiconductor Photonics group, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton    VP Professional & Technical Development (PTD) of IEEE Photonics Society     Our volunteer leaders are the driving force behind the IEEE Photonics Society’s mission. This column will c...

Leaders are the building stone of any society or nation, and the same goes for the IEEE Photonics Society. We valued and recognized our leaders' contribution to improving the IPS society and had an impact worldwide. This column intends to highlight our society's leaders who have truly made a positive impact in the community. This issue focuses on T...

Akihiko Kasukawa Ph.DSenior Fellow, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.       What Is Your Current Profession?I am a Senior Fellow at Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. I am involved in photonics-related fields for both R&D and business based on my long-period experience in semiconductor laser development at Furukawa. Fo...

Prof. Dr. Perry Shum, Chair Professor Optoelectronics Intellisense Lab, Photonics Society Vice President of ConferencesSouthern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China What is Your Current Profession?I am currently a Chair Professor of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) at the Department of Electrical .....

Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Ph.D.DTU FOTONIK, Department of Photonics Engineering at Technical University of DenmarkProfessor and Center Leader of the Research Centre of Excellence SPOC What is Your Current Profession?I am currently a Professor and centre leader of the Research Centre of Excellence SPOC (Silicon Photonics for ...