2016 SPIE Women in Optics Planner

Nerine J. Cherepy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The international society for optics and photonics (SPIE) promotes a wide range of scientific and engineering topics critical for the advacement of clean energy, efficient use of resources, health, communications, space exploration, fundamental optics phenomena, safety and securtiy, while engaging scientists and engineers in that special domain where curiosity-driven science has a strong overlap with practical innovation. Since 2005, SPIE has highlighted the many faces of women in optics and photonics with its yearly Women in Optics planners. Within these pages, you will find examplesof your female colleagues, employing optics and photonics in their quest for knowledge and problem solving. As each of them is unique, let their stories inspire you to make the most of your own particular talents and interests to make the difference in the world that only you can make.

View the 2016-17 profiles by clicking on names, listed in alphabetical order, below:

• Kim Abair, Regional Account Manager
  
  
• Indrani Bhattacharya, Department Head
  
  
• Alexandra Boltasseva, Associate Professor; Group Leader
  
  
• Ekaterina Borisova, Associate Professor
  
  
• Nicoletta Casanova, CEO; President; Co-founder
  
  
• Nerine Cherepy, Research Scientist
  
  
• Marla Dowell, Division Chief
  
  
• Elizabeth Dreyer, PhD Student
  
  
• Ruth Empson, Principal Investigator
  
  
• Claudia Gärtner, CEO
  
  
• Anel Garza Rivera, Optics Specialist
  
  
• Girija Gaur, PhD Candidate
  
  
• Bernadette Greenwood, Director of Clinical Services
  
  
• Sophia Hayes, Associate Professor
  
  
• Karin Hinzer, Associate Professor
  
  
• Therese Huston, Writer; Faculty Development Consultant
  
  
• Supriya Jaiswal, CEO
  
  
• Juanita Saroj James Asirvatham, Research Associate
  
  
• Seongsin (Margaret) Kim, Associate Professor
  
  
• Jingyu Lin, Horn Distinguished Professor
  
  
• Svetlana Lukishova, Group Leader; Senior Scientist
  
  
• Naomi Mathers, Industry Liaison Engineer
  
  
• Susan McKenna-Lawlor, Director
  
  
• Maiken Mikkelsen, Assistant Professor
  
  
• Jay Nadeau, Research Scientist
  
  
• Fahima Ouchen, Senior Research Engineer
  
  
• Revital Schechter, Chief Scientist Officer and Co-founder
  
  
• Perla Marlene Viera-González, PhD Student
  
  
• Miriam Serena Vitiello, Lead Physicist
  
  
• Hui (Catherine) Wang, Deputy Director
  
  
• Markéta Zíková, PhD Student
  

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