Yasuhiko Arakawa
Yasuhiko Arakawa is Professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology and Director of the Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics at the University of Tokyo. He conceived the concept, theoretically predicted the feasibility and subsequently demonstrated the efficient operation of semiconductor quantum dot lasers. He has also developed single photon emitters at telecom wavelengths and high temperature. Prof. Arakawa has received, among others, the IBM Science Award (1991), the Fujiwara Prize (2007) and the IEEE David Sarnoff Award (2009). He is President of the International Commission for Optics (2014-2017).
Pedro Andrés
Pedro Andrés Bou is Professor of Optics at the University of Valencia, Spain. He is OSA Fellow, member of the Board of Directors of the European Optical Society and present President of RIAO, the Ibero-American Optics Network. His research interest include diffractive optics, photonic crystal fibers, ultrafast lasers and, more recently, propagation of light in turbid media, fields in which he has published over 200 papers.
Eric Mazur
Eric Mazur is the Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University. He is Fellow of the OSA and the APS, and present OSA Vice President. Prof. Mazur has made important contributions to spectroscopy, light scattering, the interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with materials, and nanophotonics, for which he received the Esther Hoffman Beller award from the Optical Society of America. In addition to his work in optical physics, Prof. Mazur has been very active in industry and education. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Panel for Allied Minds, a pre-seed investment company creating partnerships with key universities to fund corporate spin-outs in early stage technology companies, and in 1990 he began developing Peer Instruction, a method for teaching large lecture classes interactively that has developed a large following, both nationally and internationally. He is author or co-author of nearly 300 papers, 36 patents, and several books, including the Principles and Practice of Physics, a book that presents a groundbreaking new approach to teaching introductory calculus-based physics.
Zeev Zalevsky
Prof. Zeev Zalevsky is head of the Electro-Optics study program at the Faculty of Engineering of the Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is SPIE and OSA Fellow, and in 2008 he was awarded the ICO (International Commission of Optics) prize and Abbe's medal for significant contribution in the field of optical super resolution. His research interest include super resolution, diffractive optical elements, nano-photonics, and bio-medical optics and bio-imaging. He has founded various successful companies for the commercialization of innovative optical communication devices, micro projectors, ophthalmic devices for presbyopia and other products. Prof. Zalevsky is author or coauthor of 6 books, over 370 papers and 38 patents.
Toyohiko Yatagai
Toyohiko Yatagai, 2015 SPIE President, Utsunomiya University, Japan
Education
University of Tokyo: BE Applied Physics, 1969.
University of Tokyo: PhD Engineering, 1980.
Employment
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Researcher: 1970-1983.
University of Tsukuba, Associate Professor- Professor: 1983-2007.
Director of University Industrial Liaison Center Utsunomiya University, Professor: 2007-2012.
Director of Center for Optical Research and Education: 2007-date.
Awards
Optical Research Award, Japan Society of Applied Physics: 1983.
Fellow SPIE, OSA, JSAP
Visiting Professor: Xian Institute of Optics and Precision. Mechanics Chinese Institute of Metrology.
Appointment
President of Optical Society of Japan: 2009-2010.
Science Council of Japan, Associate member: 2005-date.
Chairman of Optical Industry Promotion Committee of Tochigi: 2009-date.
Vice-President of Japan Photonics Council: 2010-date.
SPIE Board of Directors: 2011-2012.
SPIE vice President, President elect: 2013-2014.
Chandra Shakher
Chandra Shakher received Master of Technology in Applied Optics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1976 and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1980. He worked as Scientist at Central Scientific Instruments Organization, Chandigarh from Nov.1979 to May 1983. In May 1983 he joined Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Hyderabad, an industry dedicated for the manufacturing of power generating equipments, as Deputy Manager. In March1989, he joined Instrument Design Development Centre (IDDC) of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi) as Chief Design Engineer and subsequently in 1995 he was elevated to the position of Professor. For two academic sessions (2002-2004) he was on lien from IIT Delhi and joined as the Director of National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (Himanchal Pradesh), India. Currently he is professor at IDDC, IIT Delhi. He has handled a large number of research projects and industrial consultancies. He has been an invited fellow of AIST, Japan and JSPS, Japan. His research interests include scientific and industrial applications of holographic interferometry, laser speckles, digital holography, fiber optic sensors, optical coherence tomography and laser based instrumentation. He has published 96 research papers in international reviewed journals and 69 papers in the proceedings of international conferences. He holds four patents. He is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and SPIE. He received Institute Outstanding Faculty Award for 1994-1995, for significant research and development work in holographic techniques and laser based systems and NRDC Independence Day Award 1993 for development of laser based alignment system for electrical power machinery.
