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href="/get_involved/students/student-chapters/"> Student Chapters </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/students/requesting_funding/"> Requesting Funding </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/students/chapter_toolkit/"> Chapter Toolkit </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/students/ions/"> IONS </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/students/traveling_lecturer/"> Traveling Lecturer </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link d-inline-flex mr-0 pr-0 font-weight-bold" href="/get_involved/technical_groups/"> Technical Groups </a> <ul class="nav nav-pills flex-column ml-2"> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/bmo/"> Bio-Medical Optics </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/fdi/"> Fabrication, Design and Instrumentation </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/iapd/"> Information Acquisition, Processing, Display and Perception </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/ois/"> Optical Interaction Science </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/poe/"> Photonics and Opto-Electronics </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/qis/"> Quantum </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/sen/"> Sensing </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link font-weight-bold" href="/get_involved/technical_groups/technical_group_leadership_volunteers/"> Technical Group Leadership Volunteers </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/technical_group_webinars/"> Technical Group Webinars </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/tech_group_filter/"> Technical Group Search </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/technical_group_prizes/"> Technical Group Prizes </a> </li> <li> <a class="nav-item nav-link " href="/get_involved/technical_groups/simulight_optics_challenge/"> Simulight Optics Challenge </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link d-inline-flex mr-0 pr-0 " href="/get_involved/volunteer/"> Volunteer </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-8" id="BodyContent"> <body> <h2>2025 Technical Group Leaders</h2> <p>Optica is pleased to announce the next leaders for twenty-eight of our technical groups. <a href="/en-us/get_involved/technical_groups/">Optica Technical Groups</a> are vibrant and active communities that connect Optica members with colleagues and leaders within specialized topic areas worldwide.</p> <p>The selected individuals will serve as chair for a three-year term starting in January 2025. Elected by their fellow members, these individuals will be responsible for selecting an executive committee to collaborate with to foster a sense of community among the members of their group. Working together, they will organize special events featuring tailored programming, host webinars on hot topics, and share information on the latest developments in their field throughout their three-year terms.</p> <p><strong>The 2025 Technical Group Leaders are:</strong></p> <div class="card-columns"> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src=" https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/aparajita_bandyopadhyay.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Agriphotonics</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Aparajita Bandyopadhyay</strong></font><br /> <em>Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India</em></p> <p class="card-text"> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/patrick_skrodzki.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Applied Spectroscopy</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Patrick Skrodzki</strong></font><br /> <em>Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States</em></p> <p class="card-text"> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/jingyi_he.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Color</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Jingyi He</strong></font><br /> <em>University of California, Berkeley, United States</em></p> <p class="card-text"> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/kaan_aksit.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Display Technology</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Kaan Ak艧it</strong></font><br /> <em>University College of London, United Kingdom</em></p> <p class="card-text"> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/gizem_karslioglu.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Environmental Sensing</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Gizem Karslioglu</strong></font><br /> <em>Earthscope Consortium, United States</em></p> <p class="card-text"> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/turghun_matniyaz.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Fiber Modeling and Fabrication</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Turghun Matniyaz</strong></font><br /> <em>Corning Inc., United States</em></p> <p class="card-text"> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/brandon_buscaino.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Fiber Optics Technology and Applications</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Brandon Buscaino</strong></font><br /> <em>Ciena Corporation, United States</em></p> <p class="card-text"> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src=" https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/ji_eun_bae.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Fundamental Laser Sciences</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Ji Eun Bae</strong></font><br /> <em>CIMAP-CNRS-Universit茅 de Caen Normandie, France</em></p> <p class="card-text"> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/abhijit_roy.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Holography and Diffractive Optics</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Abhijit Roy</strong></font><br /> <em>Technical University of Denmark, Denmark</em></p> <p class="card-text"> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/nicholas_kochan.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Imaging Optical Design</h6> <p class="card-text"><font color="#7800cc"><strong>Nicholas Kochan</strong></font><br /> <em>Physical Sciences Inc., United States</em></p> <p class="card-text"><strong> </strong></p> </div> <strong> </strong></div> <div class="card"><strong><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/ritu_raj_singh.jpg" /> </strong> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Integrated Photonics</h6> <p class="card-text"><strong><font color="#7800cc">Ritu Raj Singh</font></strong><br /> <em>Netaji Subhas University of Technology, India</em></p> <p class="card-text"><strong> </strong></p> </div> <strong> </strong></div> <div class="card"><img alt="" class="card-img-top" src="https://opticaorg-dev-cac7d2csctagc8bm.z01.azurefd.net/$web/optica/media/files/getinvolved/tech-groups/photos/2025%20tg%20chairs/derek_burrell.jpg" /> <div class="card-body"> <h6 class="card-title">Laser Systems</h6> <p class="card-text"><strong><font color="#7800cc">Derek Burrell</font></strong><br /> <em>Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 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