SPIE, The International Society for Optics and Photonics, Announces Its 2021 Society Awards
Written by AZoOpticsJan 13 2021
The Awards Committee of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, today announced the recipients of its prestigious annual awards. Honoring transformative advancements in multiple areas including medicine, astronomy, lithography, optical metrology, and community-focused achievements the Society s awards recognize technical accomplishments as well as committed service to SPIE and support of its organizational mission.
Maryellen Giger, the A.N. Pritzker Professor of Radiology at the University of Chicago, is recognized with the 2021 SPIE Directors Award. (Photo: Business Wire)
SPIE Gold Medal: Hugo Thienpont
In recognition of his profound and durable impact on society and pioneering vision for photonics. The different disruptive instruments that Thienpont has developed and implemented during the past decades have generated a tangible im
SPIE announces its 2021 society awards
13 Jan 2021
21 recipients represent achievements across wide range of light-based sciences and key advances made with these technologies.
optics.org, has announced the recipients of its prestigious annual awards.
Honoring transformative advancements in multiple areas â including medicine, astronomy, lithography, optical metrology, and community-focused achievements â the Society s awards recognize technical accomplishments as well as committed service to SPIE and support of its organizational mission.
Categories and winners
SPIE Gold Medal: Hugo Thienpont In recognition of his profound and lasting impact on society and pioneering vision for photonics. The different disruptive instruments that Thienpont has developed and implemented during the past decades have generated a tangible impact on education, research, innovation, and societal well-being in Flanders, across Europe, and beyond.
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