BELLINGHAM, WA--(Marketwire - August 20, 2008) - SPIE 2008 President Kevin Harding announced
the recent election results at the Annual General Meeting of the Society,
12 August, 2008, in San Diego, California. Terms begin January 1, 2009.
The 2009 Society Officers:
Maria J. Yzuel was elected by SPIE members to serve as the 2009 President.
Yzuel is a professor with the Department of Physics, Group of Optics,
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. She received her Ph. D. in
Physics from the Universidad of Zaragoza, Spain. An SPIE Fellow, she lists
some of her technical interests as diffraction image theory, image quality
evaluation, apodization, applications to photolithography optical pattern
recognition, color information in correlators, design of filters and liquid
crystal devices. Yzuel has published more than 200 scientific papers and
presented about 20 invited papers and more than 200 regular contributions
in scientific conferences. She has supervised more than 20 Ph.D. theses.
Ralph B. James was elected by SPIE members to serve as the 2009 President
Elect. James is Program Manager and Senior Scientist for the Brookhaven
National Laboratory. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Applied
Physics at the California Institute of Technology. An SPIE Fellow, he
lists his technical interests as photonic and electro-optical
instrumentation, sensors, imaging, lasers, laser processing of materials,
nanotechnology, nonlinear optics, semiconductor detectors, and biomedical
imaging. James has published over 400 journal articles, conference
proceedings, book chapters and invited review papers, has 10 patents
granted, and is the editor of 13 books on sensors, spectroscopy and
imaging.
Katarina Svanberg was elected by SPIE members to serve as the 2009 Vice
President. Svanberg is Professor of Oncology and Chief Physician in
Oncology at Lund University, Lund, Sweden. She received her M.D. and Ph.D.
in Medical Science from Lund University. Svanberg is an SPIE Fellow, a
recipient of the SKAPA Innovation Prize, and has given invited talks at 85
international conferences and 30 foreign universities. She lists some of
her technical interests as clinical oncology for the abatement of human
malignant diseases and optical spectroscopy for detection and treatment of
malignant tumors. She has supervised activities for a large number of
Ph.D. students in biomedical optics.
Brian A. Lula was elected by SPIE members to serve as the 2009
Secretary/Treasurer. Lula is the president and CEO of PI Physik
Instrumente LP. He graduated in mechanical engineering from Centennial
College, Ontario, Canada, and completed advanced engineering courses at the
University of Michigan. His technical interests include micro and
nanopositioning technologies, telescope mechanical/optical system design
and fabrication, astronomical imaging, optical manufacturing and testing.
Lula is a world class CCD astronomical imager/educator with published
photos in popular astronomy magazines such as Sky & Telescope, Astronomy,
CBS National and local TV news, NASA's Astrophoto of the Day (APOD) and was
featured in a personal exhibit at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in
Washington DC.
The newly elected Society Directors; three-year terms, 2009-2011:
Jennifer K. Barton; associate professor/tissue optics lab director,
University of Arizona.
Bahram Javidi; distinguished professor, University of Connecticut.
Upendra N. Singh; chief technologist, NASA Langley Research Center.
Hugo Thienpont; director of research, Vrije University Brussel.
Appointed Director; one-year term, 2009-2011:
Donis G. Flagello; ASML Fellow, ASML US, Inc.
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