The photonics cluster in Rochester, New York, alone requires 550 more optics technicians every year. Professor Alexis Vogt discusses initiatives to help meet this demand, and suggests other ways to tackle the global optics skills shortage
Carlos Lee, EPIC’s director general, speaks with Ville Hevonkorpi, CEO at Schott Primoceler
Photonics engineering student Troy Rzeznikiewicz applied to hundreds of openings prior to starting as an optical design engineer intern at Lumentum. Here he describes the application process and discusses how technical students can be supported to succeed in industry
In the second installment of a two-part series, Christina C C Willis gives practical advice on how to create and maintain a lasting network successfully
Carlos Lee talks to Thierry Georges, CEO of Oxxius, a developer of continuous-wave laser modules
L to R: Marc Canales, Roger Artigas, EPIC’s Ana González & Carlos Lee
Jose Pozo, CTO at EPIC, talks with Roger Artigas, co-founder, president and CTO of Sensofar Metrology – a designer and manufacturer of 3D surface metrology instruments
In this first installment of a two-part series, Christina Willis discusses the importance of creating a network sustainably to enable better scientific and career outcomes – even during the Covid-19 pandemic
EPIC director general Carlos Lee talks with Dominique Bérard, executive VP of Laser Systems and Solutions of Europe (Lasse)
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, gives tips on how postgraduates and early-career scientists can make themselves more attractive to commercial organisations
Matthew Dale reports from a panel discussion at Photonics West, where experts gave advice to young people starting their career
