women in optics

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

Daneet Steffens from SPIE details some of the initiatives currently in place aimed at improving diversity in photonics

Sujatha Ramanujan, managing director of the Luminate Accelerator Programme in Rochester, New York, offers four key questions to consider before launching an optics start-up

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

Katarina Svanberg, professor at Sweden’s Lund University and South China Normal University, discusses her career developing optical cancer treatments, and notes why it’s important to support early-career researchers

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

Christina Willis says that learning to communicate science to non-experts is a crucial part of her role in politics - a skill that all scientists should develop

Ahead of speaking at SPIE Photonics West, Dr Ursula Keller, head of research at ETH Zurich, discusses her career in ultrafast science

Thomas Südmeyer, from University of Neuchâtel, discusses a new book aimed at providing role models for young researchers