Lydia Sanmartí-Vila, Silvia Tognetti, Federica Beduini and Silvia Carrasco, from the EU-funded Carla project, highlight how career events can increase women talent and diversity-at-large in photonics, helping to fill the skills gap
Chromacity CEO Shahida Imani discusses adapting to a new industry and her approach to management
Richardson during a lab training session with researcher Chanelle Arias
Kathleen Richardson, Pegasus Professor at the University of Central Florida, discusses her career developing next-gen materials and her mentorship roles within this
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
SPIE’s career and diversity specialist Meg All, left, facilitated an Equity in Industry panel during SPIE Photonics West earlier this year. Joining All, from left to right, are Openwater’s Mary Lou Jepsen; Double Helix’s Leslie Kimerling; and Chromacity’s Shahida Imani
Daneet Steffens from SPIE details some of the initiatives currently in place aimed at improving diversity in photonics
Ramanujan,right, facilitating the-Investing in Photonics Panel at 2020 SPIE Photonics West
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
