IOPScience has recognized Prof. Judy Su with the 2023 JPhys Photonics Early Career Award. The award recognizes Prof. Su as an emerging leader and author of the best paper from the journal's emerging leader's issue. Prof. Su said of the award, "I am highly honored and it is indeed a privilege to receive such a distinguished award. I believe using microcavity frequency combs for biosensing will open up new dimensions and I hope that our paper contributes to this path. I deeply appreciate the diligence and creativity of students in my lab and the generous funding support from NIH and NSF in making continuing discovery possible."

On February 9, hundreds of people gathered on the University of Arizona campus to celebrate the amazing life of Dr. James C. Wyant, founding dean and professor emeritus. Speakers included Mrs. Tammy Wyant speaking on behalf of the Wyant family. From the University of Arizona, speakers included Dr. Robert Robbins, President, Dr. Tom Koch, dean, Wyant College of Optical Sciences and Dr. Bob Shannon, professor emeritus and former director of OSC. Speakers from Jim’s alma maters were Dr. Eric Kaler, President, Case Western Reserve University and Dr. Tom Brown, Director, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester.

Olga Kalashnikova
Research Scientist in the Aerosol and Cloud Group
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

We will discuss remote sensing observations of fire energetics and smoke properties from NASA satellite and the ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft, and links between in-situ smoke characterization and large-scale satellite observations. In addition, we will introduce the newly established NASA Fire Sense program that is focused on delivering unique Earth science and technological capabilities to operational agencies, striving towards measurable improvement in US wildland fire management.

Jinyang Liang
Associate Professor
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Université du Québec

Visualizing transient events in the durations of their occurrences (i.e., real time) is indispensable to understanding many physical, chemical, and biological processes. Among existing methods, real-time ultrafast imaging based on coded optical streaking has received increasing attention because of its high image quality, high adaptability, and broad applicability. In this talk, I will review the working principles and limitations in representative ultrafast imaging modalities. Then, I will focus the discussion on three research directions in my Laboratory of Applied Computational Imaging in the past three years.