Largest Optical Science Library in Latin America Named after Wyant College of Optical Sciences Alumna

Sept. 19, 2023
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Library named for Strojnik

Slovenian scientist and engineer Marija Strojnik at the Slovenian Technical Museum in 2019.

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The Mexican science agency has named its largest optics library in Latin America after world-renowned Slovenian astrophysicist and engineer Marija Strojnik, alumna of Wyant College of Optical Sciences (OSC, PhD 1980). Part of the Mexican Optics Research Centre (CIO), the library, which houses the largest optics collection in Latin America, now pays tribute to Strojnik's research achievements. Read the announcement.