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SPIE Optics + Photonics Awards Information

Honoring outstanding achievement from our researchers

Giving recognition

SPIE and supporting organizations recognize contributions that have been made by experts, and honor their accomplishments with the following prestigious awards:

SPIE Awards: Honoring outstanding achievement from our researchers

Award winners from 2025


Award Award recipient Paper
Active Photonic Platforms Best Poster Award Whittington, Christopher S. 13578-93, Heterogenous integration of VO₂ nanopatches on subwavelength-engineered antislot photonic crystal for optical switching
Active Photonic Platforms Best Poster Award Xu, Zheheng 13578-101, Dispersion engineering of thin active region mid-infrared combs
ETAI Best Presentation Award Granfors, Mirja 13585-25, DeepTrack2: physics-based microscopy simulations for deep learning
ETAI Best Presentation Award Paparelle, Iris 13585-15, Quantum reservoir computing with nonlinear optics: experimental continuous variable memory control
ETAI Best Presentation Award Thanabalan, Hari Prakash 13585-19, Inchworm inspired soft robot locomotion based on groove-guided locomotion
Nonimaging Optics Best Student and Postdoc Presentation Award Tham, Wai Qian 13597-13, Experimental validation of a prototype compound parabolic concentrator as a viable façade-mounted daylighting system
Nonimaging Optics Best Student and Postdoc Presentation Award Zhang, Zijun 13597-17, Reflective freeform optics tailoring for off-axis illumination systems
Nonimaging Optics Optical Design Competition Lehmann, Alex 13597 Optical Design Competition
Nonimaging Optics Optical Design Competition Haenen, Ludo 13597 Optical Design Competition
Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation Best Student Poster Flores, Gabriela 13580-65, Experimental generation of scalar and vector vortex Pearcey-Gauss beams
Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation Best Student Poster Lu, Yuli 13580-57, Trapping and chemical characterization of sub-microplastics using Raman optical tweezers with machine learning
Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation Best Student Presentation Stewart, Adam 13580-47, Holographic optical tweezers for rotational control of self-assembled nanodiamond
Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation Best Student Presentation Vallance, Adam 13580-40, Optical holographic-assisted 3D manufacturing of acoustically levitated photopolymers
Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation Best Student Presentation Selin, Martin 13580-37, Mapping the adsorption dynamics of core-shell particles at liquid-liquid interfaces with optical tweezers
Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation Best Student Presentation Shultz, Natalie 13580-7, Large-scale 3D nanoassembly using automated optical tweezers