SPIE Fellows

Honored SPIE Members of distinction

SPIE Fellows represent the highest level of professional recognition in optics and photonics. This distinction honors individuals whose exceptional technical achievements and leadership have made a significant impact on the field and the broader scientific community. Fellows are recognized not only for their expertise, but it also for advancing innovation, mentoring others, and shaping the future of optics and photonics through their influence and service. Since 1955, more than 1,800 Members have joined this elite group.

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40 new SPIE Fellows elected in 2026


Prof. Antonio Ambrosio

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Prof. Yasuhiro Awatsuji

Kyoto Institute of Technology

Prof. Jovan G. Brankov

Illinois Institute of Technology

Dr. Michael Brodsky

DEVCOM Army Research Lab.

Dr. Christopher Wren Carr

Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

Dr. Chih-Wei Chu

Research Ctr. for Applied Sciences - Academia Sinica

Prof. Brian T. Cunningham

Univ. of Illinois

Dr. Michael W. Davis

Southwest Research Institute

Prof. Hamid Dehghani

Univ. of Birmingham

Prof. Sasan Fathpour

CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida

Prof. Lingjie Jay Guo

Univ. of Michigan

Prof. Weida Hu

Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, CAS

Ms. Agnes Hübscher

Edmund Optics GmbH

Dr. Toshiro Itani

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Prof. Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi

Univ. of California, Santa Cruz

Dr. Ming-Jun Li

Corning Incorporated

Prof. Yan Li

Peking Univ.

Prof. Yu-Jung Lu

Research Ctr. for Applied Sciences - Academia Sinica

Prof. Curtis R. Menyuk

Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County

Prof. William J. Munro

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Univ.

Prof. Síle Nic Chormaic

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Univ.

Prof. Mark Niedre

Northeastern Univ.

Dr. Henning Rehn

Illuminatio Solutions GmbH

Dr. Danuta M. Sampson

Lions Eye Institute

Dr. Franklin M. Schellenberg

Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

Mr. Stuart W. Singer

Schneider Optics, Inc.

Prof. Xiankai Sun

The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong

Dr. Tadahiro Takigawa

ALITECS Co., Ltd.

Prof. Chao Tian

Univ. of Science and Technology of China

Prof. Vasan Venugopalan

Univ. of California, Irvine

Dr. Pin Chieh Wu

National Cheng Kung Univ.

Prof. Rengmao Wu

Zhejiang Univ.

Prof. Xiaofeng Yang

The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory Univ.

Prof. Renjie Zhou

The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong