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Lee Feinberg: The 2026 SPIE George W. Goddard Award in Space and Airborne Optics

For outstanding leadership through the design, integration, and delivery of optical systems that brought the objectives of #Webb and #Hubble into clear focus. @leefeinberg.bsky.social

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Bahaa Saleh: The 2026 SPIE María J. Yzuel Educator Award

For significant contributions to education in #optics, #photonics, and image science.

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Carmen Menoni: The 2026 SPIE Maria Goeppert Mayer Award in Photonics

For pioneering innovations in extreme ultraviolet #photonics, the research and development of advanced amorphous oxide coatings for laser science, and community leadership.

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Edik Rafailov: The 2026 SPIE Maiman Laser Award

For pioneering contributions to high-power, aluminum-free diode lasers and ultrafast quantum dot laser technology, and their transformative impact on non-linear #optics and biomedical #photonics.

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Norbert Pelc: The 2026 SPIE Harrison H. Barrett Award in Medical Imaging

For defining the fields of X-ray, CT, and MR imaging for over 40 years, impacting clinical care, and inspiring, nurturing, and encouraging generations of clinicians and scientists. #MedicalImaging

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Peter Delfyett: The 2026 SPIE Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics

For pioneering contributions to the field of low-noise, high-power, ultrafast #semiconductor #lasers and their commercial applications.

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Siddharth Ramachandran: The 2026 SPIE G.G. Stokes Award in Optical Polarization

For seminal contributions in the area of spatially and vectorially structured light in optical fibers. @bostonu.bsky.social

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Andreas Erdmann: The 2026 SPIE Frits Zernike Award for Microlithography

For contributions to the understanding and modeling of image formation and resist patterning in deep and #EUVL, especially photomask's 3D effects, and for #lithography education.

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Amirhossein Ghods: The 2026 SPIE Early Career Achievement Award – Industry-Government

For pioneering manufacturable next-generation VCSEL platforms that advance #quantum, biomedical, and dual-use sensing across industry and defense.

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Alex Walsh: The 2026 SPIE Early Career Achievement Award – Academic

For innovations in label-free optical #microscopy through integration of fluorescence lifetime imaging & machine learning, and for outstanding mentorship within the community. @tamu.bsky.social

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Kimani Toussaint: The 2026 SPIE Diversity Outreach Award

For the promotion of inclusion, diversity, and equity in the development of biomedical diagnostics, in optics research and mentoring, and in public outreach and awareness.

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Shin-Tson Wu: The 2026 SPIE Dennis Gabor Award in Diffractive Optics

For pioneering contributions to large-angle liquid crystal polarization volume gratings and their widespread applications for augmented reality and virtual reality displays. #AR #VR #optics

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James Burge: The 2026 SPIE Chandra S. Vikram Award in Optical Metrology

For lifetime achievement in optical metrology with astronomical instrumentation innovations, technology commercialization, and career-long mentorship in the precision #optics + astronomy communities.

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Irving Bigio: The 2026 SPIE Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award

For pioneering elastic scattering spectroscopy & translating it into a clinically impactful diagnostic tool, and for mentoring a generation of leaders in the field. @bostonu.bsky.social

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Jürgen Popp: The 2026 SPIE Biophotonics Innovator Award

For contributions to the clinical translation of Raman spectroscopy, enabling real-time, label-free diagnostics in oncology and infectious disease, and advancing #biophotonics. @leibnizipht.bsky.social

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