Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Photonics, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Photonics Travel Awards for 2021.

The awards have been granted to the following applicants:

Mr. Aleksandrs Leitis, a Ph.D. student from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL), Switzerland, will attend the Optical Design and Fabrication Congress during 27 June–01 July 2021, to present his paper “Functional Mid-Infrared Metasurfaces for Optical Wavefront Manipulation, Sensing and Dynamic Phase Control”.

Dr. Elena Losero, currently starting her new post-doctoral research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL), Switzerland. She will attend the CLEO Conference during 11–13 May 2021, to present her paper “Experimental Superresolution via Structured Illumination Quantum Correlation Microscopy”.

Dr. Zhifeng Zhang, who recently graduated with a Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania, United States, plans to attend the international conference of SPIE/COS Photonics Asia during 10–13 October 2021, to present his paper “Tunable Vortex Microlaser with Ultrafast Tunability” as well as two related works.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decisions were challenging. We would like to thank all of the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Nelson Tansu
Editor-in-Chief, Photonics

Dear Authors,

We are pleased to announce the “Photonics 2020 Best Paper Awards” for research and review articles published in Photonics in 2020. One review and one research article will receive this award. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal award committee, and the winners will be announced in 31 August 2021.

Eligibility for the award:
– Papers published in Photonics in 2020;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:
– Originality and significance;
– Citation and download rates until the 30 June 2021;
– Scientific merit and broad impact.

Prizes:
The winners will receive the following:
– A certificate;
– 500 CHF;
– A waiver to publish a feature paper free of charge in Photonics (following the normal peer-review procedure).

Kind regards,
Photonics Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Photonics 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The Photonics Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Photonics. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Please join us in congratulating the winners:

Dr. Bostjan Batagelj
Affiliation: Radiation and Optics Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Ljubljana Trzaska, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Research Interests: optical communications; fiber communications; optical access networks; antennas; microwave photonics.

Dr. João Pinto Coelho
Affiliation: Laboratory of Optics, Lasers and Systems & Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Lisboa, Portugal.
Research Interests: laser processing; light propagation; optical systems; opitcal design; laser interaction with media.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Nelson Tansu
Editor-in-Chief, Photonics

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Photonics, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Travel Award sponsored by Photonics. The award was granted to Dr. Daniela Lo Presti, postdoctoral fellow of the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. She will be supported with 500 Swiss Francs towards travel expenses to attend the 4th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements & Applications to be held at Istanbul, Turkey.

Dr. Daniela Lo Presti’s current research focuses on fiber optic sensors; fiber brag gratings; textile engineering; biomechanics; motion analysis; biomedical signal processing; optical fibers; optical sensing; fiber optic technology; and motion capture.

Photonics is proud to support this young researcher working in the field of optics and photonics and wish her further success in her career. We are grateful to all who submitted applications—thank you for letting us get to know you and your work. We hope all of you continue to pay attention to Photonics in the future.

I would like to congratulate the winner and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in selecting the winner from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles.

Prof. Dr. Nelson Tansu
Photonics Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief