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