BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA – May 12, 2020 – Mateus Corato-Zanarella has been awarded a 2020 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for their potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field.
Mateus Corato-Zanarella is a PhD student at Columbia University in the Lipson Nanophotonics Group, under the supervision of Prof. Michal Lipson. His research interests include visible photonics, nonlinear optics and beam shaping. Mateus’ current research involves the development of a low loss integrated platform for visible wavelengths and the exploration of novel microresonator-based nonlinear phenomena. He believes that the combination of these topics can one day give rise to multi-wavelength, chip-scale devices for applications such as imaging, AR/VR, spectroscopy, etc.
In 2020, the Society is awarding $298,000 in education scholarships to 78 outstanding SPIE student members, based on their potential contribution to optics and photonics, or a related discipline. Award-winning applicants were evaluated, selected and approved by the SPIE Scholarship Committee, Chaired by SPIE volunteer Kate Medicus.
Through 2019, SPIE has distributed over $6 million dollars in individual scholarships. This ambitious effort reflects the Society's commitment to education and to the next generation of optical scientists and engineers around the world.
To view other 2020 press releases as they become available go to the 2020 Scholarship Winners page or learn more about SPIE scholarships on spie.org.
SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science, engineering, and technology. The Society serves more than 255,000 constituents from 183 countries, offering conferences and their published proceedings, continuing education, books, journals, and the SPIE Digital Library. In 2019, SPIE provided more than $5.6 million in community support including scholarships and awards, outreach and advocacy programs, travel grants, public policy, and educational resources. www.spie.org
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