The Active Learning in Optics and Photonics Team, UNESCO, Paris, France is the 2011 Educator Award winner in recognition of the team's efforts under the auspices of UNESCO to bring basic optics and photonics training to teachers in the developing world. The ALOP team has literally "brought light" to hundreds of teachers and students with their hands-on workshops, inspiring a new generation of scientists in those nations.
The following team members are recognized with this award: | • | Minella Alarcon, UNESCO, France |
| • | Zohra Ben-Lakhdar, University El Manaur, Tunisia |
| • | Ivan Culaba, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines |
| • | Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, University of Waterloo, Canada |
| • | Joel Maquiling, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines |
| • | Alex Mazzolini, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |
| • | Joseph Niemela, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy |
| • | David Sokoloff, University of Oregon, USA |
