2024 SPIE scholarship recipients

In May 2024, SPIE awarded $303,000 in scholarships to 72 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.

SPIE has cumulatively distributed more than $7.5 million in individual scholarships since the program began in 1978. This ambitious effort reflects the Society's commitment to empowering the next generation of scientists, engineers, and visionaries who will shape the future of technology and research. By providing financial support and resources, these scholarships open doors for successful and impactful careers in optics and photonics. Individual awards range from $3,000 to $11,000.

Brian Primeau, the 2024 SPIE Scholarship Committee chair, noted, “Congratulations to the SPIE 2024 scholarship winners!  These students have all demonstrated their potential to make long-term contributions to the optics and photonics community, and the Scholarship Committee was thoroughly impressed with the students' accomplishments. The committee members and I look forward to seeing what this class of students brings to the world as they begin or continue their careers in optics and photonics.”

Primeau also expressed his gratitude: “Thank you to all the applicants for taking the time to apply, and thank you to all the recommenders who took time to write insightful letters. Finally, thanks to the committee volunteers and SPIE staff for their time in reviewing all the applications!”

Wihan Adi, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (United States), US $4,000

Gabryella Baldaci, Univ. of Central Florida (United States), US $4,500

Soumyabrata Banik. Univ. of St. Andrews (United Kingdom), US $3,500

Swati Bhargava, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida (United States), US $3,500

Mónica Canabal-Carbia, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), US $4,000

Hyesuk Chae, Yonsei Univ. (Korea, South), US $4,500

Vsevolod Cheburkanov, Texas A&M Univ. (United States), US $4,500

Bohua Deng, Tsinghua Univ. (China), US $4,500

Anand Dev Ranjan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (India), US $3,500

Henry Donaldson, Univ. of Rochester (United States), US $4,000

Armand Duvenage, Univ. of Pretoria (South Africa), US $3,000

Ana Elizabeth Espinosa-Mómox, The Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte (United States), US $3,500

Md Omar Faruque, McGill Univ. (Canada), US $4,000

Carlos Miguel Garcia Rosas, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (Canada), US $3,500

Giulia Guarda, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (Italy), US $3,000

Alexis Guidi, The Univ. of British Columbia (Canada), US $3,500

Joseph Haefner, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida (United States), US $4,500

Manchen Hu, Stanford Univ. (United States), US $5,000

Matthias Jenne, The Univ. of British Columbia Okanagan (Canada), US $4,500

Jurim Jeon, Pusan National Univ. (Korea, South), US $3,500

Daniel Kermany, Texas A&M Univ. (United States), US $5,000

Yewon Kim, Yonsei Univ. (Korea, South), US $3,500

Fedor Kovalev, The Australian National Univ. (Australia), US $3,000

Gokul Krishnan, Univ. of Connecticut (India), US $3,500

Wiktor Krokosz, Univ. of Warsaw (Poland), US $3,500

Jason Lau, Univ. of Rochester (United States), US $4,500

Jaekwon Lee, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (United States), US $3,500

Jing Li, Peking Univ. (China), US $5,000

Shiyu Li, The Univ. of Southern California (United States), US $3,000

Fangyu Liu, Tsinghua Univ. (China), US $4,500

Tomás Lloret López, Univ. of Alicante (Spain), US $3,500

Olivia Long, Stanford Univ. (United States), US $4,500

Maria Josef Lopera Acosta, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium), US $5,000

Chuan Luo, Wyant College of Optical Sciences (United States), US $4,000

Anne Lynch, Oak Park and River Forest High School (United States), US $4,500

Md Mahadi Masnad, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (Canada), US $3,500

Diana Paulina Moreno Miranda, Univ. de Guanajuato (Mexico), US $3,500

Hugo Abel Moreno-Rodriguez, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), US $4,500

Jeeban Kumar Nayak, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (India), US $4,000

Bartosz Niewelt, Univ. of Warsaw (Poland), US $4,000

Daniel Nwatu, Helmut-Schmidt Univ. (Germany), US $3,500

Daniella Lúmara Peres, Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil), US $3,000

Matthew Peters, Univ. of Victoria (Canada), US $4,000

Vinícius Pereira Pinto, Univ. de São Paulo (Brazil), US $5,000

Felipe Maia Prado, Univ. de São Paulo (Brazil), US $4,500

Sirasit Prayotamornkul, Univ. of California, San Diego (United States), US $5,000

Enrico Maria Renzi, The Graduate Ctr., CUNY (United States), US $3,500

Awnik Roy, The Miami Valley School (United States), US $5,000

Nihar Ranjan Sahoo, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (India), US $3,500

Shant Sargsyan, Yerevan State Univ. (Armenia), US $3,500

Benjamin Schreyer, Univ. of Maryland (United States), US $3,500

Steve Shea, Montana State Univ. (United States), US $3,500

Caitlin Smith, The Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand), US $4,000

Angela Soria Garcia, Univ. Complutense de Madrid (Spain), US $3,000

Emiliano Staffoli, Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy), US $3,500

Mariia Stepanova, Univ. of California, Irvine (United States), US $3,500

Heberley Tobón Maya, Univ. Jaume I (Spain), US $3,500

Wan-Pin Tsai, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology (Taiwan), US $3,500

Sean Worthington, The Univ. of British Columbia Okanagan (Canada), US $5,000

Qi Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China), US $4,500

Keishi Yang, Osaka Univ. (Japan), US $5,000

Raymond Yu, The Univ. of Southern California (United States), US $3,500

Samuel Ignacio Zapata-Valencia, Univ. Jaume I (Spain), US $4,500

Jinsong Zhang, McGill Univ. (Canada), US $4,000

Haowen Zhou, Caltech (United States), US $3,500