Dr. Yakov Soskind

Yakov G. Soskind is actively involved in Photonics Instrumentation Development. For over 30 years, Dr. Soskind has made extensive contributions in the areas of optical engineering, laser systems development, fiber-optics and photonics instrumentation, diffractive and micro-optics, imaging, and illumination devices. Dr. Soskind is a founding chair of the Photonic Instrumentation Engineering conference. He is the author of Field Guide to Diffractive Optics, SPIE Press, 2011, and has been awarded more than 35 domestic and international patents.