Feb. 12, 2024
Note: Topics and guest appearance dates are subject to change.
Episode 1: February 27, 2024
Featured Guests: Michael Mohammadi and Bill Warger: Thorlabs Mobile Photonics Lab Experience team
Topics: photonics education + workforce; industry-academia connectivity in photonics
Host: Jake Saltzman
Episode 2: March 12, 2024
Featured Guest: Zubin Jacob, Purdue University: Advancing Thermographic Imaging
Episode Guests: Benjamin Dringoli and Mariia Zhuldybina, TRAQC, 2024 SPIE Startup Challenge Winner
Topics: infrared imaging, surveillance, night vision, camera design, microthermography
Host: Joel Williams
Episode 3: March 26, 2024 (The OFC Episode)
Featured Guest: Mario Paniccia, Anello Photonics
Topics: silicon photonics, precision navigation, integrated photonics, gyroscopy, PICs
Host: Jake Saltzman
Episode 4: April 9, 2024
Featured Guest: Andrea Blanco-Redondo, UCF CREOL
Episode Guests: Matthias Trinker and Torsten Vahrenkamp, ELAS Investment
Topics: topological photonics, particle physics, quantum, industry, integrated photonics, design and simulation, photonic startups
Hosts: Joel Williams and Jake Saltzman
Episode 5: April 23, 2024
Featured Guests: Paul Prucnal, Princeton University and Bhavin Shastri, Queens University, Kingston: Neuromorphic Photonics
Topics: neuromorphic photonics, integrated photonics, optical computing, data centers
Host: Jake Saltzman
Episode 6: May 7, 2024 (Live from EPIC Annual General Meeting 2024)
Co-featured Guests: Distinguished EPIC AGM 2024 Guests; Luis Abegao, Instituto de Física de São Carlos
Topics: sustainability in photonics, agriphotonics
Host: Joel Williams
Episode 7: May 21, 2024
Featured Guest(s): TBD
Topics: TBD
Host: TBD
Episode 8: June 4, 2024
Featured Guest(s): TBD
Topics: TBD
Host: TBD