Roland V. Shack, professor emeritus of optical sciences at the University of Arizona Optical Sciences Center, has received 2004 Gold Medal from The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) for his contributions to image formation, aberration theory, optical testing, light scattering, microscopy and astronomical optics, for his teaching and mentoring of optics students and for his inventions, including the Shack-Hartmann sensor and the Shack cube interferometer. Shack began his career in optics in the Optical Instruments Section of the National Bureau of Standards in 1949, where he...Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaArticlesAI and Laser Tech Automate Rapid Sorting and Analysis of Live CellsTo realize the potential of personalized medicine and overcome crisis situations like the recent pandemic, labs need an efficient way to isolate living cells for analysis and testing. 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