SPIE Fellow John Greivenkamp, professor of optical science and ophthalmology at the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, has been elected to serve as the 2018 Vice President of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. With his election, Greivenkamp joins the SPIE presidential chain and will serve as President-Elect in 2019 and as the society's President in 2020.
SPIE 2017 President Glenn Boreman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, made the announcement along with other SPIE election results at the Annual General Meeting of the Society on August 8 during SPIE Optics + Photonics in San Diego. Terms begin January 1, 2018.
Greivenkamp is the series editor of the popular SPIE Field Guides and has taught the Optical Systems Design course since 2005. He has served on numerous SPIE committees including Strategic Planning and Symposia Committees, and as chair of the Publications Committee from 2011 through 2014. He was an elected member of the SPIE Board of Directors from 1997 through 2000, and again in 2012 through 2014.
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