LPM2026 Plenary Speakers
Dr. Dustin Froula, University of Rochester Laboratory of Laser Energetics, New York, USA
"A future of inertial confinement fusion without laser-plasma instabilities"
Bio: Prof. Dustin Froula’s work focuses on how to use laser-plasmas to solve grand challenge applications, like inertial fusion energy (IFE), particle acceleration and advanced light sources. He is currently the Director of IFE-Science & Technology Accelerated Research, IFE-Consortium On LPI Research, and Plasma & Ultrafast Laser Science & Engineering Division at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of California, Davis in 2000 and 2002, respectively. After working as a research scientist at the National Ignition Facility Inertial Confinement Fusion Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2002–2010), he spent a year on sabbatical at the University of California, Los Angeles where he completed the book, Plasma Scattering of Electromagnetic Radiation: Theory and Measurement Techniques. He then joined the research staff at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) in 2011. He is a full Professor of Physics (research) in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Norman Hodgson, Coherent, Inc., California, USA
"Industrial UV Lasers – State-of-the-Art, Applications, Market, and Outlook"
Bio: Dr. Norman Hodgson is Chief Technology Officer of the Laser Business Group of Coherent, Corp. in Santa Clara, CA. He has more than 35 years experience in laser technology and its applications. Previously held positions include Vice President of Engineering at Coherent, Director of Engineering at Spectra-Physics, Inc. in Mountain View, CA, Senior Laser Engineer and Program Manager at Carl Zeiss, Inc. in Princeton, NJ, and San Leandro, CA, and various university positions.
Dr. Hodgson received his PhD in Physics from Technical University Berlin in Germany. He has authored over 90 publications, published several books and book chapters on laser technology, and is co-inventor on more than 60 issued and pending patents.
Roberto Osellame, CNR - Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, Milan, Italy
"Femtosecond laser micromachining of transparent materials for advanced devices"
Bio: Roberto Osellame is a Director of Research at the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) in Milan, Italy. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) in 2000. His research interests focus on microfabrication of integrated photonic devices for such diverse applications as quantum technologies, lab-on-a-chip, and optical communications. He is co-author of more than 300 publications on major international journals and holds 20 patents in the field of optics and photonics. He is a Fellow of Optica and an awardee of an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. Roberto Osellame is also the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of the startup Ephos.
Dr. Michael Schmidt, Friedrich-Alexander University, Bavaria, Germany
"Beam shaping and production technology – a bidirectional relationship"
Bio: Since its founding in 2009, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Schmidt has held the chair of the Institute of Photonic Technologies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He received his Ph.D. in 2002 for his work on the process control of laser spot welding in electronics production. From 2005 to 2024, he served as the managing director of the Bayerisches Laserzentrum GmbH. His research spans laser applications from the microscopic to the macroscopic scale in industrial manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and medical engineering. Michael Schmidt is deeply engaged in the international research community and serves in leadership roles within the CIRP and the Laser Institute of America (LIA), as well as on numerous editorial boards. He coordinates the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies and served as president of the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Lasertechnik from 2017 to 2020. He is also a member of acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering, and various other organizations.
Dr. Yung C. Shin, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
"Interaction of ultrafast lasers with complex material systems with the effects of plasma"
LPM2026 Invited Speakers
Craig Arnold, Princeton University, USA
“Reactive laser powder bed fusion processing: Controlling structure and chemistry in laser based Additive Manufacturing”
Hongqiang Chen, GE Aerospace, USA
"Laser Micro-fabrication on Aerospace"
Gary Cheng, Purdue University, USA
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Alessandro Fortunato, Università di Bologna, Italy
"Laser-based manufacturing for battery fabrication"
Sho Fujii, Yamagata University, Japan
"Bottom-Up Microfabrication Utilizing Laser-Induced Microbubbles"
Chunlei Guo, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, USA
"Femtosecond Laser Surface Functionalization for Renewable Energy Applications"
Duncan Hand, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
"Laser precision fabrication application to medical device manufacturing"
David Jen Hwang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
"Laser-assisted building-integrated photovoltaic thin film solar module fabrication"
Nirmala Kandadai, Oregon State University, USA
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Peter Kazansky, University of Southapton, England
"Recent advances in ultrafast laser nanostructuring of transparent materials: From Fundamentals to Applications"
Edward Kinzel, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department and the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame, USA
"Digital glass forming for structural, optic, and photonic applications"
Rongguang Liang, James C Wyant College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona
"Toward Scalable Two-Photon Laser Manufacturing of Glass Micro-Optics"
John Lopez, CELIA - University of Bordeaux, France
"Transparent welding of dielectric materials: road to large-scale, high-strength and low residual shear stress assemblies"
Qiong Nian, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, USA
"Integration of 3D printing with laser treatment for fabrication of electrochemical sensors towards portable detection"
Stefan Nolte, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
"Ultrashort pulse laser processing of narrow-bandgap semiconductors"
Andreas Ostendorf, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
"Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Processing in Liquids and with Burst Modes"
Petra Paiè, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
"Optofluidic Integrated Microscopy Enabled by Femtosecond Laser Micromachining"
Heng Pan, Texas A&M University, USA
"Micro- and Nano-Scale Additive Manufacturing by Laser Nanoparticle Printing"
Fei Peng, Clemson University, USA
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Jean-François Silvain, Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry of Bordeaux, France
"Femtosecond Laser Polishing of Copper/Diamond Composites"
Razvan Stoian, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, France
"Programmable ultrafast laser nanostructuring"
Koji Sugioka, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Japan
"Ultrahigh-speed drilling of glass through-holes by fs Bessel pulses in GHz burst mode"
S.K. Sundaram, Alfred University, USA
"Ultrafast Laser Structuring and Modification of Glasses"
Joshua Tong, Clemson University, USA
"Integrated Additive Manufacturing and Laser Processing of Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells for Energy Conversion and Storage"
Yuka Tsuri, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
"Direct observation of concentration gradients for control of laser-induced crystallization of organic molecules"
Craig Ungaro, Corning Research and Development Corporation, Corning Incorporated, USA
"Ultrafast Laser Processing at Corning Incorporated: Innovations, and Opportunities"
Olivier Uteza, LP3 - CNRS - Aix-Marseille University, France
"Pulsed Hard K_alpha X-ray sources for laser-assisted material analysis and engineering"
Dunji Yu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
"Measuring residual stresses in laser-based additively manufactured components via neutron diffraction"
Xiaoming Yu, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, USA
"Nanostructuring by transient field-defect interplay with THz repetition-rate ultrashort pulses"
Leonid V. Zhigilei, University of Virginia, USA
"Regimes and mechanisms of laser ablation: Validation of atomistic modeling by time-resolved optical and X-ray probing"
Vassilia Zorba, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
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Craig Zuhlke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
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