Judith Su and R. Jason Jones Elected as 2026 Optica Fellows

We are proud to share that two of our faculty members have been elected as 2026 Optica Fellows, an honor reserved for no more than ten percent of Optica’s membership and recognizing exceptional contributions to the advancement of optics and photonics. Judith Su, honored for pioneering work on label-free optical biosensing, advancing fundamental science, translational medicine, and environmental monitoring. R. Jason Jones, recognized for outstanding and sustained contributions to the development of novel frequency comb sources and their applications, including broadband high-resolution spectroscopy. Read the full press release. Optica, founded in 1916, is dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in optics and photonics worldwide.