GOMD 2024 Award Speakers

2024 Stookey Lecture of Discovery
Monday, May 20
7:45 AM PST

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Dr. Jasbinder (Jas) S. Sanghera,Acting Superintendent of the Optical Sciences Division at the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC, USA.

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Title: Infrared Materials and Fiber Optics

2024 George W. Morey Award Lecture
Tuesday, May 21
8:00 AM PST

Garofalini

Professor Stephen H. Garofalini , Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.

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Title: Evolution of Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Glass Surfaces and Interfaces

2024 Norbert J. Kreidl Award for Young Scholars
Tuesday, May 21
12:15 PM PST

Rose Couple

Brian Topper, Clemson University, USA

Title: Evolving the lever rule for borate glass structure

Abstract & Bio

2024 Varshneya Glass Science Award
Wednesday, May 22
8:00 AM PST

Zantto

Edgar Dutra Zanotto, Department of Materials Engineering Center for Research, Technology and Education in Vitreous Materials, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil

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Title: Unlocking crystal nucleation in supercooled liquids and glasses

2024 Varshneya Glass Technology Award
Thursday, May 23
8:00 AM PST

Shibin Jiang

Dr. Shibin Jiang, Founder and Chair of AdValue Photonics Inc.

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Title: Rare-Earth Doped Glasses, Fibers, Lasers and Applications