EOS Fellows
The category of EOS Fellow may be conferred upon distinguished members of the European Optical Society (direct member of EOS or through one of the National Optical Societies of EOS). It is one of the highest categories of membership of the EOS. Any member of the EOS may nominate a Fellow or apply for the Fellowship. Current EOS Board members and Fellowship committee members are not eligible for nomination/to apply for the Fellowship.
Fellows will be published and honored with a diploma at the Fellow Ceremony during the next international conference European Optical Society Annual Meeting, EOSAM.
Call for EOS Fellowship Nominations and Applications
All members of the European Optical Society (EOS) are invited to nominate candidates or apply for the prestigious EOS Fellowship.
All nomination and application materials and supporting materials must be received by 30 April 2026.
Nomination and Application Options
Option 1: Nomination
- One nominator
- Two supporters
Option 2: Application
- The applicant
- Three supporters
Any EOS member may nominate up to three candidates.
Members applying for the Fellowship themselves may nominate up to two additional candidates.
The nominator/applicant fills in the form and asks the supporters to send their letters of support by the deadline given. The nominator can choose to send the bio/CV and the summary of contributions themselves, or ask the nominee to send them directly to the EOS office by the deadline given. The applicant will provide this information to the EOS themselves.
All nomination and application materials and supporting materials must be received by 30 April 2026.
Once the application is complete, the nominator/applicant will receive a confirmation email from the Fellowship committee chair.
Once the decision is made by the Fellowship Committee, the nominator/applicant will receive an email from the Fellowship committee chair.
Supporting Materials
Each nomination or application must include:
- Letters of support, sent directly to EOS by the supporters
- Nomination: two letters (at least one from an EOS member)
- Application: three letters (at least one from an EOS member)
- A short biography or CV (maximum five pages)
- A summary of contributions covering:
- Achievements in optical research (max. one page)
- Contributions to EOS or its Branches or Affiliated Societies (max. one page)
- Contributions to the optics community and optics in general (max. one page)
Detailed guidance on the nomination/application process, eligibility criteria, and required materials can be found in the official Fellow Nomination and Application Instructions (PDF).
Current EOS Board members and Fellowship Committee members are not eligible.
All applications will be reviewed by the EOS Fellowship Committee.
Apply / Nominate Submit Supporting Materials
Fellowship Committee 2026
Chair
Patricia Segonds, EOS Past President
Members to be announced soon
Download the EOS Fellow Nomination Flyer
Download PDF EOS Fellows 2025
Three newly elected EOS Fellows were announced and received their Fellowship diplomas at the EOS Fellow Ceremony at EOSAM 2025:
Maria Teresa Flores-Arias
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Stefan Sinzinger
Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
Luca De Stefano
Istituto di Scienze Applicate Eduardo Caianiello - ISASI–CNR, Italy
EOS Fellows 2024
Three newly elected EOS Fellows were announced and received their Fellowship diplomas at the AGA:
Fredrik Laurell
KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Lluis F. Marsal
ICREA Academia Professor, Electronic Engineering Department, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Orlando Frazão
INESC TEC – Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, Porto, Portugal
EOS Fellows 2023
Three newly elected EOS Fellows were announced and received their Fellowship diplomas at the AGA:
Francesco Baldini
Research Director, CNR, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara, IFAC-CNR, Florence, Italy
Christophe Moser
Full Professor of Optics, Director of the Laboratory of Applied Photonics Devices, Institute of Electrical and Microengineering, EPFL, Switzerland
Sébastien Tanzilli
Research Director at CNRS, Institut de Physique de Nice, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
EOS Fellows 2022
Three newly elected EOS Fellows were announced during the AGA:
Roberta Ramponi, Professor Politecnico di Milano
Alberto Diaspro, Professor Università degli Studi di Genova and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Goery Genty, Professor in Ultrafast Photonics, Director of the Flagship for Photonics Research and Innovation,
Tampere University, Finland, Professor Tampere University
Roberta Ramponi received her diploma at the Annual General Assembly onsite in Porto, September 2022:
Goery Genty received his diploma at the Annual General Assembly onsite in Dijon, September 2023:
EOS Fellows 2019/2020
In 2020, three EOS members were nominated to the rank of Fellowship.
At the Annual General Assembly, this year held online, they were honoured with the official diplomas:
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Graham Reed, |
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Laurent Vivien, |
EOS Fellows 2017/2018
In 2018, 5 EOS members were nominated to the rank of Fellowship.
At the Annual General Assembly in Delft (NL), they were honoured with the official diplomas:
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Luc Bergé, |
Pedro Andrés Bou, |
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EOS Fellows 2015/2016
In 2016, 5 EOS members were nominated to the rank of Fellowship.
At the Annual General Assembly in Berlin (DE), 2016, they were honoured with the official diplomas.
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Roel Baets |
Jürgen Czarske |
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Anne Debarre |
Carlos Ferreira |
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Wolfgang Osten |
EOS Fellows 2014
In 2014, 6 EOS members were nominated to the rank of Fellowship.
At the Annual General Assembly in Berlin (DE), 2014, they were honoured with the official diplomas.
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Oleg Angelsky |
Pablo Artal |
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Pavel Cheben |
Patrick Georges |
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Hans Peter Herzig |
Zeev Zalevsky |
EOS Fellows 2013
In 2013, 3 EOS members were nominated to the rank of Fellowship.
At the Annual General Assembly in Berlin (DE), 2014, they were honoured with the official diplomas.
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Manuel Felipe PCM Costa |
Richard de la Rue University of Glasgow, Scotland |
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Richard Moncorgé |
EOS Fellows 2012
In 2012, 11 EOS members were nominated to the rank of Fellowship.
At the Annual General Assembly in Aberdeen (UK) they were honoured with the official diplomas.
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Benoît Boulanger |
Joseph Braat |
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Maria Calvo |
 Juan Campos Coloma Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Facultad de Ciencias, Dpto. de Física, Spain |
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Gerd Häusler |
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EOS Fellows 2011
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Fréderique de Fornel |
Daniel Dolfi |
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 Angela Duparré Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik (IOF), Germany |
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Ghassan E. Jabbour |
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Jean-Paul Pocholle |
 Emmanuel Rosencher Onera, France |
Vladimir Vasilyev |
EOS Fellows 2010
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Benoit Deveaud-Plédran |
Elisabeth Giacobino |
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EOS Fellows 2009
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Martial Ducloy |
 Claude Fabre Université Paris VI -CNRS – ENS, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, France |
 James Grote US Air Force Reseach Laboratory, United States |
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 Philippe Réfrégier Ecole Centrale Marseille -Institut Fresnel, France |
EOS Fellows 2008
 Mario Armenise Politecnico di Bari, Italy |
 Nicolas Gisin University of Geneva, Switzerland |
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Philippe Grangier |
 Massimo Inguscio University of Florence Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy |
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Karl Knop |
 Pavel Tomanek Czech and Slovak Society for Photonics, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Physics Department, Czech Republic |
 Peter Török Imperial College London Department of Physics, Blackett Laboratory, United Kingdom |
 Jari Turunen University of Joensuu Department of Physics, Finland |
EOS Fellows 2007
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Gerd Leuchs
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Miroslav Miler |
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Jakob Stamnes |
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Wilson Sibbett |
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Han Woerdman |
EOS Fellows 2006
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EOS Fellows 2004
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Alain Aspect |
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Franco Gori
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Mike Hutley
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