Committees

Program Committee

Steering Committee

• Efraín SOLARTE, RIAO President
• Pedro ANDRÉS, RIAO Past President
• Eric ROSAS, RIAO Secretary & RIAO Appointed VP to the International Commission for Optics
• Silvia Adriana LEDESMA, Argentina Counselor
• Yezid TORRES, Colombia Counselor,
• Juan G. DARÍAS, Cuba Counselor,
• César COSTA, Ecuador Counselor,
• Josué ÁLVAREZ-BORREGO, Mexico Counselor,
• Manuel F. COSTA, Portugal Counselor,
• Inmaculada PASCUAL, Spain Counselor,
• José L. PAZ, Venezuela Counselor.

Local Organizing Committee

• Diana Tentori Santa Cruz, CICESE, México.
• Ponciano Rodriguez Montero, INAOE, México.
• Selene Solorza-Calderón, UABC, México.
• Francisco Javier Cuevas de la Rosa, CIO, México.
• Manuel Iván Ocegueda Miramontes, UABC, México.

Logistics Committee

• Annette Torres-Toledo, Technical Secretary, CIO,México
• Francisco Javier Omedes-Alrich, Web Page, CIO,México
• Lucero Alvarado-Ramírez, Design, CIO,México
• José Ignacio Diego-Manrique, Video Conferences, CIO,México

Scientific Subcommittees Per Topic

• Atmospheric and ocean optics
  Rubén Lara-Lara, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  Sandra Isabel Pinto-Mogo, Universidade de Beira Interior, Portugal. Co-Chair
  Bóris Barja, Laboratorio de Investigaciones Atmosféricas, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile
  Pablo Ristori, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas para la Defensa, Argentina
  René Estevan, Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Lima, Perú
  Edith Rodrigues, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
• Atomic and molecular physics
  Alvaro Posadas-Amarillas, UNISON, México. Co-Chair
  Alessandro Fortunelli, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council, CNR), Italia. Co-Chair
  Octavio JUárez-Sánchez, UNISON, México
  José Luis Cabellos-Quiroz, UNISON, México
  Faustino Aguilera-Granja, Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi, México
  José Oscar Carlos Jiménez-Halla, Departamento de Química, Universidad de Guanajuato, México
• Bio photonics and biomedical applications
  Rubén Ramos-Garcia, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
  Martín Rafael Pedroza-Montero, Universidad de Sonora, México. Co-Chair
  Jürgen Czarske, Institute of Circuits and Systems at TU Dresden, Germany
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Kishan Dholakia, Saint Andrews University, Scotland
  Title: New Directions for Imaging at Depth using Shaped Light in Space and Time
• Coherence and statistical optics
  Javier Sánchez-Mondragón, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
  
• Diffraction and gratings
  Ponciano Rodríguez Montero, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
  Víctor Manuel Arrizon Peña, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
• Fiber optics, sensors and optical communications
  Diana Tentori Santa Cruz, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  Miguel Andrés Bou, Universidad de Valencia, España. Co-Chair
  Cristiano M. B. Cordeiro, UNICAMP, Brazil
  Pedro Torres, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
  Christian Cuadrado-Laborde, CONICET-UNR, Argentina
  José Manuel Baptista, University of Madeira, Portugal
  Beatriz Ortega, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, España
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Miguel Bello-Jiménez, Instituto de Investigación en Comunicación Óptica, UASLP, México
  Title: Noise-like pulses from a figure-eight fiber laser and its applications for supercontinuum generation
  Miguel González-Herraez, Escuela Politécnica, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
  Title: High-fidelity distributed acoustic sensing using optical fibers: a new tool in Geophysics.
• Fourier optics and signal processing
  Luis Raúl Berriel Valdos, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
  Félix Aguilar Valdez, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
  Enrique Landgrave Manjarrez, CIO, México
  Silvia Ledesma, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  George Stanciu, Universidad de Rumania, Rumania.
• Geometric optics
  José Zacarías Malacara-Hernández, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Daniel Malacara Doblado, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Enrique Landgrave Manjarrez, CIO, México
  Armando Gómez Vieyra, Universidad Metropolitana Atzcapozalco, México
  Jorge Luis García Márquez, OLEDCOMM SAS, Francia
  Juan Camilo Valencia, OLEDCOMM SAS, Francia
  Josep Arasa Martí, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, España
• Digital Holography
  Rosario Guadalupe Porras Aguilar, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. Co-Chair
  Konstantinos Falaggis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. Co-Chair
  Percival Almoro, University of the Philippines, Philippines
  Fabian Cruz Menses, BUAP, Mexico
  Tomasz Kozacki, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
  Nikolay Petrov, ITMO University, Russia
  Ulises Ruiz Corona, INAOE, Mexico
  Guohai Situ, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, China.
• Image processing, vision and artificial intelligence
  Eduardo Cabal Yepez, Universidad de Guanajuato, México. Co-Chair
  Marcelo Trivi, CONICET La Plata-CIC, Argentina. Co-Chair
  Guillermo Botella-Juan, Department of Computer Architecture and Automation, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
  Amir Hooshang Mazinan, Electrical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Iran
  Igor V. Guryev, Multidisciplinary Studies Department, Engineering Division, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, University of Guanajuato, México
  Juan Manuel Ramos-Arreguin, Faculty of Informatics, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México
  Luis Manuel Ledesma-Carrillo, Multidisciplinary Studies Department, Engineering Division, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, University of Guanajuato, México
  Carlos Rodríguez-Donate, Multidisciplinary Studies Department, Engineering Division, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, University of Guanajuato, México
  Geovanni Hernández-Gómez, Multidisciplinary Studies Department, Engineering Division, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, University of Guanajuato, México
  Misael López-Ramírez, Tecnológico Nacional de México/I. T. de Aguascalientes, México
  Sebastián Salazar-Colores, Faculty of Informatics, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México.
• Imaging systems
  Jorge Ojeda-Castañeda, Universidad de Guanajuato, México. Co-Chair
  Cristina Margarita Gómez-Sarabia, Universidad de Guanajuato, México. Co-Chair
  Nestor Bolognini, CIOp, Argentina
  Martha Molina-Prado, Universidad de Pamplona, Colombia
  Tatiana Alieva, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
  Ángel Sauceda Carvajal, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México
  Omar López Cruz, INAOE, México
  Gilberto Gámez Rosas, CUCEI, Universidad de Guadalajara, México
  David J. Brady, Duke University, USA
  Jurgen Jahns, Fernuniversitaet, Germany
  Lia Zerbino, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina
• Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology
  Amalia Martínez-García, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Katia Genovese, University of Basilicata, Italia. Co-Chair
  Darío Gabriel Pérez Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
  Myrian Tebaldi Centro de Investigaciones Ópticas, Universidad de La Plata, Argentina
  Matias Roberto Viotti, Univ. Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil
  José Antonio Ferrari Damiano, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
  Joanna Schmit, 4D Technology, USA
  José Xavier, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
  María Josefa Yzuel Giménez, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
  Fabian Mosso, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile
  Miguel Asmad, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Perú
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Jérôme Molimard, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines Saint-Etienne, France
  Title: 3D Full-field strain measurements in biological soft tissues using oct-dvc and tissue clearing techniques
  Jörg Bischoff, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
  Title: Optical metrology beyond Abbe and Rayleigh
• Integrated optics
  Gloria Verónica Vázquez, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Heriberto Márquez Becerra, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  Gustavo Torchia, CIOp, Argentina. Co-Chair
  Ginés Lifante Pedrola, UAM, España
  Rebeca Martínez Vázquez, Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies IFN, Italian National Research Council, Italia
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Alicia Ruiz-Caridad, Centre de Nanosciences et Nanotechnologies, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France
  Title: Erbium-doped oxide thin films for silicon photonic applications
  Rafael Salas-Montiel, Department of Physics, Mechanics, Materials, Nanotechnologies, University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France
  Title: Integrated Photonics as a platform for plasmonics
• Laser and laser optics
  Roger Sean Cudney-Bueno, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
• Machine vision
  Horacio Rostro-González, Universidad de Guanajuato, México. Co-Chair
  Gustavo Olague, Cicese, México. Co-Chair
  Raúl E. Sánchez Yáñez, Universidad de Guanajuato, México
  Mario A. Ibarra Manzano, Universidad de Guanajuato, México
  José H. Barrón Zambrano, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaluipas, México
  
• Materials Processing with Lasers
  Citlali Sánchez-Aké, ICAT-UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Esther Rebollar, Instituto de Química Fisica, Rocasolano, CSIC, España. Co-Chair
  Carlos Rinaldi, Universidad de San Martín, Argentina
  Oscar Bomati-Miguel, Universidad de Cádiz, España
  Pablo Moreno, Universidad de Salamanca, España
  Peter Gregorcic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  Santiago Camacho López, CICESE, México
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Javier Rodríguez Vazquez de Aldana, Universidad de Salamanca, España
  Title: Femtosecond laser processing of crystalline materials for the integration of 3D photonic elements
  
• Medical optics and biotechnology
  Guillermo García Torales, Universidad de Guadalajara, México. Co-Chair.
  Jorge Luis Flores Núñez, Universidad de Guadalajara, México. Co-Chair.
  Gabriel Ramos Ortíz, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Hilda Josefina Mercado Uribe, CINVESTAV Monterrey, México
  Jorge Luis Flores Núñez, Universidad de Guadalajara, México
  Gerardo Gutiérrez Juárez, Universidad de Guanajuato, México
  Gabriel Alejandro Galaviz Mosqueda, CICESE Unidad Monterrey, México
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Habil Virgil-Florin Duma, Universidad de Arad, Rumania
  Title: Advances in laser scanning technology for optical coherence tomography
  Marija Strojnik, Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, México
  Title: Portable device to monitor skin condition
• Microscopy
  Chris Wood, UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Israel Rocha-Mendoza, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Pablo Loza Álvares, ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences, barcelona, Spain
  Title: Light sheet microscopy for 3D imaging of fast dynamics occurring in biological samples.
• Nano photonics and metamaterials
  Jorge Alberto Gaspar-Armenta, Universidad de Sonora, México. Co-Chair
  Víctor Manuel Coello Cárdenas, Unidad Monterrey CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  Paulina Segovia Olvera, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  Rodolfo Cortes Martinez, CICESE, Unidad Monterrey, México
  Cesar Garcia Ortiz, CICESE, Unidad Monterrey, México
  Ricardo Tellez Limon. CICESE, Unidad Monterrey, México
  Jesus Gómez Correa. CICESE, Unidad Monterrey, México
  Manuel García Méndez. FCFM, UANL, México
  Eduardo Pisano Chavez. CIO, México
  Mary Peña-Gomar, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, México
  Sergey Novikov, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Rusia
• Nonlinear optics
  Raúl Rangel-Rojo, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  María Teresa Flores-Arias, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España. Co-Chair
  Diego Grosz, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica CNEA, Argentina
  Jorge Alejandro Reyes Esqueda, Instituto de Física, UNAM, México
  Humberto Michinel, Universidad de Vigo, España
  Antonio Diez Cremades. Universidad de Valencia, España
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Justo Arines, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España
  Title: El láser STELA (Santiago Terawatt Laser) para experimentación en los límites de la óptica no lineal
  
• Novel optical materials and 3D printing
  Edén Morales-Narváez, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Israel de León Arizpe, ITESM, México. Co-Chair
  Arturo Hernández-Serrano, University of Warwick, UK
  Hamed Golmohammadi, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran
  Héctor Alán Aguirre Soto, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México
  Alejandro Reyes Coronado, UNAM, México
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Yunuen Montelongo, Universidad de la Salle Bajío
  Title: Novel applications in optically reconfigurable materials
  C. Allan Guymon, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa, USA
  Title: Enhanced resolution and fidelity using raft agents in stereolithography
• Optics in computing
  John Fredy Barrera Ramírez, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín - Colombia Co-Chair
  Ricardo A. Depine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Co-Chair
• Optical data storage
  Jorge Alejandro Reyes Esqueda, Instituto de Física, UNAM. México. Co-Chair
• Optical design and fabrication
  Daniel Malacara Hernández, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Maximino Avendaño Alejo, ICAT-UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Rufino Diaz-Uribe, CCADET, UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Alejandro Cornejo Rodríguez, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
  Guillermo Baldwin-Olguín, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú
  Yobani Mejia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
  Juan Carlos Miñano, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, España
  Miguel A. Alonso González, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, USA
• Optical devices
  Jorge Enrique Rueda Parada, Universidad de Pamplona, Colombia. Co-Chair
  Edgar Rueda, Universidad de Antioquía, Colombia. Co-Chair
  Carlos Rios, MIT, USA
  Álvaro Bastidas, UNAL, Colombia
  Jorge Gómez, Politécnico Jaime Isaza Cadavid, Colombia
  Miguel Ángel Suárez, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Francia.
• Optical micro and nano manipulation including optofluidics and microfluidics
  Víctor Ruíz-Cortés, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  Karen Volke-Sepúlveda, IFUNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Salomón Elieser Márquez Villalobos, CIO, México
  Raúl Josué Hernández Hernández, UNAM-ICN, México
  Julio César Ramírez San Juan, INAOE, México
  José Luis Hernández Pozos, UAM-I, México
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Giovanni Volpe, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  Title: Deep learning applications in digital video microscopy and optical micromanipulation
  Kishan Dholakia, St Andrews University, Scotland, UK
  Title: Dynamics of trapped, rotating particles in liquid and vacuum
• Optics at surfaces
  Manuel Filipe-Costa, Universidade do Minho, Portugal. Co-Chair
  Anatoly Khomenko, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  Alfonso Lastras Martínez, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México. Co-Chair
  José Benito Vazquez-Dorrio, University of Vigo, España
  Rogério Nogueira, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  Orlando Frazão, University of Porto, Portugal
  Joaquim Carneiro, Department of Physics, University of Minho, Portugal.
• Optics and photonics in the industry
  Alfredo Solís-Ventura, SolexVintel, México. Co-Chair
  Víctor Dolores-Calzadilla, Photonic Integration Technology Centre - TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Co-Chair
  Aura Higuera Rodríguez, Synopsis, The Netherlands
  Alonso Millán Mejía, SMART Photonics, The Netherlands
  Osslan Osiris Vergara Villegas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México
  Luis Manuel Ledesma Carrillo, Universidad de Guanajuato, México
  Rodolfo Iván Rodríguez Montoya, INAOE, México.
• Optoelectronics, Detectors and Sources
  Mario Enrique Rodríguez García, UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Elena Tchaikina Kolesnikova, CICESE, México. Co-Chair
  Rafael García Gutiérrez, UNISON, México
  Patricia Puente Ramírez, UANL, México
  T. V. L'vova, Ioffe Institute, Rusia
  Yury Bliokh, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
  Alfonso Lastras Martínez, UASLP, México.
• Organic and hybrid optoelectronics
  José Luis Maldonado Rivera, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Gerko Oskam, CINVESTAV-Mérida, México. Co-Chair
  Bernardo A. Frontana-Uribe, CCIQS, UAEMex-UNAM, México
  Juan José Alvarado Gil, Cinvestav-Mérida, México
  Antonio E. Jiménez González, IER-UNAM, México
  Ignacio González Martínez, UAM-I, México
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Carlos Silva, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  Title: Exciton polarons in two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites
  J. Antonio Zapien, City University of Hong Kong, China
  Title: Quantitative Far-Field Optical Characterization of Complex Subwavelength Structures: Lessons from Optical Critical Dimension Studies
• Physical optics
  Gabriel Martínez Niconoff, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
  Eduardo Tepichín Rodríguez, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
• Quantum optics
  Alfred U’Ren, UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Héctor Manuel Moya Cessa, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
• Remote sensing and sensors
  Erna Frins, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay. Co-Chair
  Boris Escalante-Ramírez, UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Alejandra López Caloca, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de Información Geoespacial (Centro Geo), México
  Jimena Olveres, Facultad de Ingeniería, UNAM, México.
• Scattering
  Rafael Espinosa-Luna, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Augusto García-Valenzuela, ICAT-UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Gelacio Atondo Rubio, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México
  Rubén Gerardo Barrera, Instituto de Física, UNAM, México
  Oscar Gabriel Rodríguez Herrera, Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas a la Tecnología, ICAT, UNAM, México
  Héctor Pérez Aguilar, Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Niels C. Bruce, ICAT, UNAM, México
  Title: Scattering from rough surfaces using designed illumination calculated using the Kirchhoff approximation
• Spectroscopy
  J. Oracio C. Barbosa-García, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Víctor Ulises Contreras Loera, UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Gabriel J. Vázquez-Torres, UNAM, México
  Horacio Martínez-Valencia, UNAM, México
  Marco Antonio Meneses, CIO, México
  Ignacio Rosas, CIO, México
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Efraín Solarte-Rodríguez, Departamento de Física, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  Title: On use of spectral indexes in applications for smart agriculture
• Thin films
  Roberto Machorro-Mejía, UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Francisco Villa Villa, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Gonzalo Gálvez, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• THz, microwaves and millimeter-waves photonics
  Mariana Alfaro Gómez, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, México. Co-Chair
  Carlos Treviño-Palacios, INAOE, México. Co-Chair
  Elodie Strupiechonski, CINVESTAV, México
  Francisco Javier González Contreras, UASLP, México
  Naser Qureshi, ICAT-UNAM, México
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Maksim Skorobogatiy, Polytechnique Montreal Canada
  Title: Toward real-time terahertz imaging: a comprehensive overview
  Naser Qureshi, ICAT-UNAM Mexico
  Title: Microscopy at thz and ghz frequencies: strategies for portable and low cost instrumentation
• Ultrafast optics
  Ramón Carriles Jaimes, CIO, México. Co-Chair
  Jesús Garduño-Mejía, ICAT-UNAM, México. Co-Chair
  Gustavo Torchia, CIOp, Argentina
  Jorge Luis Domínguez Juárez, CFATA, UNAM, México
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Camilo Ruíz Méndez, Universidad de Salamanca, España
  Title: Development of a stable and high repetition laser plasma X-ray microfocus source for tomography
  Pablo Loza Álvares, ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain
  Title: Imaging selected SHG- active biological tissues
• Vision, color, and visual optics
  Walter D. Furlan, Universidad de Valencia, España. Co-Chair
  María Sagrario Millán, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, España. Co-Chair
  Esther Perales, Universidad de Alicante, España
  Justo Arines, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España.
• X-ray optics
  Mourad Idir, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, Co-Chair
  Daniele Cocco, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California. Co-Chair
  Bernd Meyer, LNLS, Brazil
  Hidekazu Mimura, The University of Tokyo, Japan
  Guillaume Dovillaire, Imagine Optic, France
  Josep Nicolas, Cells-Alba, España
  Makina Yabashi, Riken, Japan
  Amparo Vivo, ESRF, USA
  Invited Speakers of topic:
  Kazuto Yamauchi, Deparment of Precision Science and Technology, Graduation School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
  Title: Recent progress in hard x-ray reflective optics for synchrotron radiation sources
  Jumpei Yamada, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan
  Title: Development of XFEL sub-10 nm focusing mirrors at SACLA: wavefront-corrected multilayer KB system and upgrade to advanced kb system
  Michele Manfredda, Elettra, Sincrotrone Trieste S.C. Basovizza (TS), IT
  Title: Investigating fel sources: merging wavefront sensing and optical metrology
  May Ling Ng, Department of Engineering, Linear Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, CA, USA
  Title: Comparison of optical metrology methods for measuring ultra precise 1-m long mirror
  Lei Huang, National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
  Title: Two dimensional stitching interferometry for self-calibration of high-order additive systematic errors
  Grant Cutler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California, USA
  Title: High power mirrors for the advanced light source upgrade
  Christian David, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
  Title: Diamond diffractive x-ray optics for free electron lasers
• Other areas of optics.