“Science is not only working with machines and gas or lasers, it’s working with people,” says physics laureate Anne L’Huillier. She shares the qualities she believes make a good scientist: bit.ly/3PA3yZB

🚨 Our fourth Frontiers in Chemical Physics speaker starts tomorrow! 🚨 Dr. Michael Zuerch (UC Berkeley) will present three exciting talks: 📅 Wed, April 2 (Public) 📅 Thu, April 3 (Grad students only) 📅 Fri, April 4 (Public) 🕗 8:45-10:10 AM each day 🌟Check below for details!

✨The Frontiers in Chemical Physics series wraps up next week! Dr. Yuen-Ron Shen (UC Berkeley) will present three exciting talks: 📅 Wed, April 9 (Public) 📅 Thu, April 10 (Grad students only) 📅 Fri, April 11 (Public) 🕗 8:45-10:10 AM each day 🌟 Check the flyer for details!

🚨 Our final Frontiers in Chemical Physics speaker starts tomorrow! 🚨 Dr. Yuen-Ron Shen (UC Berkeley) will present three exciting talks: 📅 Wed, April 9 (Public) 📅 Thu, April 10 (Grad students only) 📅 Fri, April 11 (Public) 🕗 8:45-10:10 AM each day 🌟 Check below for details!

✨ X-lites Early Career Workshop ✨ ✅ Build research connections ✅ Learn about ELI facilities ✅ Present at the User Meeting (June 18-21) ✅ Travel support available! 📅 Workshop: June 17 📌 Learn more & Apply by April 21 → go.osu.edu/x-lites-eli #ExtremeLight #ELIALPS

🚀 Join us for the first X-lites Network seminar! 🔦 Intro to NSF CXFEL, NSF NeXUS Facility & ZEUS Facilities 📅 April 29, 2025 | 11 AM ET | Zoom Hear from: ✨ Robert Kaindl (CXFEL) ✨ Robert Baker (NeXUS) ✨ Karl Krushelnick (ZEUS) 🔗 Register now: osu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

✨Say hello to Dr. Betty Lise Anderson (Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering), our newest IOS member! 🎉 Learn more about her and her research on our website: opticalscience.osu.edu/directory/rese…

⏳ Last chance! Apply for the X-lites Workshop! 🚨 Deadline: April 21! 🚨 📅 Workshop: June 17 📅 User Meeting: June 18-21 📍 ELI ALPS, Hungary 🛫 Travel fellowships available! Learn more & Apply NOW→ go.osu.edu/x-lites-eli #ExtremeLight #ScienceNetworking

🌟 Introducing Dr. Kiryung Lee (Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering), the newest member of IOS! 👏 View more about him and his research on our website: opticalscience.osu.edu/directory/rese…

🌟 Seminar Alert! 🌟 Join us for Dr. Christopher Ball’s (ElectroScience Laboratory) talk on novel optical systems for sensing & communication! 📅 April 25, 2025 | 🕧 12:45 PM | 📍 PRB 1080 Open to the public—come learn about cutting-edge tech in spectroscopy & deep-space communication!

🚀 Happening Tomorrow! 🚀 Dr. Christopher Ball (ElectroScience Laboratory) presents on optical sensing & communication at the IOS Member Research Series! 📅 April 25 | 🕧 12:45 PM | 📍 PRB 1080 Open to the public—drop by and explore groundbreaking research!

⏳ Happening tomorrow! ⏳ Join us for the X-lites Network seminar on extreme light facilities! 📅 April 29 | 11 AM ET | Zoom ✨ CXFEL – Robert Kaindl ✨ NeXUS – Robert Baker ✨ ZEUS – Karl Krushelnick There’s still time to register! 🔗 osu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

✨We'd like to welcome Dr. Conner Dykstra (NSF NeXUS Facility) as one of our newest IOS members! 👏 Learn more about him and check out his research on our website: opticalscience.osu.edu/directory/rese…

🔬 Don’t miss the next X-lites Seminar! 🎙️ Prof. Petra Fromme 🧬 Time Resolved Studies on Biological Systems with X-Ray Free Electron Lasers 📅 May 30 | 11 AM ET | Zoom 🔗 Free registration: osu.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #Xlites #XFEL #PhotonScience #StructuralBiology

🔬 The Institute for Optical Science hosted the first Ohio Optical Frontiers Showcase on May 2! Researchers from across Ohio came together for talks, tours, and networking—featuring Nobel Laureate Pierre Agostini. 📸 Recap + photos: opticalscience.osu.edu/news/ohio-opti… #Optics #STEM #OSU

🌟We'd like to welcome Dr. Christopher Orban (Ohio State Physics) as one of our newest IOS members! 📷 Learn more about him and check out his research on our website: opticalscience.osu.edu/directory/rese…

🎥 Watch IOS Admin Jessi Foley’s (Middleton) presentation at the AccelNet Roundtable on building research networks through community + content strategy! 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=SQCpNf… 🌐 opticalscience.osu.edu/x-lites-about #NSFAccelNet #Xlites #TeamScience #IOS #OhioState

📢 Schedule Update Our X-lites Science & Technology talk originally scheduled for this Friday has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to reschedule Dr. Petra Fromme’s presentation for a future date.

🚀 Excited to welcome Mike Chini, Jinghua Li & Rengasayee Veeraraghavan to the Institute for Optical Science at Ohio State Executive Committee! They join Steven Olmschenk, Ronald Reano & Chris Hammel in guiding IOS’s mission to advance optical science & foster collaboration. opticalscience.osu.edu/news/welcoming…

🌟One year ago today, Nobel Laureates Pierre Agostini and Anne L’Huillier presented copies of their Nobel Medals to LIDYL at CEA, where their attosecond research began. 🔗: opticalscience.osu.edu/news/year-ago-… #NobelPrize #AttosecondScience #OpticalScience #OhioState #CEA #Phyics