Dr. Bruce Tromberg Receives 2009 SPIE Directors' Award

Dr. Bruce Tromberg, Director of the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, has been named the recipient of the 2009 SPIE Directors' Award. The SPIE Directors' Award is presented to an individual who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, has rendered a significant service of outstanding benefit to the Society. The Board made their selection based on the outstanding leadership Dr. Tromberg has shown as the Editor-in-Chief of the SPIE Journal of Biomedical Optics since 1999.

Professor Maria J. Yzuel, 2009 SPIE President, will make the award presentation to Dr. Tromberg on August 5, 2009, at the Optics and Photonics Symposium in San Diego, California.