Kasi has joined as a New PhD student at COPS. He will be working under the AWAVE (Advanced Wave Engineering for Sustainable Optical Applications) project headed by Prof. Willem Vos. He completed his Master’s Degree from IISER-Thiruvananthapuram, and has previously done his internships at The University of Würzburg and IIT Madras.  

Our fellow COPS Julius Muschaweck has just been elected as a Fellow of SPIE! To quote from the SPIE web site: SPIE Fellows represent the highest level of professional recognition in optics and photonics. This distinction honors individuals whose exceptional technical achievements and leadership have made a significant impact on the field and the broader […]

From May 4th to 8th, two COPSes landed in Cargèse, Corsica for the Waves in Complex Media 2026 summer school organized by the Institut Langevin, directed by Mathias Fink and organized by Fabrice Lemoult, Romain Pierrat and Sébastien Popoff. Two posters were presented, and many discussions were had. The next full COPS sighting is TBA!