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Land for their contributions in Optics]
Pablo Artal, director and founder of the Laboratory of Optics of the University of Murcia (LOUM), has been awarded the medal Edwin H.
Land granted by the Optical Society of America (OSA its acronym in English) and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS & T).
Prof. Artal thus becomes the first European to get this award, created in 1992 in honor of the inventor of instant photography and founder of Polaroid, thanks to "his scientific contributions in advancing the development of alternative diagnostic and optical correction visual ".
Artal says "feel very excited about the award of the medal. Consider it the most important prize of my career both as representing the figure of Edwin H. Land, inventor off the charts he had always admired, for the recognition of the work of many years and especially to my idea of ​​what science should be focused on quality and utility. "
"I am also proud to share the award with winners from previous years that have made impressive contributions to the world of technology. I feel like I've been admitted to an exclusive club composed of most imaginative innovators of the past decades."
Professor of Optics special emphasis on "publicly thank all students, collaborators and colleagues with whom I shared my profession for the last 25 years. The medal is a bit of all. And I will not forget to institutions where I developed my scientific career: the Optics Institute of CSIC in Madrid during my early and, above all, the University of Murcia, where I obtained my scientific results more relevant. "
The prize is awarded annually by a jury of four members who evaluate candidates from around the world and must be supported by at least five colleagues or institutions.
On the basis states that the purpose of the medal is to recognize "the pioneering work of scientists and researchers in creating new products and technologies."
Among the researchers who have been honored with this award include such important names as Mary Lou Jepsen, founder of Pixel Qi (a company that develops low-cost LCD screens for computers), John Warnock, Adobe's founder, Stephen A.
Benton, inventor of the rainbow hologram, Charles Munnerlyn, who built the first excimer laser to correct vision or Ducan T.
Moore, a technology consultant for the White House.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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