The membership of Optica has elected Prof Gerd Leuchs, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany, as the society’s 2022 vice president. Prof Judith Dawes, Macquarie University, Australia, was voted in as a director-at-large. The board of directors appointed Prof Min Qiu of Westlake University, China, as a director-at-large.
