Andrew Forbes
AndrewreceivedhisPhD(1998)fromtheUniversityofNatal,andsubsequentlyspentseveralyearsworkingasanappliedlaserphysicist,firstfortheSouthAfricanAtomicEnergyCorporationandthenlaterinaprivatelasercompanywherehewasTechnicalDirector.Andrewsitsonseveralinternationalconferencecommittees,chairstheSPIEinternationalconferenceonLaserBeamShapingandisChairoftheOSA’sHolographyandDiffractiveOpticsgroup.HeisamemberoftheAcademyofScienceofSouthAfricaandaFellowofSPIE.