Michael Pircher has been honoured for his outstanding contributions in the field of ocular imaging and for the development of advanced optical coherence tomography methods by being elected a Fellow of the professional association "Optica".
Optica is one of the world's largest associations for the advancement of knowledge in optics and photonics.
A total of three "Optica Fellows", namely Michael Pircher, Rainer Leitgeb and Christoph Hitzenberger, are now working at our Institute.