As part of the award, Trisha present her nanobarcoding research (and pending patent) at an invited talk in San Diego at the SPIE Biosensing and Engineering Conference in August.

SPIE awarded $350,000 in scholarships to 137 outstanding individuals, based on their potential for long-range contribution to optics and photonics, or a related discipline. Award-winning applicants were evaluated and selected and approved by the SPIE Scholarship Committee.

To date, SPIE has distributed over $3.3 million dollars in individual scholarships. This ambitious effort reflects the Society's commitment to education and to the next generation of optical scientists and engineers around the world.