Get Involved
The ability of people to work willingly together for the betterment of their community and themselves is a valuable resource. The IEEE Photonics Society has a variety of leadership positions and volunteer opportunitites available within Membership, Outreach, Conferences and Publications designed to do just that.
Below is a list volunteer position examples. If you have an interest in volunteering, please send a brief message with your areas of interest and expertise to PhotonicsSociety@ieee.org.
To review Photonics Society journal manuscripts you will need to create an account in the scholarone review system. Account creation and/or log-in can be found here. You will also need an ORCID account. For more informaiton on ORCHID, click here.
One you've created both accounts, follow these steps to link a ScholarOne account to a registered ORCID:
- Login to ScholarOne and click on your name in the top right corner of the screen.
- Click E-mail / Name in the dropdown menu.
- In the ORCID section at the top of the page, click the appropriate link to either register for a new ORCID or associate the account with an existing ORCID.
- A new page will open to create and/or validate your ORCID. Once the validation is complete, the new page will close and you will return to ScholarOne.
- Save the changes to your ScholarOne user account.
Ad Hoc Volunteer Projects
Looking to volunteer for a special project or on a short-term basis? Volunteer as an Ad-hoc Volunteer. If you would like to volunteer for a special assignment, please send a brief message with your areas of interest and expertise to PhotonicsSociety@ieee.org.
The IEEE Photonics Society has varying councils that help lead the Society's products and outreach units, i.e. Membership & Outreach, Publications, Conferences and Techincal Affairs. If you would like to volunteer for the Executive Office, please send a brief message with your areas of interest and expertise to Lauren Mecum, Community Outreach & Development Manager, at L.Mecum@ieee.org.
IEEE Photonic Society’s Women in Photonics initiative was created to promote activities that support the participation, engagement and advancement of women in the photonics and optics community.
Pre-university Outreach Volunteer
The IEEE Photonics Society is encouraging its volunteers, chapters, educators, community partners, and affiliate universities or companies to participate by holding small events, hands-on activities or classroom presentations in their local communities. Activity examples: bring a child to work for the day; organize an event with an after-school program; and volunteer to give a presentation in an inclusive pre-university school classroom, i.e. elementary, middle school and high-school.
To volunteer for an upcoming STEM Outreach campaign or classroom visit, email PhotonicsSociety@ieee.org.