PHOTONICS-FOCUSED PAIR: Choi and Kovach work side-by-side in the Armani Research Lab Technical conferences such as SPIE Photonics West are known for giving students the opportunity to present their research, perfect their presentation and networking skills, and actively engage with other researchers in a setting outside of their university lab. SPIE Fellow and University of Southern California Professor Andrea Armani, a strong advocate of student professional development , brings a group from her lab to SPIE Photonics West each year to present their latest work. You can follow along with the Armani Research Lab and their journey to the conference via Armani's Twitter feed . Hyungwoo Choi, Rene Zeto, Dongyu Chen, and Andre Kovach will accompany Professor Armani to Photonics West for a series of six presentations. The list of talks can be found here . Choi attended SPIE Photonics West last year as an author and was pleasantly surprised by...