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Prof. Andrés Lasagni honored as one of the most innovative personalities in photonics
Lasagni, co-founder of the Saarbrücken-based company SurFunction GmbH, has been included in the prestigious 2025 Photonics100 list. This award recognizes the most influential and innovative personalities in the field of optics and photonics.
Saarbrücken, October 31st, 2024 – SurFunction GmbH, a leading deep-tech company for surface enhancement based on laser interference, proudly announces the inclusion of Prof. Andrés Lasagni in the prestigious Photonics100 list of 2025. Prof. Lasagni, co-inventor of DLIP technology, co-founder of SurFunction, Professor for Laser-Based Manufacturing at TU Dresden and Head of the Center for Advanced Micro-Photonics (CAMP) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS, was honored for his exceptional contribution to photonics.
Photonics builds on optics, which studies the behavior and properties of light, and makes its findings usable for numerous practical applications – from laser technologies to medical diagnostics. For several years, Europa Science (Electro Optics magazine) has published the Photonics100, an exclusive list of the most influential international personalities.
Prof. Lasagni owes his award to his outstanding pioneering work in optical micromaterial processing, especially in the field of laser interference patterning (DLIP). With over 30 patents and more than 300 scientific publications, he has made significant advances in the field and created industrial innovations that impressively demonstrate the potential of laser technology.
Prof. Lasagni also played a key role in the industrialization of the DLIP process. He wrote his dissertation on the technology in 2004 and developed the first compact optics in the “DLIP” category in 2014. These groundbreaking achievements laid the foundation for the founding of SurFunction, which today, with its patented technology platform ELIPSYS®, is considered a pioneer in the field of laser-based surface programming modeled by nature.
“It is a great honor to be included in the ranks of the world’s leading figures in photonics,” says Prof. Lasagni. “This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of my team over the past few years. Together we have made groundbreaking advances in laser technology that have opened up new possibilities for industrial applications. I look forward to continuing to work with partners from academia and industry to further advance photonics.”