The Photonics100 2026 by gender
The 2026 cohort of The Photonics100 had its highest representation of women among photonics innovators so far, with 28 women making it onto the final list this year.
This was up considerably from 20% in the 2025 cohort, 23% in the 2024 list and 26% in the first year of The Photonics100 in 2023, an encouraging trend and a reversal of last year's decline.
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