Arti Agrawal

Arti Agrawal is a scientist and engineer known for her work on computational photonics as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM; she has been recognized in both of these areas by a number of awards. and Associate Vice President of Diversity for the IEEE Photonics Society.

Early life and education Agrawal was born in New Delhi, India. with Anurag Sharma. Agrawal was awarded a Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellowship to study photonic crystal fibers at the City, University of London; she then spent almost a decade working there as a researcher, lecturer, and PhD adviser. and over 50 peer-reviewed articles. She teaches physics, optics, and engineering courses. She focuses her efforts on women, people of color, and those identifying as LGBTQ+. Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics Senior member, OSA OSA Ambassador, 2016 Section editor, Journal of the European Optical Society Organizer, Women in Engineering Symposium, 2019 "Golden spiral photonic crystal fiber: polarization and dispersion properties," Optics Letters (2008) "New method for nonparaxial beam propagation," Journal of the Optical Society of America A (2004)

Personal life Agrawal is a lesbian and has founded and worked with a number of organizations to support LGBTQ+ students in STEM.