# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C0ym-vdsSnT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10326421-opticaworldwide-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-12-13T11:00:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

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Welcome George Dwapanyin, a new #OpticaAmbassador!

George Dwapanyin is a Ghanaian research fellow at the University of St Andrews.

In his first year as an #OpticaAmbassador, he aims to connect with other scientists on the African continent to assist in establishing student chapters in different countries. 

As a planning committee member and speaker at the Optica Amplify Optics Immersion Program, he's served as a mentor for dozens of young African students attending #FrontiersInOptics.

Before being awarded the Erasmus Mundus scholarship to study in the Europhotonics program, he trained as a nuclear scientist in Radiation Health Physics after working with the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission.

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## Tags

opticaambassador, frontiersinoptics

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