Nelson E. Claytor, PhD
Nelson E. Claytor, PhD, Fort Worth entrepreneur, inventor, angel investor and President of Fresnel Technologies, Inc., has been selected as a 2021 Fellow of The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).
Fifty-seven professionals will be recognized this year for their technological advancements and contributions to science and the business of optics and photonics. Dr. Claytor is a 2019 Fort Worth Business Press C-Suite honoree, founding board member of the Fort Worth Medtech Center, now TechFW, and is the first recipient of TechFW’s Legacy Award.
Fort Worth-based Fresnel Technologies, Inc. (FTI) was founded in 1986 by Nelson’s father, Richard N. Claytor, PhD, himself an SPIE Fellow (2015), to innovate in and manufacture specialty plastics optics. FTI’s 55 employees produce made-in-the-USA components, which are incorporated into diverse systems worldwide, including those for infrared security monitoring, fluorescence measurements, thermometry, biomedical instrumentation and skin care.
Dr. Nelson Claytor is a Director of Optical Fabrication for Ascentia Imaging of Boulder CO http://www.ascentiaimaging.com/, serves as a member of the University of Texas at Arlington College of Science Advisory Council, and is co-founder and Vice President of the newly-established North Texas local section of the Optical Society of America. www.osntx.org. (NEC, PhD LinkedIn)
He joins nearly 1,600 SPIE Fellows who have been honored since 1955. SPIE serves about 19,000 members and more than 258,000 constituents.
About SPIE
SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science, engineering, and technology. The Society serves more than 258,000 constituents from 184 countries, offering conferences and their published proceedings, continuing education, books, journals, and the SPIE Digital Library. In 2020, SPIE provided over $5.8 million in community support including scholarships and awards, outreach and advocacy programs, travel grants, public policy, and educational resources. www.spie.org.” @SPIEtweets”
