Contacts

Thomas F. Laurin
President/CEO
Voice: +1 (413) 499-0514, Ext. 152
Fax: +1 (413) 443-0472
tom@laurin.com

Kristina A. Laurin
Vice President
Voice: +1 (413) 499-0514, Ext. 106
Fax: +1 (413) 443-0472
kristina.laurin@photonics.com

Erik W. Laurin
Vice President & Group Publisher
Voice: +1 (413) 499-0514, Ext. 231
Fax: +1 (413) 443-0472
erik.laurin@photonics.com

Europe, Middle East, & Asia-Pacific
Matt Beebe
Vice President of Sales
Voice: +1 (413) 499-0514, Ext. 103
Fax: +1 (413) 443-0472
matt.beebe@photonics.com

Pacific Northwest, CA, HI, MA, & NV
Robert L. Gordon
Senior Sales Manager
Voice: +1 (413) 499-0514, Ext. 207
Fax: +1 (413) 443-0472
robert.gordon@photonics.com

Southeastern U.S., Midwest, CT, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, & VT
Mike Wheeler
Senior Sales Manager
Voice: +1 (413) 499-0514, Ext. 204
Fax: +1 (413) 443-0472
michael.wheeler@photonics.com

Rocky Mountains, South Central U.S., & Canada
Wyatt L. Young
Sales Manager
Voice: +1 (413) 499-0514, Ext. 108
Fax: +1 (413) 443-0472
wyatt.young@photonics.com

Production Contact
Rebecca L. Pontier
Director of Sales Operations
Voice: +1 (413) 499-0514, Ext. 112
Fax: +1 (413) 443-0472
becky.pontier@photonics.com

Jake Saltzman serves as managing editor, Photonics Spectra, overseeing content and production for Photonics Media's flagship publication. Saltzman previously led news coverage responsibilities for Photonics Spectra, Vision Spectra, and BioPhotonics magazines. He co-hosts the "All Things Photonics" podcast.
jake.saltzman@photonics.com

Senior Editor Douglas Farmer has been a journalist for nearly 20 years, winning awards for health and education reporting. He has a master's degree in journalism from Ball State University. He is editor of BioPhotonics and Vision Spectra magazines.
doug.farmer@photonics.com

Joel Williams began his career in community journalism. As news editor at Photonics Media, he is a key contributor to our online news coverage and regularly contributes content to all three magazines and the "All Things Photonics" podcast.
joel.williams@photonics.com

After more than 16 years of covering local news on television as a video journalist, reporter, and producer, Joe Kuczynski joined Photonics Media as a senior editor in 2024. Award-winning Kuczynski leads the video department and performs editorial duties supporting Photonics Spectra.
joe.kuczynski@photonics.com

Contributing Editor Hank Hogan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the University of Texas at Austin. Hogan worked in the semiconductor industry and now writes about science and technology.

Contributing Editor Marie Freebody is a freelance science and technology journalist with a master's degree in physics and a concentration in nuclear astrophysics from the University of Surrey in England.

Contributing Editor Michael Eisenstein studied biology at Brown University and Rockefeller University. He has worked as a freelance science journalist and as an editor for the past 10 years.

Contributing Editor James Schlett is an award-winning author, poet, and journalist. He is the former editor of BioPhotonics magazine.

Contributing Editor Andreas Thoss, Ph.D., is a laser physicist, founder of THOSS Media, and a contributing editor to Photonics Spectra. He has been writing and editing technical texts, with a focus on the field of photonics, for two decades.