NFER Travel Award Recipients – ICL 2025

We are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 NFER Travel Awards, recognizing outstanding young investigators and early-career researchers contributing to the global advancement of lens and cataract science.

These awards support participation in the 10th International Conference on the Lens (ICL 2025), to be held in Kona, Hawai‘i this December.

2025 Travel Award Recipients:

  • Christina Karakosta
  • Yu Pu
  • Promita Deb
  • Judirae DeDrue
  • Takashi Ono
  • Shan Yuyan
  • Lanping Jiang
  • Yoichiro Masuda
  • Takayoshi Sumioka
  • Sarah Zelle
  • Gavin Arno
  • Haruka Matsumoto
  • Constance Kraay
  • Alberto Castro
  • Edwardo M. Enriquez
  • Anna Lubertozzi
  • Qing Li
  • Taishi Painter
  • Preston Hazen
  • Nikhil Nair
  • Xuebin Hu
  • Pooja Rathaur
  • Dr. Salil Lachke – Fukui Award Honoree

Congratulations to all awardees!

We look forward to welcoming this talented group to Kona and celebrating their contributions to lens and cataract research at ICL 2025.