Michal Lipson, Associate Professor I joined the faculty of ECE in 2001 as an Assistant Professor. Prior to this appointment, I was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT Microphotonic Center. My research at MIT involved the physics and applications of Si-based photonic structures for on-chip applications. It demonstrated for the first time that one could achieve strong coupling between light and matter in solid state. My PhD research was carried out at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, where I worked on strong exciton-phtoton interaction. My publications are in disciplines related to optoelectronics and nanophotonics. I am currently teaching Fiber and Integrated Optics ECE530 (Spring) and Microphotonics ECE 630 (Fall). Email Michal Lipson. Michal Lipson's website.

Staff

Carl Poitras, Research Associate Carl completed his undergraduate studies in Physics at the University of Quebec in Montréal, graduating summa cum laude. He then pursued graduate studies for one year at the Master's level also in Physics (electromagnetism), followed by a Master's degree from the National Institute of Scientific Research in Montréal. Carl obtained his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 2006. His continuing work as part of the Nanophotonics group involves light-matter interaction, silicon on glass work and overall support to the Nanophotonics Group. He enjoys staying in shape by playing tennis, working out and exercising regularly. Carl also plays the piano when time permits.

Jaime Cardenas, Post Doctoral Associate Jaime earned his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Optical Science and Engineering. His research was in single air interface bends and waveguide microcantilevers. After two years as a process engineer, Jaime is now postdoctoral associate in the Cornell Nanophotonics Group investigating low loss Silicon waveguides. Email Jaime Cardenas.

PhD Students

Amy Turner Amy completed her BS (summa cum laude) in electrical engineering at the University at Buffalo. She recently began the MS/PhD program in electrical engineering at Cornell University. Amy is studying nanophotonic devices in visible wavelengths. In her spare time, Amy enjoys exercising, water skiing, rollerblading, line dancing, and shopping. Email Amy Turner.

Jacob Robinson Jacob graduated magna cum laude from the University of California Los Angeles with a B.S. degree in Physics. As an undergraduate he spent some time at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, performed research on 2D electron gas systems, and published work on Evolutionary Optimization algorithms. As a member of the Cornell Nanophotonics group he is working toward his MS/PhD degrees in Applied Physics. Jacob is currently studying sub-wavelength confinement of light in dielectric nanocavities, light confinement in integrated disordered structures, and high resolution near-field imaging. Jacob also applies Evolutionary Optimization algorithms to help design these structures. A native of Southern California, Jacob enjoys all things competitive and sports-related as well as instigating minor amounts of trouble. Email Jacob Robinson.

Long Chen Long completed his B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering of Zhejiang University, China, where he worked on the electromagnetic simulations of metamaterials like photonic crystals and negative index media. Now he is pursuing his PhD in the nanophotonics group at Cornell, and currently he is interested in microcavities and metallic nanocomponents in photonics. Email Long Chen.

Alexander Gondarenko Sasha graduated from the University of Rochester with degrees with honors in Optics, Computer Science, and Math. He previously worked in a quantum optics research group, acquired experience in organic light emitting diode fabrication, software development and laser synchronization analysis. Sasha is now a PhD student in Applied Physics and is studying design and optimization methods for novel integrated photonic structures. Email Alexander Gondarenko.

Sasikanth Manipatruni Sasikanth graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi in Electrical Engineering at the top of the batch in 2005. He was a KVPY National science fellow of the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc). During his undergraduate years he spent some time at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and the Interuniversity Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, India. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the Nanophotonics Group at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Sasikanth enjoys creative writing, cooking and swimming. Email Sasikanth Manipatruni.

Kyle Preston Kyle graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an interest in the physics end of the field. His undergraduate experience included work as a co-op student at Sandia National Laboratories, as well as a senior research project with the Cornell Nanophotonics Group which convinced him to stay and enter Cornell's PhD program. Kyle is from Rochester, NY, and his interests include sports (such as ultimate frisbee and field crumpets), playing the trumpet, eating other people's cooking, and writing website bios about himself. Email Kyle Preston.

Arthur Nitkowski Art graduated cum laude with a B.S. degree from Cornell's Engineering Physics program. As an undergrad, Art worked in an nonlinear optics group and after graduating worked for several years at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. At Lincoln Labs, he was a member of the Directed Energy Group and did research on adaptive optics and thermal blooming mitigation for high-energy lasers. Art is now working towards his MS/PhD degrees in Applied Physics as a member of the Cornell Nanophotonics group. In his spare time, Art enjoys eating and playing sports, especially soccer, tennis, ping-pong, volleyball, badminton, swimming, running, lifting, and cycling.Email Arthur Nitkowski.

Nicolás Sherwood Droz Nick hails from San Juan, Puerto Rico, a medium sized tropical island in the Caribbean known for its beautiful beaches and lively people. He received his B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2002, having worked in that time on various research topics including mobile antenna systems in Copenhagen, image database management in London and optical MEMS in Minnesota. He then completed a M.Sc. as part of the Network Computing Applications and Multimedia (NETCAM) laboratory at WPI, working on secure satellite QoS services. He now joins the Nanophotonics Group at Cornell for his Ph.D. Nick also loves spending as much time outside as his life permits. Email Nicolás Sherwood Droz.

Muhammad Adnan Adnan completed his BE in Computer Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Pakistan. He was the recipient of the President Gold Medal for best in Academics. During his undergraduate studies, he worked on the design and implementation of high density VoIP media gateways schedulers in the DSP and Architecture Research group at the Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE) and this work recieved Rector Gold Medal from NUST. After graduating, Adnan joined the Center for Advanced Research in Engineering (CARE) and worked on an area-efficient design of different high speed digital reciever algorithms and physical layer network protocols. At Cornell, he is now persuing his Ph.D. in the Nanophotonics group. He enjoys experimenting in cooking, playing squash and physics. Email Muhammad Adnan.

Debo Olaosebikan Debo graduated Summa Cum Laude in May 2006 from Illinois Wesleyan University, with concentrations in Physics and Mathematics. As an undergraduate he worked at the IBM Almaden Research center on spintronics theory and memory applications. He also did work on magneto-optics and optical trapping. He is currently a Physics Phd. candidate working in the Cornell Nanophotonics group on the harnessing the novelties afforded by silicon photonic structures with respect to light matter interactions, electro-optics and non-linear optics. Email Debo Olaosebikan.

Lian-Wee Luo Lian-Wee graduated First Class Honors from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, with a B.Eng. degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. During his undergraduate studies, he did research in fiber gratings in the Optical Fiber Program at the Network Technology Research Centre. Following his graduation, he worked at theInstitute of Microelectronics, Singapore, for one and a half years; his areas of research were BioMEMS and Microfuidics. Lian-Wee is currently pursuing his MS/PhD degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Cornell with the Nanophotonics Group. His other interests also include basketball and cooking. Email Lian-Wee Luo.

Lucas Gabrielli Lucas has finished his master's degree in optic communication at Unicamp after graduating magna cum laude in Electronics Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Brazil. He spent some time in Germany working at DLR while still an undergraduate. He has also worked at the Wehner von Braun Center for Advanced Research, Brazil, in RF circuits and antennas. Lucas is now part of the Cornell Nanophotonics Group, where he pursues his PhD. Apart from engineering, Lucas enjoys music, movies, photography and, whenever he has the opportunity, travelling around. Email Lucas Gabrielli.

M. Eng. Students

Visiting Students

Bernardo Kyotoku Bernardo, native from the tropical coastal city of Joao Pessoa, Brazil, finished his undergraduate in Physics at the Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB), in 2005. And later he completed his MS in Physics at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), where he worked on the development of optical coherence tomography systems with applications to dentistry. Currently, he is working to integrate OCT components on silicon chips at the Cornell Nanophotonics Group as a visiting PhD student from UFPE.