Alumni
Post-Doctoral Fellows & Research Professionals
| Date | Name | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | Dr. Laaya Khiavi | Alphawave Semi at Ottawa, Canada |
| 2024-2024 | Dr. Nitika Vaish | TBD |
| 2024-2024 | Dr. Zixian Wei | TBD |
| 2024-2024 | Dr. Jinsong Zhang | TBD |
| 2016-2019 | Dr. Meng Xiang | Associate Professor at Guangdong University of Technology, China |
| 2018-2019 | Dr. Ramon Gutierrez-Castrejo | Professor at UNAM, Mexico |
| 2016-2018 | Dr. Neng Liu | Photonics Support Engineer at CMC, Kingston, Canada |
| 2016-2018 | Dr. Yun Wang | Engineer at Ciena, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2015-2017 | Dr. Nicolás Abadia | Lecturer at Cardiff University, U. K. |
| 2016-2019 | Dr. Mohamed Osman | Optical Engineer at Infinera, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2014-2015 | Dr. Igor Tselniker | DSP and Algorithms Engineer at Intel, Haifa, Israel |
| 2013-2013 | Dr. Muhammad Cheema | Assistant Professor at NUES, Pakistan |
| 2013-2014 | Dr. Samir Ghosh | Post-Doc at UC-Davis, U. S. |
| 2013 | Dr. Wei Shi | Professor at Laval University, Quebec City, Canada |
| 2012-2015 | Dr. Venkatakrishnan Veerasubramanian | Engineer at Infinera, Ottawa, Canada | 2012-2013 | Dr. Zhaobing Tian | Senior Optical Systems Architect at Nokia, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2010-2012 | Dr. Ziad El-Sahn | Optical Engineer at Infinera, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2009-2011 | Dr. Chen Chen | Senior Principle Engineer at Marvell, Canada |
| 2008-2010 | Dr. Javad Haghighat | Associate Professor at TED University, Turkey |
| 2008-2010 | Dr. Joshua Schwartz | Associate Professor at Trinity University, U. S. | 2007-2008 | Dr. Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur | Professor at McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 2006-2008 | Dr. Brian West | Principal Photonics Engineer at Luminous, U. S. |
| 2006-2007 | Dr. I. Kostko | Senior Scientist at MPB Technologies, Montreal, Canada |
| 2004-2005 | Dr. Jacques Laniel | Assistant Professor at CEGEP, Canada |
| 2005-2006 | Dr. Yasser M. El-Batawy | Professor at Nile University, Egypt |
| 2004-2006 | Dr. Mykola Kulishov | Vice President at HTA Photomask, U. S. |
| 2003-2005 | Mr. N. Ignatieff | Administrative Director at Agile All-Photonic Networks, Canada |
| 2004-2005 | Dr. Nicolas Belanger | Research Engineer, Toronto |
| 2001-2004 | Dr. Eduardo Lugo | Post Doctoral Researcher at U. of Montreal, Montreal, Canada |
| 1999-2000 | Dr. K Razavi | Lawyer |
| 1999-2001 | Ms. Emmanuelle Laprise | ASIC Designer at Octasic, Rosemere, Canada |
| 1998-1999 | Mr. T. Yamamoto | Visiting Research Engineer, from National Telephone and Telegraph Labs (NTT), Japan |
| 1993-1996 | Dr. B. Robertson | Post Doctoral Researcher |
Ph. D
| Date | Name | Thesis | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2024 | Zixian Wei | Coherent optical access networks : rate dynamics and multiple access | Post-Doc at McGill University |
| 2020-2024 | Weijia Li | Advancing Integrated Photonic Designs for High-speed Datacenter Interconnects | Lead Software Engineer at Cadence, Vancouver, Canada |
| 2018-2024 | Jinsong Zhang | Advanced Integrated Silicon Photonic Devices and Circuits for Optical Interconnects | Post-Doc at McGill University |
| 2019-2023 | Essam Berikaa | Advancing Datacenter Interconnects with High-Speed Silicon Photonic and Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Transmitters | Senior Optical Engineer, Infinera, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2017-2023 | Md Samiul Alam | Subsystems and Systems for Direct Detect Optical Fiber Transmission | Senior Optical Engineer, Infinera, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2015-2022 | Yannick D'Mello | Harvesting Solar Energy on a Silicon Photonic Chip | Researcher in sustainability with McGill/Mitacs/Stocate, Montreal, Canada |
| 2018-2022 | Deng Mao | Design and Characterization of Silicon Photonic Devices for Data-Center Optical Interconnects | Optics Engineer at Marvell, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2017-2021 | Xueyang Li | Advanced Direct-Detection Systems for Data Center Communications | Assistant Scientist at Peng Cheng Lab, China |
| 2015-2021 | Zhenping Xing | Direct Detection and Self-Coherent Detection Short-Reach Optical Communication Systems for Data Center Networking | Engineering at Huawei, China |
| 2015-2020 | Luhua Xu | Photonic Devices with Subwavelength Grating and Photonic Crystal Structures for Silicon-on-Insulator Platform | Photonic Support Specialist at CMC Microsystems, Montreal, Canada |
| 2015-2020 | Maxime Jacques | Active Silicon Photonic Components for Datacom Transceivers | Photonic Engineer at Ciena, Quebec City, Canada |
| 2016-2019 | Md Ghulam Saber | Silicon Photonic Devices and Circuits for Optical Communication Applications | Senior Optical Engineer at Infinera, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2015-2018 | David Patel | Silicon Photonic Interferometric Modulators | Engineer at Intel, Santa Clara, U. S. |
| 2014-2018 | Alireza Samani | Silicon Photonic Mach-Zehnder Modulator Architectures for High Order Modulation Formats | System Enginner at Ciena, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2014-2019 | Eslam ElFiky | Silicon Photonic Devices and Circuits for Data-Center Optical Interconnects | Assistant Professor at Alexandria University, Egypt |
| 2012-2018 | Minh Thang Hoang | Advanced Optical Transceiver for Data Center and Metro Transport | Engineer at ADVA, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2013-2018 | Fangyuan Zhang | Fiber Nonlinear Compensation and Estimation for Next Generation Optical Networks | Engineer at Ciena, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2013-2018 | Rui Li | Silicon Photonic PAM-4 Modulators for Next Generation Intra-Data Center Optical Communication Systems | Research engineer at Huawei, Shenzhen, China |
| 2011-2017 | Meng Qiu | Advanced Digital Signal Processing for Next-Generation Coherent Optical Communication Systems | Engineer at Huawei, Ottawa, Canada | 2011-2016 | Mahdi Malekiha | Advanced Digital Signal Processing in Coherent Fiber Optic Communication Systems | Optical System Designer at Ciena, Montreal, Canada |
| 2011-2016 | Mathieu Chagnon | Optical Communications for Long-Haul, Short-Reach, and Chip-Scale Distances Enabled by Digital Signal Processing | Principle Optical Engineer at Infinera, San Jose, U. S. |
| 2010-2017 | Mohammed Sowailem | High-Speed Optical Systems for Intra- and Inter-Datacenter Networking | Engineer at Huawei, Ottawa, Canada | 2010-2015 | Mohamed Osman | Advanced Technologies for Next Generation Optical Transceivers in Long Haul Transport Links and Short Reach interconnects | Principal Optical Engineer at Infinera, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2010-2015 | Xian Xu | Advanced Digital Filtering Techniques for Mitigation of Linear and Nonlinear Impairments in Coherent Optical Transmission Systems | Engineer at Google, Sunnyvale, U. S. |
| 2011-2014 | Qunbi Zhuge | Advanced Technologies for Next Generation Coherent Optical Communications | Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
| 2008-2014 | Jonathan Buset | Subcarrier Multiplexing for Next-Generation Optical Access Networks | Senior Principle Engineer Manager at Infinera, U. S. |
| 2008-2012 | Yongyuan Zang | Investigation of Novel Ferroelectrics and Their Electrical and Optical Applications | Engineer at Nokia, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2008-2012 | Zhaobing Tian | Novel Optical Fiber Devices for Emerging Optical Applications | Senior Optical Systems Architect at Nokia, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2008-2012 | Mohammad Pasandi | Adaptive Decision Directed Channel Equalization and Laser Phase Noise Induced Inter-Carrier Interference Mitigation for Coherent Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Transport Systems | Engineer at Ciena, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2007-2011 | Bhavin Shastri | High-Speed Burst-Mode Clock and Data Recovery Circuits for Multiaccess Networks | Assistant Professor at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada | 2006-2012 | Benoît Châtelain | Network Design and Pulse Shaping for Electronically Compensated Wavelength Division Multiplexed Communication Systems | Engineer at Ciena, Montreal, Canada |
| 2007-2011 | Guannan Zheng | Novel Bandwidth Allocation Approaches for Hybrid WDM/TDM GPONS | System Designer Engineer at Ericsson, China |
| 2003-2007 | Joshua Schwartz | Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) devices for Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radio | Associate Professor at Trinity University, San Antonio, U. S. |
| 2002-2007 | Madeleine Mony | Reprogrammable Optical Phased Array (ROPA) | Engineer at Canadian Security Intelligent Service, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2001-2007 | Wei Tang | Receivers for Parallel Optics | Hardware Engineer at Intel, Fremont, U. S. |
| 2001-2007 | Yiying Zuo | Design, Analysis, and Implementation of Multi-Port Refraction Based Electro-Optic Switches | Electro-Optic Modulator Designer, E-O Devices, Seattle, U. S. |
| 2002-2006 | Julien Faucher | Burst Mode Clock and Data Recovery Circuits for Optical Multi-Access Networks | Mixed Signal Circuit Designer, PMC-Sierra, Montreal, Canada |
| 2002-2006 | Haiqing Wei | Symmetry & Nonlinear Compensation in Fiber-Optic Transmissions | Co-Founder at a Start-up company |
| 1999-2003 | Michael B. Venditti | Transceivers for Optoelectronic-VLSI Circuits | Director at Cadence, Montreal, Canada |
| 1998-2001 | Michael Ayliffe | Alignment and Packaging Techniques for Free-Space Two-dimensional Optical Interconnects | Director at Acacia, Ottawa, Canada |
| 1996-2000 | David R. Rolston | The Design, Layout, and Characterization of VLSI Optoelectronic Chips for Free-Space Optical Interconnects | Photonics Design at Entrepreneur, Montreal, Canada |
| 1994-1997 | Guillaume C. Boisset | Optomechanics and Optical Packaging for Free-Space Optical Interconnects * Ph.D (Honours) |
Optical Engineer at Corning Inc., Cornig, U. S. |
| 1994-1997 | Yongsheng Liu | Design, Implementation and Characterization of Free-Space Optical Interconnects for Optical Backplanes | Optical Design Engineer at Avanex Corporation, San Jose, U. S. |
M.Sc.
| Timeline | Name | Thesis | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2023 | Angus McLean | TBD | TBD |
| 2020-2023 | Nathan Clairmonte | Separation of Vibrational Cardiography Signals by Respiratory Volume and Phase using 1-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks | Open to Work |
| 2019-2022 | Adam Helmy | Performance Evaluation of an Integrated Microwave Photonic Frequency Downconverter | TBD |
| 2020-2022 | Codey Nacke | Development of an Optical Rotary Interface Using Radial Light From an Emissive Optical Fiber | PhD Student at McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 2019-2022 | Santiago Bernal | Optical Response of Subwavelength Gratings and Photonic Crystals in Silicon Photonic Devices and Centric Diatoms | PhD Student at McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 2019-2021 | Olivier Carpentier | Characterization of High Performance Waveguide Coupled Silicon Germanium Avalanche Photodiodes | Associate at BCG, Montreal, Canada |
| 2018-2021 | Siddiqui Azizul Hakim | Effect of Chest Morphology on Vibrational Cardiography Waveforms Using Multi-Sensor Analysis | R&D Engineer at Lifeguard Digital Health, Vancouver, Canada |
| 2018-2020 | James Skoric | Respiratory Modulation of Sternal Acceleration | Ph. D Student at McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 2017-2020 | Heba Tamazin | Broadband Passive Devices for Silicon-on-Insulator Platform | Optics Engineer at Adva, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2017-2019 | Amar Kumar | Passive Devices in Silicon Photonics & Their Automated Measurements | Ph. D at McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 2016-2019 | Ka Wai Michael Hui | Advanced Silicon Photonics Radio-Frequency Packaging Using Low-Cost Interconnects | Packaging Engineer at Semtech, Richmond Hill, Canada |
| 2012-2015 | Qiuhang Zhong | Novel Silicon and Nanophotonic Components for Emerging Applications in Optical Short-Reach Interconnects | Self Employed |
| 2012-2014 | Alireza Samani | Design and Characterization of 35 GHz Silicon Photonic Travelling Wave Modulator for Next Generation Short Reach Communication Links | Engineer at Ciena, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2012-2014 | David Patel | Design, Analysis, and Performance of a Silicon Photonic Travelling Wave Mach-Zehnder Modulator | Engineer at Intel, U. S. |
| 2009-2011 | Qunbi Zhuge | Channel Equalization and Phase Estimation for Reduced-Guard-Interval CO-OFDM Systems | Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
| 2009-2011 | Yang Zhu | Optimal Design of Dispersion Filter for Time-Domain Implementation of Split-Step Method in Optical Fiber Communication | Engineer at Cisco, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2009-2011 | Zhaoyi Pan | Intra-channel Nonlinearity Mitigation of Long-haul Single Carrier Coherent Detection Optical Communication Systems Using Digital Signal Processing | Engineer at Ciena, Ottawa, Canada |
| 2008-2010 | Mathieu Chagnon | Digital Signal Processing Assessment for Optical Coherent Receiver Using Dual-Polarization Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Modulation | Principal Optical Engineer at Infinera, San Jose, U. S. |
| 2007-2010 | Dragos Cotruta | Ultra High Data-Rate Optical Transmission Networks | Engineer at Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, Canada |
| 2007-2009 | Xian Xu | Enable Technologies for Direct Detection Optical Phase Modulation Formats | Engineer at Google, Sunnyvale, U. S. |
| 2007-2009 | Nicholas Zicha | High-Speed Optical Receivers in Nanometer CMOS | Verification Engineer at BTA Design Services, Montreal, Canada |
| 2007-2009 | Ming Zeng | 5 Gb/s Burst-Mode Clock Phase Aligner for Gigabit Passive Optical Networks | Principal Solution Architect at Nuance Communications, Montreal, Canada |
| 2007-2009 | Mohamed Siam | Sub-wavelength Diffraction Grating for Tuning, Filtering and Switching | Entrepreneur, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2006-2007 | Noha Kader | Experimental Demonstration of OCDMA and OTDMA PONS with FEC and Burst Mode Reception | Engineer at Ericsson, Montreal, Canada |
| 2005-2007 | Bhavin Shastri | Burst Mode Receivers for Passive Optical Networks | Assistant Professor at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada |
| 2002-2005 | Alan Li | Burst Mode Receivers for Local and Wide Area Networks (LAN, WAN) | Mixed Signal Circuit Designer, California based Start-Up, U. S. |
| 2003-2005 | Ehab Shoukry | High Voltage Digital to Analog Converter Chip for Fast Optical Switching | Engineer at Teledyne, Boston, U. S. |
| 2003-2005 | B. Bahamin | Ultra-fast Optical Switching Using Electro Optic Devices | Advisor at Canadian Security Intelligent Service, Canada |
| 2002-2005 | Jean-Philippe Thibodeau | An Ultra Low-Power 5Gbps Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Based Optical Transmitter for Optical Interconnect Applications and Access Networks | Mixed Signal Circuit Designer at PMC-Sierra, Montreal, Canada |
| 2002-2005 | David Gross | Distributed Clocking Systems | Engineer at Teledyne, Boston, U. S. |
| 2002-2004 | Andrei D. Isac | On the Characterization of Optical Waveguides | Graduate School, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 2001-2003 | Eric J. Tremblay | Ultrafast Fiber-optic Switches Based on Electro-Optic Beam Scanning | Post-Doc at UCSD, U. S. |
| 2001-2003 | Cibby Pulikkaseril | A Multi-Interface Total-Internal-Reflection Based Electro-Optic Switch | Founder & CTO at Baraja, Sydney, Australia |
| 1999-2001 | Julien Faucher | An Optoelectronic-VLSI Chip with Forward Error Correction to Improve the Reliability of Parallel Optical Data Links | Principal Design Engineer at Cadence, Montreal, Canada |
| 1998-2001 | Alan E. L. Chuah | Design and Implementation of High Speed Transmitters and Receivers for Optical Interconnects in CMOS Technology | SOC Design Engineering Director at Intel, Penang, Malaysia |
| 1999-2001 | Cynthia Wilson | A Free-Carrier Based Silicon on Insulator Waveguide Attenuator | Optical Engineer at Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Canada |
| 1999-2001 | Mitchell Salzberg | Testing and Characterization of Parallel Optical Interconnects for Scalable Routing Systems | Senior Principal at ghSMART, Dallas, U. S. |
| 1997-2001 | Emmanuelle Laprise | Design and Implementation of Optoelectronic-VLSI Chips for Short Reach Optical Interconnects | ASIC Designer at Octasic, Rosemere, Canada |
| 1998-2000 | Eric Bernier | Transmitter for an Adaptive Redundant Optical Interconnect | Leader of Advanced Photonic at Huawei, Ottawa, Canada |
| 1998-2000 | Gregory R. Brady | Design and Fabrication of Refractive Microlenses | Astronomical Optics Scientist at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, U. S. |
| 1998-2000 | Madeleine Mony | A 1 Gb/s, 9x1 Optical Receiver Array, for an Adaptive Redundant Free-Space Interconnect System | Ph.D. student, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 1997-1999 | Michael B. Venditti | Temperature Dependence of QCSE Modulator and Detector Efficiency for Free-Space Optical Interconnect Applications | Director at Cadence, Montreal, Canada |
| 1996-1998 | Pritha Khurana | Optoelectronic Circuit Design, Packaging and Characterization | Chief Operating Officer at Dallas Quantum Devices, Allen, U. S. |
| 1996-1998 | Leo L. Lin | Design, Implementation, and Characterization of an Optical Multi-Carrier Demultiplexer/ Demodulator for Satellite On-board Processing | BU Director at EXFO, Montreal, Canada |
| 1995-1997 | Rajiv Iyer | Design, Implementation, and Characterization of an Optical Power Supply Spot Array Generator for a Four Stage Free-Space Optical Backplane | Principal Product Developer at Christie Digital Systems, Toronto, Canada |
| 1995-1997 | David Kabal | Packaging of Surface Active Optoelectronic Device Arrays | President & Founder at Rescure Minute, Louisville, U. S. |
| 1994-1996 | Wayne Hsiao | Integration and Characterization of an MSM Array for Free-Space Optical Backplanes | Customer Support Engineer, Ericsson, Montreal, Canada |
| 1994-1996 | Nam-Hyong Kim | 2-D Free-space Optical Backplane Using Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers | Optical Engineer at Google, Mountain View, U. S. |
| 1994-1996 | David R. Rolston | A Microchannel Inter-Connect Using Smart Pixel Window Clustering for a Free-Space Optical Backplane | Photonics Design at Entrepreneur, Montreal, Canada |
| 1993-1995 | Marcos R. Otazo | Packaging of Two Dimensional Optoelectronic Device Arrays for Optical Backplanes | Systems Engineer at Corvis Networks, Atlanta, U. S. |
| 1992-1994 | L. Sun | Design and Tolerancing Analysis of Optical Interconnect System Using Planar Optical Extender Cards | Optical Engineer at OZ Optics, Ottawa, Canada |