Alumni
Post-Doctoral Fellows & Research Professionals
| Date | Name | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-2019 | Dr. Meng Xiang | Associated Professor at Guangdong Univerity of Technology, China |
| 2018-2019 | Dr. Ramon Gutierrez-Castrejo | Professor at UNAM, Mexico |
| 2016-2018 | Dr. Neng Liu | Photonics Support Engineer at CMC, Kingston |
| 2016-2018 | Dr. Yun Wang | Engineer at Ciena, Ottawa |
| 2015-2017 | Dr. Nicolás Abadia | Lecturer at Cardiff University |
| 2012-2015 | Dr. Venkatakrishnan Veerasubramanian | Engineer at Infinera |
| 2013-2015 | Dr. Igor Tselniker | DSP and Algorithms Engineer, Intel, Haifa, Israel |
| 2014-2015 | Dr. Mohamed Osman | Assistant Professor at Alexandria University |
| 2013-2013 | Dr. Muhammad Cheema | Assistant Professor, NUES, Pakistan |
| 2013-2014 | Dr. Samir Ghosh | Post-Doc at UC-Davis |
| 2013 | Dr. Wei Shi | Assistant Professor at Laval University | 2012-2013 | Dr. Zhaobing Tian | Engineer, Infinera at Ottawa |
| 2010-2012 | Dr. Ziad El-Sahn | Assistant Professor at Alexandria University |
| 2009-2011 | Dr. Chen Chen | Engineer at Huawei |
| 2008-2010 | Dr. Javad Haghighat | Engineer at Airvana |
| 2008-2010 | Dr. Joshua Schwartz | Assistant Professor, Trinity University | 2007-2008 | Dr. O. Liboiron-Ladouceur | Assistant Professor, McGill University |
| 2006-2008 | Dr. B. West | Assistant Professor, Wilfred Laurier University |
| 2006-2007 | Dr. I. Kostko | Senior Scientist, MPB Technologies |
| 2004-2006 | Dr. J. Laniel | Assistant Professor, CEGEP |
| 2005-2006 | Dr. M. El-Batawy | Assistant Professor, Egypt |
| 2004-2006 | Dr. M. Kulishov | Visiting Research Scientist |
| 2003-2005 | Mr. N. Ignatieff | Administrative Director, Agile All-Photonic Networks |
| 2004-2005 | Dr. N. Belanger | Research Engineer, Toronto |
| 2001-2004 | Dr. E. Lugo | Post Doctoral Researcher, U. of Montreal |
| 1999-2000 | Dr. K Razavi | Lawyer |
| 1999-2001 | Ms. E. Laprise | Research Engineer |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-2022 | Yannick D'Mello | Harvesting Solar Energy on a Silicon Photonic Chip | Researcher in sustainability with McGill, Mitacs, Stocate |
| 2018-2022 | Deng Mao | Design and Characterization of Silicon Photonic Devices for Data-center Optical Interconnects | Optics Engineer at Marvell |
| 2017-2021 | Xueyang Li | Advanced Direct-detection Systems for Data Center Communications | Assistant Scientist at Peng Cheng Lab |
| 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 |
| 2015-2020 | Maxime Jacques | Active Silicon Photonic Components for Datacom Transceivers | Photonic Engineer at Ciena, Ottawa |
| 2015-2019 | Eslam ElFiky | Silicon photonic devices and circuits for data-center optical interconnects | Assistant Professor at Alexandria University, Egypt |
| 2016-2019 | Md Ghulam Saber | Silicon photonic devices and circuits for optical communication applications | Senior Optical Engineer, Infinera, Ottawa |
| 2014-2018 | Alireza Samani | Silicon photonic Mach-Zehnder modulator architectures for high order modulation formats | System Enginner at Ciena |
| 2014-2018 | David Patel | Silicon photonic interferometric modulators | Engineer at Intel, Santa Clara, CA |
| 2012-2018 | Minh Thang Hoang | Advanced Optical Transceiver for Data Center and Metro Transport | Engineer at ADVA, Ottawa |
| 2013-2018 | Fangyuan Zhang | Fiber Nonlinear Compensation and Estimation for Next Generation Optical Networks | Engineer at Ciena, Ottawa |
| 2013-2018 | Rui Li | Silicon Photonic PAM-4 Modulators for Next Generation Intra-Data Center Optical Communication Systems | Research engineer at Huawei, Shenzhen, China |
| 2012-2017 | Mohamed Sowailem | High-Speed Optical Systems for Intra- and Inter-Datacenter Networking | Huawei Canada in Ottawa |
| 2011-2017 | Meng Qiu | Advanced Digital Signal Processing for Next-Generation Coherent Optical Communication Systems | Engineer at Ciena | 2011-2016 | Mahdi Malekiha | Advanced digital signal processing in coherent fiber optic communication systems | Optical System Designer II at Ciena |
| 2011-2016 | Mathieu Chagnon | Optical communications for long-haul, short-reach, and chip-scale distances enabled by digital signal processing | Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs at Stuttgart, Germany | 2010-2015 | Mohamed Osman | Advanced technologies for next generation optical transceivers in long haul transport links and short reach interconnects | Assistant Professor at Alexandria University |
| 2010-2015 | Xian Xu | Advanced Digital Filtering Techniques for Mitigation of Linear and Nonlinear Impairments in Coherent Optical Transmission Systems | Engineer at Google, Sunnyvale |
| 2011-2014 | Qunbi Zhuge | Advanced Technologies for Next Generation Coherent Optical Communications | Engineer at Ciena |
| 2008-2014 | Jonathan Buset | Subcarrier Multiplexing for Next-Generation Optical Access Networks | Engineer at Infinera |
| 2008-2012 | Yongyuan Zang | Investigation of novel ferroelectrics and their electrical and optical applications | Engineer at Ericsson |
| 2008-2012 | Zhaobing Tian | Novel Optical Fiber Devices for Emerging Optical Applications | Engineer at Ciena |
| 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 |
| 2006-2012 | Benoît Châtelain | Network Design and Pulse Shaping for Electronically Compensated Wavelength Division Multiplexed Communication Systems | Engineer at Ciena |
| 2007-2011 | Bhavin Shastri | High-Speed Burst-Mode Clock and Data Recovery Circuits for Multiaccess Networks | Assistant Professor at Queen's University |
| 2007-2011 | Guannan Zheng | Novel Bandwidth Allocation Approaches for Hybrid WDM/TDM GPONS | System Designer Engineer, Ericsson, China |
| 2003-2007 | Josh Schwartz | Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) devices for Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) radio | Assistant Professor, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX |
| 2002-2007 | Madeleine Mony | Reprogrammable Optical Phased Array (ROPA) | Engineer, Canadian Security Intelligent Service, Ottawa, CA |
| 2001-2007 | Wei Tang | Receivers for Parallel Optics | Hardware Engineer, Intel Corp, Fremont, California |
| 2001-2007 | Yiying Zuo | Electro-Optic Switches | Electro-Optic Modulator Designer, E-O Devices, Seattle, WA |
| 2001-2006 | Julien Faucher | Burst Mode Clock and Data Recovery Circuits for Optical Multi-Access Networks | Mixed Signal Circuit Designer, PMC-Sierra, Montreal, QC |
| 2001-2006 | Haiqing Wei | Dispersive Optical Systems | Co-Founder of start-up company |
| 1999-2003 | Venditti, M.B | Transceivers for optoelectronic-VLSI circuits | Mixed Signal Circuit Designer, PMC-Sierra, Montreal, QC |
| 1998-2001 | Ayliffe, M.H. | Alignment and packaging techniques for free-space two-dimensional optical interconnects | Sr. R&D Manager - Transmission and Passives Components, JDSU, Ottawa, ON |
| 1996-2000 | Rolston, D.R. | The design, layout, and characterization of VLSI optoelectronic chips for free-space optical interconnects | CTO and Co-Founder, Reflex Photonics, Montreal, QC |
| 1994-1997 | Boisset, G.C. | Optomechanics and optical packaging for free-space optical interconnects * Ph.D (Honours) |
Optical Engineer, Corning Inc., Corning, NY |
| 1994-1997 | Liu, Y.S. | Design, implementation and characterization of free-space optical interconnects for optical backplanes | Optical Design Engineer, Avinex Corporation, San Jose, CA |
M.Sc.
| Timeline | Name | Thesis | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2019-2022 | Santiago Bernal | Optical Response of Subwavelength Gratings and Photonic Crystals in Silicon Photonic Devices and Centric Diatoms | PhD Student at McGill |
| 2019-2021 | Olivier Carpentier | Characterization of High Performance Waveguide Coupled Silicon Germanium Avalanche Photodiodes | Business Analyst at Kearney |
| 2018-2021 | Siddiqui Hakim | Effect of chest morphology on vibrational cardiography waveforms using multi-sensor analysis | Product Development Technologist at Lifeguard Digital Health |
| 2018-2020 | James Skoric | Respiratory Modulation of Sternal Acceleration | PhD Student at McGill |
| 2017-2020 | Heba Tamazin | Broadband Passive Devices for Silicon-on-Insulator Platform | Optics Engineer at Adva Canada |
| 2017-2019 | Amar Kumar | Passive devices in silicon photonics & their automated measurements | PhD at McGill University |
| 2016-2018 | Ka Wai Michael Hui | Advanced silicon photonics radio-frequency packaging using low-cost interconnects | Semtech, Ottawa |
| 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 | Ph.D student, McGill University |
| 2012-2014 | David Patel | Design, analysis, and performance of a silicon photonic travelling wave Mach-Zehnder modulator | Ph.D student, McGill University |
| 2009-2011 | Yang Zhu | Optimal Design of Dispersion Filter for Time-Domain Implementation of Split-Step Method in Optical Fiber Communication | Engineer at Cisco |
| 2009-2011 | Zhaoyi Pan | Intra-channel nonlinearity mitigation of long-haulsingle carriercoherent detection optical communication systems using digital signal processing | Engineer at Ciena |
| 2008-2010 | Mathieu Chagnon | Digital signal processing assessment for optical coherent receiver using dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying modulation | PhD Student at McGill University |
| 2007-2009 | Xian Xu | Enable technologies for direct detection optical phase modulation formats | PhD Student at McGill University |
| 2007-2009 | Nicholas Zicha | High-Speed Optical Receivers in Nanometer CMOS | Mixed Signal Circuit Designer, Ultra-Electronics |
| 2007-2009 | Ming Zeng | 5 Gb/s Burst-Mode Clock Phase Aligner for Gigabit Passive Optical Networks | Engineer, Ericsson, Montreal, Canada |
| 2007-2009 | Mohamed Siam | Sub-wavelength diffraction grating for tuning, filtering and switching | Start-up Company |
| 2006-2007 | Noha Kader | Experimental Demonstration of OCDMA and OTDMA PONS with FEC and Burst Mode Reception | Engineer, Ericsson, Montreal, Canada |
| 2005-2007 | Shastri, B. | Burst mode receivers for Passive Optical Networks | Ph.D. Student, McGill University |
| 2002-2005 | Li, A. | Burst mode receivers for Local and Wide Area Networks (LAN, WAN) | Mixed Signal Circuit Designer, California based Start-Up |
| 2003-2005 | Shoukry, E. | High Voltage Digital to Analog Converter Chip for Fast Optical Switching | Engineer, Teledyne, Boston, MA |
| 2003-2005 | Bahamin, B. | Ultra-fast optical switching using electro optic devices | Advisor, Canadian Security Intelligent Service |
| 2002-2005 | Thibodeau, J-P | 10 Gb/s burst mode transmitters for Agile All-Photonic Networks | Mixed Signal Circuit Designer, PMC-Sierra, Montreal, QC |
| 2002-2005 | Gross, D. | Distributed Clocking Systems | Engineer, Teledyne, Boston, MA |
| 2002-2005 | Isac, A. | Optical waveguide design and characterization | Graduate School, McGill University |
| 2001-2003 | Tremblay, E. | Ultrafast fiber-optic switches based on electro-optic beam scanning | Ph.D. Student, UCSD |
| 2001-2003 | Pulikkaseril, C. | Electro-optic beam deflection using multiple total-internal-reflection interfaces | Ph.D. Student, University of Sydney, Fall, 2004 |
| 1999-2001 | Faucher, J. | An optoelectronic-VLSI chip with forward error correction to improve the reliability of parallel optical data links | Ph.D. student, McGill University |
| 1998-2001 | Chuah, A. | Design and implementation of high speed transmitters and receivers for optical interconnects in CMOS technology | Design Engineer, Intel Microelectronics, Sdn. Bhd., Penang, Malaysia |
| 1999-2001 | Wilson, C. | A free-carrier based silicon on insulator waveguide attenuator | Optical Engineer, Nortel Networks, Ottawa, ON |
| 1999-2001 | Salzberg, M. | Testing and characterization of parallel optical interconnects for scalable routing systems | Optical Systems Engineer, Hyperchip, Montreal, QC |
| 1997-2001 | Laprise, E. | Design and implementation of optoelectronic-VLSI chips for short reach optical interconnects | Digital Designer, PMC-Sierra, Montreal, QC |
| 1998-2000 | Bernier, E. | Transmitter for an adaptive redundant optical interconnect | Systems Engineer, Nortel Networks, Ottawa, ON |
| 1998-2000 | Brady, G. | Design and fabrication of refractive microlenses | Ph.D. Student, University of Rochester, Fall, 2002 |
| 1998-2000 | Mony, M. | A 1 Gb/s, 9x1 optical receiver array, for an adaptive redundant free-space interconnect system | Ph.D. student, McGill University Fall, 2002 |
| 1997-1999 | Venditti, M.B. | Temperature dependence of QCSE modulator and detector efficiency for free-space optical interconnect applications | Ph.D. student, McGill University |
| 1996-1998 | Khurana, P. | Optoelectronic circuit design, packaging and characterization | Design Engineer, Honeywell Inc., Richardson, TX |
| 1996-1998 | Lin, L. | Design, implementation, and characterization of an optical multi-carrier demultiplexer/ demodulator for satellite on-board processing | Design Engineer, Chorum Technology, Richardson, TX |
| 1995-1997 | Iyer, R. | Design, implementation, and characterization of an optical power supply spot array generator for a four stage free-space optical backplane | Ph.D. student, University of Toronto, Fall, 2003 |
| 1995-1997 | Kabal, D. | Packaging of surface active optoelectronic device arrays | Senior. Technology Planner, Picolight, Boulder, CO |
| 1994-1996 | Hsiao, W. | Integration and characterization of an MSM array for free-space optical backplanes | Customer Support Engineer, Ericsson, Montreal, QC |
| 1994-1996 | Kim, N.H. | 2-D free-space optical backplane using vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers | Optical Engineer, AcceLight Networks, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1994-1995 | Rolston, D.R. | A microchannel inter-connect using smart pixel window clustering for a free-space optical backplane | Ph.D. student, McGill University |
| 1993-1995 | Otazo, M.R. | Packaging of two dimensional optoelectronic device arrays for optical backplanes | Systems Engineer, Corvis Networks, Atlanta, GA |
| 1992-1994 | Sun, L. | Design and tolerancing analysis of optical interconnect system using planar optical extender cards | Optical Engineer, Oz Optics, Ottawa, ON |