Dr. Abdiaziz Farah Dr. Abdiaziz A. Farah is a polymer chemist by training and obtained his Ph.D in Chemistry from York University in Toronto in 2002, under the supervision of Dr. William J. Pietro. Dr Farah took a research position at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa for two years where he was involved in the development of novel 2D molecular imprinting for chemical sensor technology. He later returned to the department of chemistry at York as a research associate before joining the Supramolecular Nanoscale Assembly Group (SNAG) at the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) in Edmonton where he was engaged on technologies for biodetection through Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS). Dr. Farah�s research interests are mainly focused on the synthesis and characterization of organic/inorganic molecules and polymers as well as their nanostructured entities through creation of multilayered, patterned and self-assembled nano-scales for future applications such as data storage, opto-electronics, biosensing, nano and biotechnology, coating, surface and supramolecular chemistry. |
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Dr. Li Qiang Guo Li-Qiang received the B.Sc. degree in Applied Optics from Shandong University, China, the M.A.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from McMaster University, Canada, and the Ph.D degree in Optical Physics from University of Limerick, Ireland. He was a recipient of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) PDF fellowship(2006), and won a prestigious NSERC PDF fellowship in 2007.
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Juan Irizar Juan completed his B.A.Sc (Hon) at the University of Toronto focusing on Biomedical Engineering in 2006. He is currently pursuing his Masters degree in the area of photonics with the Helmy research group. His research interests include Raman Characterization of materials ranging from semiconductor and colloidal nanostructures to biological specimens. Additionally, he is numerically simulating the Raman effect in different nanostructures to better understand experimental results. Upon graduation he plans on advancing his career in the area of biophotonics. |
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Antje Schaarschmidt Antje received the B.A.Sc. in Laser- and Optotechnologies from the University of Applied Sciences Jena (Germany) in 2006. Currently she is pursuing her Master degree in the same field. During her internship with the research group of Prof. A.Helmy, she aims to learn more about Bragg reflection waveguides and its characterization. That includes second harmonic generation and characterizations with Raman Spectroscopy.
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Ph. D. | Payam Abolghasem
Payam received the B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from University of Ottawa in 2004 and the M.A.Sc. from McMaster University in 2006. He is currently studying toward his PhD degree in University of Toronto in Photonics group. |
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Sean Wagner Sean obtained his B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Hons., Co-op Ed.) at the University of Waterloo in 2003 and his M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2005. He is currently investigating all-optical switching devices based on non-linear optical properties in compound (III-V) semiconductor materials utilizing superlattice |
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Bhavin Bijlani Bhavin Bijlani is currently a PhD candidate studying monolithic integration of linegraduating in Spring 2005. Between his third and fourth undergrad years, he worked at INCO�s research division doing Hydrometallurgical modeling of the largest Nickel refineries in Canada. Bhavin also completed his undergraduate thesis with Prof. Harry Ruda doing spectroscopic analysis of air microplasmas in his fourth year.
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| Eric Lee
Eric completed his 3rd year engineering studies in 2006-07 at the University of Toronto. He is enrolled in the Engineering Science program, specializing in the Engineering Physics stream. His summer research project involves characterization of semiconductor nanostructures using Raman spectroscopy. Eric intends to continue his research studies in the field of condensed matter physics. |
Arghavan Arjmand
Arghavan is currently enrolled in the third year of the Engineering Science program (Electrical Option). After one summer experience working on semiconductor fabrication Arghavan is pursuing a future career in the photonics field. Her research interests include fabrication of photonic semiconductor devices and any math that ever comes along whil0080">Winnie completed her second year engineering science program in winter 2007. She will be specializing in engineering physics in her third year university education. This is her first time participating in a research project, where she is studying Raman spectra of quantum dots. Winnie plays the clarinet in a wind orchestra in her spare time. She also enjoys playing squash and badminton. |
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Charley Wang Charley is going into his second year in Engineering Science. His specialization is still uncertain, but he is trying to make up his mind. He is interested by all the neat things that science has made possible, and is eager to contribute. Charley�s interests are varied, and his hobbies include origami, music and napping. |
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Final Year Projects | Nabeel Fazal |
| Final Year Projects | Iliya Sigal |
Members of the Group
Dr. Li Qiang Guo