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Dr. Abdullah Rahnama
Ph.D., 2022
Thesis: Design, Fabrication, and Characterizaton of Filament Based Bragg Gratign Sensors
Position: Researcher, NRC Canada
Dr. Ehsan Alimohammadian
P.D.F., 2022; Ph.D., 2021
Amirhossein (Amir) Rahimnouri
M.A.Sc., 2021
YoungHwan (Steve) Kim
M.A.Sc., 2021
Dr. Can Kerse
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2020
Dr. Oleg B. Vorobyev
Researcher, 2020
Andi Shahaj
Undergraduate Student, 2020
Prof. Keivan M. Aghdami
Visiting Professor, 2019
Liang (Kevin) Shan
Undergraduate Student, 2019
Dr. Erden Ertorer
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2018
Erick Mejia Uzeda
Undergraduate Student, 2018
Sifan Liu
Undergraduate Student, 2017
Dr. Jason C. Ng
Ph.D., 2017
Dr. David Roper
M.A.Sc., 2017
Dr. Moez Haque
P.D.F., 2016; Ph.D., 2014; M.A.Sc., 2011
Kevin A. Joseph
M.A.Sc., 2016
Zeinab Mohammadi
M.A.Sc., 2016
Dr. Leon Yuan
Ph.D., 2016
Ahmad A. Gawad
Undergraduate Student, 2015
Dale Gottlieb
Undergraduate Student, 2015
Kyle Hwangbo
Undergraduate Student, 2015
Prasoon Jha
Undergraduate Student, 2015
Sheran Cardoza
Undergraduate Student, 2015
Project: Software design for automatic laser focusing
Dr. Kyle H. Y. Cheng
Ph.D., 2015
Thesis:
Vascular Image Analysis for Optical Coherence Tomography
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Dr. Jason R. Grenier
Ph.D., 2015
Project: Femtosecond laser writing of fiber taps and cladding photonics
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, UC Davis
Dr. Kenneth K. C. Lee
Ph.D., 2015
Thesis: Micropatterning of polypyrrole actuator and 3D fibre shape sensor
Position: Software Developer, 7D Surgical
Dr. Kitty Kumar
Ph.D., 2013
Thesis: Quantized structuring of transparent films
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Dr. Mi Li Ng
Ph.D., 2013
Thesis:
Fabrication of Multilayered Volume Diffractive Optical Elements
Position: Fiber Optic Components Designer, OZ Optics
Dr. Mohammad Salehizadeh
Ph.D., 2013
Project: Femtosecond laser beam shaping for micro/nanofabrication.
Yiwen Shen
Undergraduate Student, 2013
Project: Femtosecond laser writing of fiber wavefront-splitting interferometers
Dr. Luis Fernandes
P.D.F., 2013; Ph.D., 2012
Thesis:
Birefringence and Bragg grating control in femtosecond laser written optical circuits
Position: Senior Scientist, OZ Optics
Dr. Satoru Takahashi
Visiting Professor, 2012
Project: Experimental analysis of nano-structuring mechanism of ultrafast pulse energy
Dr. Abbas Hosseini
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011
Project: Burst ultrafast development and micromachining
Position: Chief Application Engineer, Rofin-Sinar Tech
Samira Karimelahi
M.A.Sc., 2011
Thesis:
Combinational Multiphoton Scanning Microscopy and Multiphoton Surgery of Mouse Arteries
Saeid Rezaei
M.A.Sc., 2011
Thesis:
Burst-train Generation for Laser Filamentation Micromachining
Position: Laser Application Engineer, Attodyne Inc.
Dr. Takayuki Tamaki
Visiting Professor, 2011
Project: Burst train laser micromachining
Tina Weichelt
Visiting M.A.Sc. Candidate, 2011
Project: Beam shape modeling for studying "quill" effect during femtosecond laser writing
Ladan Abolghasemi
Ph.D. Candidate, 2010
Project: (empty)
Dr. Debashis Chanda
Ph.D., 2009
Thesis:
Diffractive Optics Near-field Laser Lithography for Fabrication of 3D Periodic Nanostructures
Position: Assistant Professor, CREOL
Dr. Valeria Maselli
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2009
Project: Laser writing of 3D optofluidic sensors on chips and in optical fiber
Tariq Rafique
M.A.Sc. Candidate, 2009
Thesis: Laser fabrication of biosensing devices
Dagmar Schaefer
Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, 2009
Project: Femtosecond laser burst fabrication of optical devices combined with time-resolved imaging
Dr. Nicole Zacharia
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2009
Project: Photonic crystals for chromatography and optofluidics
Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
William Chen
M.A.Sc., 2008
Thesis: Femtosecond laser writing of coupled-mode devices
Dr. Shane M. Eaton
Ph.D., 2008
Thesis:
Thermal effects in the fabrication of waveguides in glass
Position: Researcher, Politecnico di Milano
James Dou
M.A.Sc., 2007
Thesis: Microfabrication of integrated devices for single cell analysis
Position: Chief Technology Officer, ChipCare
Dr. Amir Nejadmalayeri
Ph.D., 2007
Thesis: Femtosecond laser writing of waveguides in crystalline materials
Position: Principal Engineer, Samsung Electronics
Dr. Haibin Zhang
Ph.D., 2007
Thesis: Femtosecond laser writing of Bragg grating waveguides in glass
Position: Director of Technology Development, ESI
Dr. Susumu Nakamura
Visiting Scientist, 2006
Project: Femtosecond-laser writing of silica waveguides in silicone rubber
Position: Nagaoka College of Technology, Japan
Matthew Wronski
M.A.Sc., 2005
Thesis: Biophotonic lab-on-a-chip
Position: Medical Physicist, Sunnybrook Hospital
Eddy Chen
M.A.Sc., 2003
Thesis: 157-nm Radiation Induced Bragg Gratings in Silica Optical Waveguides
Prof. Masayuki Okoshi
Visiting Professor, 2003
Project: F2-laser writing of silica optical waveguides in silicone rubber
Position: Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan
Dr. Chris Valdivia
M.A.Sc., 2003
Thesis: Laser Fabrication of Photonic Crystal Integrated Optical Circuits
Position: Senior Research Scientist, University of Ottawa
Dr. Andrew Yick
M.A.Sc., 2003
Thesis: Microfabrication of optical components using F2 laser machining
Position: Chief Technology Officer, Metamaterial Technologies Inc.
Dr. Santiago Camacho-Lopez
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2002
Project: Laser fabrication using home-built amplified Ti:sapphire laser
Position: Professor, CICESE, Mexico
Dr. Kevin Chen
Ph.D., 2002
Project: Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Silica Waveguides
Position: Associate Professor, University of Pittsburg
Dr. Dragan Coric
M.A.Sc., 2002
Thesis: Ultrafast laser writing of 3D photonic devices
Position: PDF, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Dr. Yuankun Lin
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2002
Project: Holographic photonic crystal design and fabrication
Position: Professor, University of North Texas
Kenan Huscovic
Undergraduate Student, 2001
Project: Precision optical beam delivery tools for F2 laser processing
Position: Vice President,
MMM Group Limited
Dr. Jie Zhang
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2001
Project: Short-wavelength laser micro-machining of transparent materials
Position: Director, Laser Application, Advanced Optowave Corporation
Dr. Markus Lapczyna
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1999
Project: Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of aluminum
Position: Spezialist Technische Entwicklung, Eppendorf Instrumente GmbH
