Sushant Kumar is a PhD student of the Department of Optics at the University of Rochester. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at University of California, San Diego (UCSD); in 2016. He also earned his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Photonics) at UCSD in 2018. His thesis focused on design of Silicon Chip Contra Directional Bragg Couplers for Side Lobe Suppression. He is interested in design and implementation of on-chip optical devices for multifarious applications including optical communication, detection, LiDAR, sensing, and spectroscopy.
Jiewei is a PhD student at The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2017. He also earned his Master degree in Physics at The University of Chicago in 2018. He is interested in high transmission and wide-angle color filters based on novel nanostructure.
Yuhan is a PhD student in physics at the University of Rochester. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Soochow University in 2020. Her research focuses on quantum optics.
Supun is a graduate student at the University of Rochester pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2022. His research focuses on Integrated Photonics.
Arunima is a PhD student at The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from the Manipal University, Jaipur, India, in 2023. Her research focus is on nanoscale lasers and integrated photonics.
Hayden is a graduate student pursuing his PhD at the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester. He earned his Bachelors degree in Physics and Math from Clarkson University. His PhD journey started in the Boyd Lab, but after taking a leave of absence, he has joined the Cardenas Lab. He is interested in nonlinear optics and his research focuses on coupling light and sound on an integrated photonic chip.
