SIEPIC - Key Persons
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- Professor, Engineering Physics Mcmaster Univertsity
Andrew's work focuses on understanding the microscopic phenomenon limiting the processing methods currently used. It explores the interaction of light with silicon and aims to create chips with both optical and electrical components. Andrew co-authored the first textbook on silicon photonics in 2004.
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- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering McGill University
Prof. Plant has established and led successful national and provincial research collaboration networks tackling complex problems. He is a Tier I Canada Research Chair, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a recipient of the IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award. He received his BSc., MSc. and PhD. from Brown University between 1985 and 1989.
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- Engineer in CMC Microsystems
- Senior Photonics Engineer CMC Microsystems
Dr. Xia (Jessica) Zhang is a senior photonics engineer in CMC Microsystems. She works with Canadian researchers and entrepreneurs to prototype photonics devices and systems on III-V compound semiconductors and advanced Si photonics platforms.
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- Professor, Physics and Astronomy / University of British Columbia Read
- Professor, Physics and Astronomy University of British Columbia
Jeff Young has worked in the field of nonlinear optics and opto-electronics for 40 years, with the past 20 years focused on integrated optical components in both III-V and silicon wafers. His group is currently developing components that are required for a scalable, integrated optical quantum information processing platform.
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- Professor and University Research Chair in Microwave Photonics / University of Ottawa Read
- Professor and University Research Chair in Microwave Photonics University of Ottawa
Dr. Yao's research focuses on microwave photonics: generation and processing of microwave signals and waveforms, optically controlled phased array antennas, and silicon photonics. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada, and the Optical Society of America.
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- Program Director
- Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of British Columbia
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering / University of British Columbia Read
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of British Columbia
Lukas is the Program Director for the SiEPIC and SiPEICfab programs. His research interests span silicon photonics and lasers for optical communications, biophotonics and quantum computing. He has trained thousands of students through his edX courses and workshops, received the Killam Teaching Award from UBC in 2014, and co-authored the second textbook on silicon photonics in 2015.
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- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering / University of British Columbia Read
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of British Columbia
Prof. Nick's research interests include optical measurement of voltage and current in power substations, ultrahigh-speed electro-optic modulators, and ultrahigh-speed measurement techniques. He holds the 2004 Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics from the Canadian Association of Physicists and National Optics Institute of Canada.
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- Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering / McGill University
- Canada Research Chair in Photonic Interconnects
Odile is the Canada Research Chair in Photonic Interconnects and an associate professor at McGill University. Her research interests relate to the design and experimental validation of novel photonic integrated subsystems for short reach data communications and high performance computing. She has received the Principal's Prize for Outstanding Emerging Research from McGill University in 2018.
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- Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering / Laval University
Prof. Wei Shi holds a Canada Research Chair in Silicon Photonics and a faculty member of the Center for Optics, Photonics (COPL). His current research focuses on integrated photonic devices and systems, involving silicon photonics, nanophotonics, CMOS-photonics co-design, high-speed optical communications, and optical sensors.
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- Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair, Quantum Physics / University of Ottawa Read
- Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair, Quantum Physics University of Ottawa
Robert Boyd received the B.S. degree in physics from MIT and the Ph.D. degree from UC Berkeley under the supervision of Charles Townes. Dr. Boyd holds faculty appointments at the University of Rochester and University of Ottawa. His research interests include optical physics and quantum effects in nonlinear optics.
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- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering / University of British Columbia Read
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of British Columbia
Dr. Mirabbasi's research includes analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and systems design, integrated circuit design with an emphasis on high-speed data communication and signal processing applications. He received his MASc and PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto in 1997 and 2002.
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- Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering / University of British Columbia Read
- Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of British Columbia
Sudip received the B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 2003 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington, in 2005 and 2008. He is a recipient of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Predoctoral Fellowship, the Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship, the Analog Devices Outstanding Student Designer Award, and the Darlington Best Paper Award of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.