Team Members

Hui Cao
Professor of Applied Physics
Professor of Physics
Ph. D., Stanford University, 1997

Awards

  • APS DLS Distinguished Traveling Lecturer 2008
  • Fellow of American Physical Society 2007
  • Fellow of Optical Society of America 2007
  • APS Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award 2006
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2005
  • Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association 2004
  • NSF CAREER Award 2001
  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow 2000
  • David and Lucile Packard Fellow 1999

    Research Interests
    Quantum optics, nano-optics, nonlinear optics, mesoscopic physics, quantum chaos.

    Curriculum Vitae

    • Heeso Noh - Postdoctoral Associate
    Ph.D. Physics, Northwestern University, 2009

    Research Interests
    Photonic crystals, mesoscopic transport of photons.

    Brandon Redding - Postdoctoral Associate
    Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Delaware, 2010

    Research Interests
    Si photonics, microresonators, computational electromagnetics

    Jonathan Andreasen - Research Affiliate
    Chateaubriand Fellow, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
    Ph.D. Physics, Northwestern University, 2009

    Research Interests
    Computational Electrodynamics, Influences of Noise, Microcavity Lasers, Surface plasmons, Photonic Crystals, Pattern Recognition, Genetic Algorithms.

    Resumé

    Seng Fatt Liew - Ph. D. Candidate
    B.S. Electronic Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 2008

    Research Interests
    Mesoscopic physics of photons, photonic crystals, optical trapping.

    Raktim Sarma - Ph. D. Candidate
    B. Sc. in Physics and Minor in Nanoscience and Technology, University of Texas, 2010

    Research Interests
    Optical gyroscopes, microcavity lasers and mesoscopic physics of photons .

    Former Members

    Sabine Auer
    Technical Universiy of Ilmenau, Germany
    sabine.auer@tu-ilmenau.de

    Alexander Burin
    Department of Chemistry, Tulane University
    aburin@tulane.edu

    Andrey Chabanov
    Department of Physics and Astronomy,
    University of Texas at San Antonio
    Andrey.Chabanov@utsa.edu

    Peet Cremer
    Heinrich-Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf, Germany
    Peet.Cremer@uni-duesseldorf.de

    Mikhail Erementchouk
    Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
    merement@mail.ucf.edu

    Wei Fang
    Department of Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
    weifang2004@gmail.com

    Cheonha Jeon
    School of Optics, University of Central Florida
    cheonhaj@gmail.com

    Yong Ling
    Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
    yongl@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

    Bo Liu
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    liubo202000@yahoo.com

    Kejian Luo
    Axcel Photonics, Inc.
    kejianluo@yahoo.com

    Christoph Minz
    Technical Universiy of Ilmenau, Germany
    christoph.minz@tu-ilmenau.de

    Marcus Najera
    University of Texas San Antonio
    marcus8402@hotmail.com

    Ekaterina Poutrina
    Duke University

    Katyayani Seal
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    sealk@ornl.gov

    Qinghai Song
    Purdue University
    qinghai.song@gmail.com

    Wenjie Wan
    Shanghai Jiaotong University
    wenjie.wan@gmail.com

    Xiaohua Wu
    Center for Nano Materials,
    Argonne National Laboratory
    xwu@anl.gov

    Junying Xu
    Institute of Semiconductors,
    Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
    jyxu1@yahoo.com

    Alexey Yamilov
    Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Rolla
    yamilov@mst.edu

    Jin-Kyu Yang
    Dept. of Optical Engineering,
    College of Engineering, Kongju Nat'l University, Korea
    jinkyuyang@kongju.ac.kr