Principal Investigator – Aseema Mohanty (Google Scholar)
Aseema Mohanty is the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Tufts University. She received her BS degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her PhD from Cornell University. During her PhD and postdoctoral research at Columbia University, she worked with Professor Michal Lipson, studying the design, fabrication, and application of silicon-based nanophotonic devices for neuroscience and quantum information systems.
Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University (Dec. 2020-present)
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Electrical Engineering, Columbia University (2018-2020)
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University (2011-2017)
B.S. in Electrical Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007-2011)
Priyansh Shah: Priyansh is a PhD student starting Fall 2021 in Electrical Engineering. He has completed his Bachelors and Masters of Science in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He is interested in the application of nanophotonic structures in quantum communication systems. When he is not doing research, he likes to read books, go for hiking, and play games for fun.
Cormac Paterson: Cormac is a PhD student starting Fall 2021 in Electrical Engineering. He completed his bachelor’s in biomedical engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology, after transferring from UMass Lowell. He is interested in biomedical applications of nanophotonics, such as neural or dermal interfacing, optogenetics, and biosensing information extraction. Outside the lab, he enjoys cultural exchange, finding new food and music, maintaining healthy routines, and passing time with friends.
Pushkar: Pushkar is a PhD student starting Fall 2022 in Electrical Engineering. He has completed his Bachelors and Masters of Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Rebecca Sipen: Rebecca is a PhD student starting Fall 2022 in Physics. She has completed her Bachelors at California State University, Northridge.
Miles Houston: Miles is a sophomore undergraduate student majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Shahd Ahmed: Shahd is a junior undergraduate student majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Daniel Harrington: Daniel is a junior undergraduate student majoring in Physics.
Alumni:
Elias Ben Mellouk, undergraduate ECE student (Summer Scholar 2022 – Spring 2024)
Caitlin Goldberg, undergraduate/MS ECE student (Summer 2022-Spring 2024)
Michael Turner, undergraduate/MS ECE student (Spring 2021-Spring 2024)
Drew Cohen, undergraduate ECE student (Summer 2022, Summer 2023)
Jeremy Levine, undergraduate BME student (Summer 2022)
Victoria Pontikes, undergraduate ECE student (Spring 2022)
John Davis, undergraduate ECE student (Summer 2021-Spring 2022)
Leyla Rami, undergraduate ECE student (Summer 2021-Spring 2022)