Professor Abdoulaye Ndao Joins the NPC
Professor Ndao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the Photonics center at Boston University. His research interests span wide-ranging topics in photonics, material sciences, and physics where his key contributions lie in the areas of topological light sources (top ten physics world 2017), non-Hermitian systems, metamaterials (broadest bandwidth metalens), as well as electro-optical sensors based on Lithium Niobate. He pioneered the experimental demonstration of the first topological laser, the first plasmonic exceptional point, and the world’s first-octave bandwidth metalens. He received many prestigious awards, best oral presentation, Triton Innovation challenge grand prize winner for Lidar applications, and Prize winner of Institute for Global Entrepreneur at UC San Diego.
His research focuses on light-matter interactions at the nanometer scale, known as nano-optics and nanophotonics. The main motivation comes from the potential to extend concepts and functionalities of conventional optics and photonics down to the nanometer scale, towards ultra-compact devices that may overcome limitations of integrated devices. This field covers a broad scope and is expected to have a substantial impact on our society. His goal is to understand fundamental physics and develop new applications, including many in the field of neurophotonics. His research utilizes and contributes to topological light sources, metamaterials, metasurfaces, and electro-optical sensors based on Lithium Niobate.
