Faculty Research Themes
Photonics faculty have research labs in each of the Photonics Center’s six distinct areas of research: biophotonics; lasers, nonlinear optics, and quantum photonics; nanophotonics, neurophotonics; and photonics materials and devices. They are outlined below.
Biophotonics & Bioimaging
- Growth Factor Mechanobiology (Michael Albro)
- Precision Engineering Research Lab (Thomas Bifano)
- Biomedical Optics Lab (Irving Bigio)
- Chen Lab (Jerry Chen)
- Cheng Group (Ji-Xin Cheng)
- Biomicroscopy Lab (Jerome Mertz)
- Nia Laboratory (Hadi Nia)
- Nano-Bio Interface Laboratory (Björn Reinhard)
- Biomedical Optical Technologies Lab (Darren Roblyer)
- Optical Characterization & Nanophotonics Laboratory (Selim Ünlü)
- Economo Lab (Michael Economo)
- Connor Lab (John Connor)
- Dunlop Lab (Mary Dunlop)
- Klapperich Laboratory (Catherine Klapperich)
- Computational Imaging Systems Lab (Lei Tian)
- Neuronal Dynamics Lab (John White)
- Yang Research Laboratory (Chen Yang)
Lasers, Nonlinear Optics, and Quantum Photonics
- FemtoSpec Laboratory (Shyamsunder Erramilli)
- High Dimensional Photonics Lab (Siddharth Ramachandran)
- Ultrafast Optics Laboratory (Michelle Sander)
- Sergienko Lab (Alexander Sergienko)
Nanophotonics
- Bio Optical & Acoustic Spectroscopy Lab (David Boas)
- Nanomaterials & Nanostructures Optics (Luca Dal Negro)
- Neurocircuits in Olfactory Systems (Ian Davison)
- Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory (Anna Devor)
- The Gabel Lab (Christopher Gabel)
- Molecular Aging and Development Lab (Lee Goldstein)
- Han Lab (Xue Han)
- Single Molecule Spectroscopy Laboratory (Maria Kamenetska)
- Paiella Research Group (Roberto Paiella)
- Quantum Integrated Photonic Circuits (Milos Popovic)
- Nano-Bio Interface Laboratory (Björn Reinhard)
- Laboratory of Comparative Cognition (Ben Scott)
- Tianyu Wang Research Group (Tianyu Wang)
Neurophotonics
- Nanomaterials & Nanostructures Optics (Luca Dal Negro)
- Paiella Research Lab (Roberto Paiella)
- Quantum Integrated Photonic Circuits (Milos Popovic)
- Single Molecule Spectroscopy Laboratory (Maria Kamenetska)
- Bio Optical & Acoustic Spectroscopy Lab (David Boas)
- Neurocircuits in Olfactory Systems (Ian Davison)
- The Gabel Lab (Christopher Gabel)
- Molecular Aging and Development Lab (Lee Goldstein)
- Han Lab (Xue Han)
- Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory (Anna Devor)
- Laboratory of Comparative Cognition (Ben Scott)
- Ramirez Group (Steve Ramirez)
- Economo Lab (Michael Economo)
- Neuronal Dynamics Laboratory (John White)
Photonic Materials and Devices
- High Temperature Oxidation Laboratory (Soumendra Basu)
- KABLab (Keith Brown)
- Atomic Membrane Lab (Scott Bunch)
- Integrated Circuits, Architectures & Systems Group (Ajay Joshi)
- Ling Group: Nanomaterials, Structures, & Spectroscopy (Xi Ling)
- Quantum Lab (Alexander Sushkov)
- Space, Physics, and Technology Lab (Brian Walsh)
- Hu Lab: Light and Quantum Materials (Wanzheng Hu)
- Semeter Lab (Joshua Semeter)
- Center for Manufacturing and Innovation (Andre Sharon)
- High Spatial Resolution Spectroscopy (Anna Swan)
- Laboratory for Microsystems Technology (Xin Zhang)
- Center for Semiconductor Materials & Devices Modeling (Enrico Bellotti)
- Materials by Design (David Bishop)
- Nanometer Scale Engineering Laboratory (Kamil Ekinci)
- Lubner Lab (Sean Lubner)
- The Son Lab (Minjung Son)
- Tianyu Wang Research Group (Tianyu Wang)
Photonic Metamaterials
- Nanomaterials & Nanostructures Optics (Luca Dal Negro)
- Nano-Bio Interface Laboratory (Björn Reinhard)
- Paiella Research Group (Roberto Paiella)
- Laboratory for Microsystems Technology (Xin Zhang)