Bio

I am the director of the Metamaterials and Nanophotonic Devices Lab, which mainly focuses on the broad area of nanophotonics, an emerging field strategically positioned at the intersection of electrical engineering, applied physics, materials science and nano science. Specifically, I am investigating optical metamaterials, plasmonics, and solid-state nanophotonics to understand the interaction between light and nanoscale photonic materials and to control and manipulate these interactions at will. Our ultimate aim is to design, fabricate and characterize metamaterials and nanophotonic devices with novel optical and photonic functionalities. We are strongly motivated towards addressing the challenges in energy, health and defense applications. To this end, we are developing novel nanophotonic materials and devices including highly efficient low-cost solar cells, extremely sensitive nanooptical biosensors, active metamaterial-based filters and modulators, and flexible nanophotonic device platforms. Specialties: Full-filed electromagnetic simulation, Finite Difference Time Domain and Finite Integration Techniques, Electron-beam lithography, optical lithography, microwave techniques, Infrared spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, Solar cell device modeling, solar cell fabrication and characterization