People


Principal Investigator

Joyce Poon

Postdoc

Yisu Yang (PhD ECE, U Delaware)

Graduate Students

PhD
Dave Jeong (MASc ECE, UT; BASc EngSci-Phys, UT)
Jason Mak (BASc EngSci-Phys, UT)
Jared Mikkelsen (BASc EngSci-Phys, UT)
Torrey Thiessen (BSc EngPhys, UAlberta)
Zheng Yong (BEng Optical Engineering, Zhejiang)

Masters
Antoine Bois (BEng EE, Laval)
Ilan Felts Almog (BS EECS, MIT)
Jack Xue (BASc EngSci-Phys, UT)

Undergraduate Students

Kyle Hsu (EngSci)
Fred Chen (ECE)
Working hard. Staying healthy.

Selected Awards Won by Group Members

Research
OFC Top-scored paper: Zheng Yong et al. (OFC 2017)
Corning Outstanding Student Paper semi-finalists: Wesley Sacher and Jared Mikkelsen (OFC 2012)
Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Award: Arash Joushaghani (FiO 2011)

Doctoral
NSERC CGS-D: Hasitha Jayatilleka (2013), Wesley Sacher (2011), Arash Joushaghani (2010)
NSERC PGS-D: Jared Mikkelsen (2014)

Masters
NSERC CGS-M: Torrey Thiessen (2015), Jason Mak (2014), Ben Taylor (2013), Hasitha Jayatilleka (2012), Alex MacKay (2011), Wesley Sacher (2010), Arash Joushaghani (2009)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship: Jason Mak (2013, 2015), Torrey Thiessen (2014), Arash Joushaghani (2013), Alex MacKay (2013, 2012), Jared Mikkelsen (2011)
NSERC CREATE (Graduate): Ben Taylor (2012), Niklas Caspers (2010), Brett Kruger (2010)

Undergraduate
Centennial Thesis Award: Wesley Sacher (2009)
UnERD Best Poster Award: Brett Kruger (2009)

Postdoctoral
Ontario MRI Postdoctoral Fellowship: Bo Hou (2008)