Physics Lab Technician:
William Johnston: Room A121
Email: williamj[at]nipissingu.ca
Visiting Researchers:
Research Assistant :
- Dr. Neda Amjadi – Jan. 2023 – Present
Project: Photothermal dynamic effect on integrated phase change optical devices through laser pulse shaping techniques - Dr. Simin Shirin – Mar. 2023 – Present
Project: Tunable Goos–Hänchen Shifts in Phase-Change-Material-Based Thin Film Nanostructures -
Elizabeth Primeau: Feb. 2023 – Present
Project: Survey of research and diagnostic photonics in biology and medicine.
Graduate Students:
Amin Sabzevari – M.Sc. student – Nipissing University – Sep. 2021 – Present
Project: Structural Optimization of a One-Dimensional Metagrating.
Undergraduate Research Students:
Former Members (Supervised/Co-supervised):
- Megan Pulford – M.Sc. Student and Undergraduate Research Students – Nipissing University
- Summer research student – 2019 and 2020
- Senior research student – Fall 2020 and Winter 2021
- Mitacs Research Training Award (RTA) holder – November 2020
Project: Numerical Investigation of the Thermo-Optical Switching Mechanism of Metal-Insulator Transition Materials - M.Sc. Student – Sep 2021 – Aug 2023
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) award holder-2021-2023
Project: Analytical Study of the Photothermal Response of a Multilayer Nanostructure Doped with Smart VO2@Au Nanoshells
- Neda Amjadi – Ph.D. student – Tarbiat Modares University – Feb. 2020 – Jan. 2023
Project: Photothermal and Photoacoustic Response of a VO2@Au Nanoshell Irradiated by a Nanosecond Laser Pulse. - Neda Daliran – Ph.D. student ( Jul. 2020 – Nov. 2022) and Visiting PhD Student (Apr. 2022 – Nov. 2022) – from University of Kurdistan
Project: Study of tunable photothermal response of nanostructures mediate by phase change materials: computational modeling and applications. - Hana Young – Undergrad Research Students – Nipissing University – Fall 2022
Project: Investigation of phase change dynamics in optical phase-change material - Nicole Delaire – Undergrad Research Students- Nipissing University – Fall 2022
Project: Light-tissue interaction mechanisms - Dr. Naser Zamani-Postdoctoral fellow-Shiraz University – May. 2020 – Jun. 2022
Project: Temporal Analysis of Photo-Thermally Induced Reconfigurability in a 1D Gold Grating filled with Phase Change Materials. - Dr. Alireza Keshavarz, Visiting researchers, Shiraz University of Technology, July 2019 – July 2021.
- Zahra Ebtehaj– Ph.D. student – University of Isfahan – June 2016 – August 2021
Project: Numerical Simulation of Ultrashort Laser Irradiation Effects in Plasmonic Nanoparticle Mediated Neural Stimulation - Dr. Tara Moradi – Postdoctoral fellow – Nipissing University – Aprl 2019 – July 2020
Project: Thermal tracing of a highly reconfigurable and wideband infrared heat sensor based on vanadium dioxide. - Dr. Arezou Rashidi – Visiting PhD student and Postdoctoral fellow – Tabriz University – March 2018 – December 2019
Project: Thermal Induced Tuning of Absorption in Phase Change Material -Based 1D Multilayer Nanostructures. - Daynen Murphy – USRA-NSERC student – Nipissing University – Summer 2018 and 2019
Project: Transfer Matrix Techniques for Electromagnetic Waves in 1D Multilayer Nanostructures. - Benjamin Cook: Nipissing University – Undergraduate Research Student – Fall 2019
Project: Quantum Wells: Applications and Solutions - Naser Zamani – Ph.D student – Shiraz University – Advisor – June 2016
Project: Optimization of optical properties of quantum dot-metal nanoparticle systems. - William Johnston – Master student – Nipissing University – February 2016 – November 2017
Project: Coherent Control of Optical Absorption and the Energy Transfer Pathway of an Infrared Quantum Dot Hybridized with a VO2 Nanoparticle. - Behafarid Darvish -Research Assistant – September 2014 – December 2015 Project: Photoacoustic response from gold nanostructures irradiated by a femtosecond pulsed laser.
- Adam Burke – Undergraduate Student – Nipissing University – October 2014 – August 2015
Project: Plasma-mediated effects in ultrafast laser irradiation of gold nanoshells in water. - Parastoo Moaf – Research Assistant – November 2014 – May 2015
Project: Study of gold nanoparticle assisted stimulation of neurons in degenerative diseases in infrared regime. - Quinlan McParland: Nipissing University – Undergraduate Research Student – September 2016
Project: Optical excitation of collective resonances in metallic nanostructure arrays. - Calvin Bailey: Nipissing University – Research Undergraduate Student – September 2016
Project: Photothermal study of phase change nanostructure (vanadium dioxide) for thermosensing application of nanoscale targets.