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Principal Investigator

Jane

Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur

Professor

odile.liboiron-ladouceur@mcgill.ca

Research Staff

Jane

Kevin Kong

Research Assistant

kevin.kong@mcgill.ca

PhD Students

Jane

Xuening Dong

PhD Candidate, co-supervised by Prof. Brett Meyer

xuening.dong@mail.mcgill.ca

Jane

Daniel Musat

PhD Candidate, co-supervised by Prof. Glenn Cowan

daniel.musat@mail.concordia.ca

Jane

Leonid Pascar

PhD Candidate

leonid.pascar@mail.mcgill.ca

Jane

Rebecca Rogers

PhD Candidate

rebecca.rogers@mail.mcgill.ca

MSc Students

Jane

Charles Lapierre

MSc Student, co-supervised by Prof. Brett Meyer

charles.lapierre2@mail.mcgill.ca

Jane

Zhaoqi Ma

MSc Student

zhaoqi.ma@mail.mcgill.ca

Jane

Partha Pratim Nakti

MSc Student

partha.nakti@mail.mcgill.ca

Jane

Emily Nobes

MSc Student, co-supervised by Prof. Kai Wang

emily.nobes@mail.mcgill.ca

Jane

Hayden Snauwaert

MSc Student

hayden.snauwaert@mail.mcgill.ca

Previous Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dusan Gostimirovic
Dusan Gostimirovic

Postdoc, 2024

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Hassan (Kaveh) Rahbardar Mojaver
Hassan (Kaveh) Rahbardar Mojaver

Postdoc, 2024

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Bahaa Radi
Bahaa Radi

Postdoc, 2021

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Mohammadreza (Reza) Sanadgol Nezami
Mohammadreza (Reza) Sanadgol Nezami

Postdoc, 2020

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Mahdi Nikdast
Mahdi Nikdast

Postdoc, co-supervised by Prof. Nicolescu and Prof. Trajkovic, 2017

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Hamed Pishvai Bazargani
Hamed Pishvai Bazargani

Postdoc, 2017

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Yule Xiong
Yule Xiong

Postdoc, 2016

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Fei Lou
Fei Lou

Postdoc, 2015

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Mehrdad Mirshafiei
Mehrdad Mirshafiei

Postdoc, 2013

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PhD Alumni

Mohammad Reza Safaee
Mohammad Reza Safaee

PhD, 2025

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Jose Garcia-Echeverria
Jose Garcia-Echeverria

PhD, 2025

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Guowu Zhang
Guowu Zhang

PhD, 2022

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Shanglin Li
Shanglin Li

PhD, 2022

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Diaaeldin Abdelrahman
Diaaeldin Abdelrahman

PhD, co-supervised by Prof. Glenn Cowan, 2021

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Farhad Shokraneh
Farhad Shokraneh

PhD, 2020

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Bahaa Radi
Bahaa Radi

PhD, 2020

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Christopher Williams
Christopher Williams

PhD, co-supervised by Prof. Glenn Cowan, 2019

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Rubana Priti
Rubana Priti

PhD, 2019

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Felipe Gohring de Magalhaes
Felipe Gohring de Magalhaes

PhD, co-supervised by Prof. Gabriela Nicolescu, 2017

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Monireh Moayedi Pour Fard
Monireh Moayedi Pour Fard

PhD, co-supervised by Prof. Glenn Cowan, 2017

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Mohammed Sowailem
Mohammed Sowailem

PhD, co-supervised by Prof. David Plant, 2017

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Behnam Banan
Behnam Banan

PhD, 2017

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Md Shafiqul Hai
Md Shafiqul Hai

PhD, 2016

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Meer N. Sakib
Meer N. Sakib

PhD, 2014

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Master's Alumni

Bokun Zhao
Bokun Zhao

MSc, co-supervised by Prof. Brett Meyer, 2025

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Kevin Kong
Kevin Kong

MSc, co-supervised by Prof. James Clark, 2025

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Rifat Nazneen
Rifat Nazneen

MSc, 2025

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Hasan Houji
Hasan Hoji

MSc, 2024

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Andy Li
Andy Li

MSc, 2024

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Rebecca Rogers
Rebecca Rogers

MSc, 2023

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Heming Xu
Heming Xu

MSc, 2023

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Md Mahadi Masnad
Md Mahadi Masnad

MSc, 2022

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Sara Essam Mahran
Sara Essam Mahran

MSc, co-supervised by Prof. Glenn Cowan, 2022

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Shubhankar Mishra
Shubhankar Mishra

MSc, 2021

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Edgar Pan
Edgar Pan

MSc, 2021

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Hatef Shiran
Hatef Shiran

MSc, 2021

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Alok Das
Alok Das

MSc, 2021

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Simon Geoffroy-Gagnon
Simon Geoffroy-Gagnon

MSc, 2020

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Huai Yang
Huai Yang

MSc, 2017

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Bo Zheng
Bo Zheng

MSc, 2017

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Vernon Elmo Paul
Vernon Elmo-Paul

MSc, 2017

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Peicheng Liao
Peicheng Liao

MSc, 2014

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Sara Karami
Sara Karami

MSc, co-supervised by Prof. Andrew Kirk, 2014

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Christopher Williams
Christopher Williams

MSc, co-supervised by Prof. Glenn Cowan, 2013

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Partha Protim Dash
Partha Protim Dash

MSc, co-supervised by Prof. Glenn Cowan, 2013

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Xi Lu
Xi Lu

MSc, 2013

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Md Shafiqul Hai
Md Shafiqul Hai

MSc, 2011

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Dragos Cotruta
Dragos Cotruta

MSc, co-supervised by Prof. David Plant, 2011

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Xian Xu
Xian Xu

MSc, co-supervised by Prof. David Plant, 2010

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Undergraduate Alumni

2026 Capstone
AI-Enhanced Photonic Design: Correction Fabrication Variability
Emile Labrunie, Max Bernhard
Marcello Audino, Muhammad Husnain Mohiudin
2025 Capstone Development of I2C protocol for high-speed silicon photonic transceivers
Tom Gourru-Bourgeois
2024 SURE
Weiheng Xiao - AI for High-Fidelity Nanofabrication of Photonics Devices
2024 Capstone
Development of AI-based Pre-fabrication predictor/corrector algorithm
James Darby, Rambod Azimi
Can Akin, Naiwrita Sen
2023 SURE - Deep Learning Based Prediction/Correction of Nanophotonic Devices
Chenxin Xun
2023 Capstone Silicon Photonic Bragg grating structure using AI-based Pre-fabrication corrector
Chenxin Xun
2022 SURE
Bokun Zhao - Optical Processor Development
Linwei Yuan - GPU-based Inverse Design Development
2022 Capstone
SiPh RF Antenna project
Frederick Melanson, Andrea Haniak
Lara Ghanem, Sabrina Chen
2020 SURE
Liv Orasanu - VCSEL-based links in satellite
Edward Leung - Phase Error Investigation in Optical Neural Networks
2018 Capstone Modeling Platform for a Hyperflex Optical Booster (HOB)
Lucy Wu
2017 SURE
Yu Chen Xu - Hyperlink Optical Bridge Modelling Platform
2015 SURE
Diego Macario - Silicon Photonic Integrated Two-Mode Multi-Demultiplexer
2015 Capstone
Design of an Optical Interconnection Network
Bilal Bourouf, Youva Amellal
2015 Capstone Designing a Low Loss Silicon Waveguide Crossing for Efficient 2nd order TE Mode Transmission
Diego Macario
2014 SURE
Bo Zheng - Polarization control in optical systems
Stephanie Gerbeau - Power consumption analysis of optical interconnection networks
2013 Capstone
Fast SOA Switching for Interconnects
Yuxuan Ding, Allan Chan
2012 SURE
Mathieu Wang - Physical Layer characterization in optical interconnects
2011 SURE
George Azmy - FPGA development for optical interconnection
Hassan Abbas - Physical layer analysis of optical interconnection
Mohamed Mostafa - 10 Gb/s Ethernet MAC layer development in FPGA
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