Former and Present Graduate Students

At A.F. Ioffe Institute in 1992-1997 I was a Leader of the group and a PI in the opal project. My group:

Yurii Vlasov - quantum wells and opals, Ph.D. 1995 (Ioffe), Current employment: Leader of the group and Manager at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Oleg Karimov - quantum wells and opals, Ph.D. 2000 (U. Bath, UK), Current employment: Research scientist at Toshiba Cambridge, UK

At the University of Sheffield in 1997-2001 I was a co-supervisor of Ph.D thesis work for the following students:

Alan Bristow – photonic crystal waveguides, Ph.D. 2003 (Sheffield). Current employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, JILA, University of Colorado, and Instructor at Colorado School of Mines

Ali Adawi – opals, Ph.D. 2002 (Sheffield), Current employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK

Mohammed Emam-Esmail - semiconductor microcavities, Ph.D. 2002 (Sheffield), Current employment: University Lecturer, Egypt

Mark Stevenson - semiconductor microcavities and photonic crystals, Ph.D. 2000 (Sheffield), Current employment: Research Scientist at Toshiba Cambridge, UK

At UNC-Charlotte in 2002-2009:

Arash Darafsheh           –      Optical scalpels since 2009, Ph.D. Candidate – Optical Science

Matthew Kerr               –      Optical scalpels since 2009, Ph.D. Candidate – Optical Science

Seungmoo Yang –     Ph.D. thesis 2009: Spectroscopic Study of Optical Confinement and Transport Effects in Coupled Microspheres and Pillar Cavities. Current employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University

Shashanka Ashili –     Ph.D. thesis 2007: Optical Properties of Polycrystalline Opals and Mesoscopic Systems of Coupled Spherical Cavities. Current employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Arizona State

Jason Franchak – coupled whispering gallery modes in microspheres, M.S. 2004. Currently studying to become an Orthodox Priest