Current Team

Principal Investigator

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Boon S. Ooi

Principal Investigator

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST
Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) | Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) | Fellow of the Institute of Physics (London)
Research Interests: Optoelectronics, Photonics

Boon.Ooi@kaust.edu.sa

Laboratory Manager

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Tien Khee Ng

Laboratory Manager

Principal Research Scientist, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) | Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) | Senior Member of IEEE | Senior Member of The Optical Society (OSA)
Research Interests: Photonics, Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Large bandgap group-III nitride

TienKhee.Ng@kaust.edu.sa

Research Scientists

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Chun Hong Kang

Research Scientist

Research Interests: GaN, Photonics and optoelectronics

chunHong.Kang@kaust.edu.sa

Islam Ashry

Senior Research Scientist

Senior Member of IEEE
Research Interests: Sensors, Nanomaterials, Networks and wireless communications, Photonics, Electromagnetics, Numerical analysis

Islam.Ashry@kaust.edu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Wahyu Hendra Gunawan

Postdoctoral Fellow,

Research Interests: Optical Wireless Communication, Optical Fiber Communication Systems, Advanced Modulation Format

wahyu.gunawan@kaust.edu.sa

Alaaeddine Rjeb

Alaaeddine Rjeb

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Next generation networks, Next generation optical communication and sensing physical layer' devices, specialty devices for high dimensional Quantum Key Distribution

alaaeddine.rjeb@kaust.edu.sa

Yanqing Jia

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests: Nanomaterials, Large bandgap group-III nitride, Photonics and optoelectronics

yanqing.jia@kaust.edu.sa

Hongliang Chang

Hongliang Chang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests: Nanomaterials, Large bandgap group-III nitride, Photonics and optoelectronics

hongliang.chang@kaust.edu.sa

Paulraj Gnanasekar

Paulraj Gnanasekar

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests: Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Photonics

paulrajbdu@gmail.com

Redha Al Ibrahim

Redha Al Ibrahim

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests: Photonics and optoelectronics, Sensors, Numerical analysis

redha.ibrahim@kaust.edu.sa

Lab Engineers (Project Development)

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Baoshi Sun

Lab Engineer

Research Interests: Marine Observation Technology, Underwater Wireless Communication, Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing and Analysis.

baoshi.sun@kaust.edu.sa

Kar Ying Ong

Lab Engineer (Project Development)

Research Interests: Seismic imaging, Sensors

ong.ying@kaust.edu.sa

PhD Students

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Zinan Xiao

PhD Student

Research Interests: Sensors, Photonics and Optoelectronics

zinan.xiao@kaust.edu.sa

Haoyu Tong

PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics and Optoelectronics

haoyu.tong@kaust.edu.sa

Talha Ariff

PhD Student

Plant biology & Desert agriculture, Sensors, Photonics & Optoelectronics

talha.ariff@kaust.edu.sa

Wenbo Yan

PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics and optoelectronics, Solar Energy

wenbo.yan@kaust.edu.sa

Abdullah Alquwayzani

Abdullah Alquwayzani

PhD Student

Research Interests: Electronics

abdullah.quwayzani@kaust.edu.sa

Yara Banda

PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics, Optoelectronics

yara.banda@kaust.edu.sa

Ibrahim Alsayoud

PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics, Optoelectronics

ibrahim.alsayoud@kaust.edu.sa

Hang Lu

PhD Student

Research Interests: Optical Communications, VCSELs, Optoelectronics

hang.lu@kaust.edu.sa

Juan Manuel Marin

Juan Manuel Marin

PhD Student

Research Interests: Fiber Sensing, Energy Harvesting, Machine Learning

juan.mosquera@kaust.edu.sa

Yue Wang

PhD Student

Research Interests: Nanomaterials, Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Large bandgap group-III nitride, Photonics and optoelectronics

yue.wang@kaust.edu.sa

Masters Students

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Yan Wang

M.S./PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics and Optoelectronics

wang.yan@kaust.edu.sa

Fares Banjar

M.S./PhD Student

Optical Fiber Communication Systems, Optical Wireless Communication Systems

fares.banjar@kaust.edu.sa

Heming Lin

M.S./PhD Student

Photonics and optoelectronics; Meta-materials

heming.lin@kaust.edu.sa

International Visiting Students

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Hongtao He

Visiting Student,

Research Interests: Optoelectronics, Sensors, Photonics

hongtao.he@kaust.edu.sa

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