Graduate Position Available - Please see below
Our super team!
Principle Investigator
Spyros Gallis (Spyridon Galis), Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Nanoengineering
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering (CNSE)
University at Albany
Phone Number: 518-956-7048
Recent Awards and Honors
SUNY Poly Excellence in Teaching Award (2017)
SUNY Poly Excellence in Teaching Award (2016)
SUNY Poly Social Club of the Year (2015)
IBM Outstanding Contributor Award (2013)
IBM Advanced Physical Failure Analysis Innovation Award (2012)
IBM Corporate Award (the highest technical award by the CEO) (2009)
IBM Invention Achievement Award (2009)
Natasha Tabassum, Ph.D.
Research Advisor
Intel PTD Etch Engineer
Research Topic: Scalable Nanophotonic Structures Based on Er-doped SiC for Long-Distance Quantum Communications
Related research work:
On-demand CMOS-Compatible Fabrication of Ultrathin Self-Aligned SiC Nanowire Arrays
Ph.D. and M.Sc. Students
Alex Kaloyeros
CNSE - Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topic: Telecom Single-Photon Emitters for Quantum Photonics
Kazy Shariar
NYCREATES - Process Integration Engineer
CNSE - Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topic: Nanofabrication and Finite Difference-Time-Domain (FDTD) Modeling of Advanced Nanophotonic Devices for Quantum Photonics
Souryaya Dutta
CNSE - Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topic: Engineering of Rare-Earth-Implanted Lithium Niobate Films for Integrated Photonic Applications
Prabha Nair
CNSE - Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topic: Design and Development of a Polarization-Resolved and Angle-Resolved Photoluminescence System
Animesh Nanaware
CNSE - Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topic: Nanofabrication of Plasmonic Nanocavities Through Iterative Design Optimization
Graduate Position Available!
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Topic: Polarization- and Wavelength-Sensitive Photodetectors based on Emerging 2D Materials
Undergraduate Students
Kevin Reyes
UAlbany - College of Nanotechnology, Science & Engineering
Capstone Project: Angle-Resolved Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of Thin Films
Quantum Science and Engineering: Research Experiences for High School Students
SGNano Research Nanoengineering Education Consortium with Albany’s Tech Valley High School, SUNY Poly’s Outreach - Albany NanoTech Complex and industrial partners.
Its mission is to enhance exposure and improve pathways to career success for students -especially women and minorities- in the Quantum Technology and Engineering (QTE) fields of STEM education, focusing on how Nanoengineering can enable Quantum Photonics.
Aiden Dunckle (Tech Valley High School - Feb. 2022)
MaryRose Duffy (Tech Valley High School - Jan. 2020)
Anthony Delmonico (Tech Valley High School- Jan. 2020)
Lucas Long (Tech Valley High School - Jan. 2020)
Mikayla Collingbourne (Tech Valley High School - Jan. 2020)
Ashton Jensen (Tech Valley High School - Jan. 2020)
Cecilia Arsky (Tech Valley High School - Jan. 2020)
Bethy Behuniak (Bethlehem School - Jun. – Aug. 2017)
Previous Alumni
Mounika Kotha, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Research Topic: Environmentally Stable Quasi-2D Gallium Telluride for Polarization Sensitive Optoelectronic Applications
Brian Ford, M.Sc.
Senior Equipment Engineer - Etch - GlobalFoundries
Research Topic: Strong Photoluminescence Enhancement of Silicon-Oxycarbide Through Defect Engineering
Vasileios Nikas, Ph.D.
Physics Lecturer – London, UK
Research Topic: Visible Light Emission from Silicon-Oxycarbide Nanowire Arrays
Book: Silicon Oxycarbide Thin films and Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
Undergraduate Students
Philip Cairns
SUNY Polytechnic Institute - College of Nanoscale Science + Engineering
Honors Capstone Project: Angle-Resolved Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
Joseph Gardner
SUNY Polytechnic Institute - College of Nanoscale Science + Engineering
Capstone Project: Angle-Resolved Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
Eric Haarer
University at Albany
Spring 2020 - Fall 2021
Research Topic: Near-Infrared Single-Photon Emission Microscopy
Benjamin Harrington
Graduate student - University of Rochester
SUNY CNSE Spring 2020, Fall 2021
Research Topic: Near-Infrared Single-Photon Emission Microscopy (NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program)
Undergraduate Students
Vikram Oruganti (University at Buffalo - Electrical Engineering) - Summer 2021
Research Topic: Emerging Anisotropic Layered GaTe Materials
Ben Harrington (Graduate student - University of Rochester) - Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019
Research Topic: Modeling of Erbium Emission in Novel Silicon Carbide Photonic Crystal Nanostructures
Received undergraduate student poster presentation award at the Hudson Mohawk Chapter American Vacuum Society (AVS) symposium
Alex Kaloyeros (Graduate student - SUNY Polytechnic Institute) – Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019
Research Topic: Acousto-Optic Modulation for Time-Resolved Photoluminescence of Novel Nanophotonic Structures
Daniel Cross (Undergraduate student - Florida Polytechnic University) – Summer 2019
Research Topic: Process Development of Stochiometric Polycrystalline SiC Through Chemical Vapor Deposition
Daniel Santos (Graduate research assistant - SUNY Polytechnic Institute) – Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019
Research Topic: Investigation of the Anisotropy in GaTe through Optical and Structural Characterization
Aadithya Nair (Undergraduate student - SUNY Polytechnic Institute) – Fall 2018
Research Topic: Finite-Difference Time-Domain Analysis
Owais Raza (Undergraduate student - SUNY Polytechnic Institute) – Fall 2018
Research Topic: Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Studies
Lukas Katko (Engineer - MACOM Technology Solutions) - Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Research Topic (Honors Capstone): Investigation of Erbium-Doped Silicon Carbide Photonic Nanostructures for Quantum Memory Applications
Connor Miller - Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Research Topic: Exploring the Optical Behavior of Ion Implanted in 20nm Silicon Oxycarbide Nanowires
Kevin Shah (Graduate research assistant - SUNY Polytechnic Institute) – Summer 2017
Research Topic: Fabrication and Characterization of Metal Contacts for Silicon Carbide Thin-Film MOS Capacitors
Adam Janover (Graduate research assistant - SUNY Polytechnic Institute) - Spring 2017
Research Topic: Ultra-thin Self-aligned Silicon Carbide Nanowire Arrays
Nick Yun (Graduate research assistant - SUNY Polytechnic Institute) - Fall 2016, Spring 2017
Research Topic: Synthesis and Growth Optimization of Silicon Carbide Thin Films via Chemical Vapor Deposition.
Miqdad Raza (Graduate student - UC Davis) - Fall 2016, Spring 2017
Research Topic: Characterization of Thin Films and Layered (2D) Materials Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Photoluminescence, and Raman spectroscopy.
Casey Biederman (Process engineer - GLOBALFOUNDRIES) - Fall 2016, Spring 2017
Research Topic: Modulation of Photoluminescence Emission of Silicon Oxycarbide Structures
Lukas Kiehl (BEOL engineer - GLOBALFOUNDRIES) - Summer 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017
Research Topic: Deposition and Characterization of Chemical-Vapor-Deposited Silicon Oxycarbide Thin Films
Maik Katko (Device integration engineer - MACOM Technology Solutions) - Summer 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017
Research Topic: Experimentation and Data Analysis on the Temperature Dependence of Amorphous Silicon Oxycarbide Thin Films