Academic background

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Physics and Science Education at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands since July (2024). I am affiliated with the Photonics and Semiconductor Nanophysics (PSN) group and the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute at TU/e.

From June 2019 to May 2024 I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Harvard University, working in the areas of Structured Light and Flat Optics. I obtained my MASc (2015) and PhD (2019) degrees, both from the University of Toronto, in Electrical and Computer Engineering. During my PhD, I was also affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBL) in California and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa as a visiting research scholar. 

Research Interests

My interest covers the wide area of light-matter interaction, structured light, and flat optics. I am passionate about solving the following puzzle: can we engineer material properties to synthesize new classes of structured light with custom-made profiles then use this tailored light to understand the physical dynamics of quantum materials at ultrashort scales? Advancing this light-matter loop is an important step towards creating next generation of computers, wearable electronics, microscopes and satellite communication protocols.

Education and Academic Training:

1) Postdoc in Applied Physics, Harvard University, United States (2019-2024) 

2) PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada (2014-2019)

• Visiting Scholar at Berkeley Lab, Unites States (2016)

• Visiting Scholar at Wits University, South Africa (2018)

3) MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada (2012-2014)

4) BASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt (2011)

Current Lab Openings: Fully funded PhD positions are available. Please check the TU/e vacancies website!

Postdoc applicants please e-mail me your CV and a brief 1-paragraph with your research goals.