People

Ph. D. students

Yang Qi

Yang Qi received Bachelor of Science in Optical Information Science and Technology from China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China in 2016. He is currently a Ph.D. student and research assistant at Rowan University, department of electrical and computer engineering. His current research interests include Fiber Optic Communication, Free-space Optical Communication, Optics and Lasers, 3D Microscopy, and Wireless Communication.

Taichu Shi

Taichu Shi received Bachelor's Degree of Telecommunication Engineering with Management from Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications(BUPT), Beijing, China with a joint degree of Queen Mary University of London in 2018. He is currently a Ph.D. student and research assistant at Rowan University. His current research interests includes:

3D Reconstruction Microscope, Fluorescence Microscopy system, Computational Photonics, Analog Deep Learning Network.

Ben Zierdt

Ben Zierdt received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rowan University in 2021 and is now starting in the PhD program at Rowan University. His current research interests are in Wireless Communication, Optical Fiber Communication, Photonics, and Optics.

Shengtao Sun*

*Co-advisor with Dr. Tang

Shengtao Sun is a research fellow in Rowan University. His research mainly focuses on Computer Vision and Machine Learning.

Master students

James Garofolo


James Garofolo earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rowan University in 2022 and is now starting in the M.S. program at Rowan University. His current research interests are in Machine Learning, Neuromorphic Computing and Analog/Photonic Integrated Circuit Design.


Bruce Wildermuth


Bruce Wildermuth received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rowan University in 2022 and is now starting in the Masters program at Rowan University. His current research interests are in Wireless Communication, Optical Fiber Communication, Lidar, Photonics, and Machine Learning.


Youness Ergaibi

Graduated

Youness Ergaibi joined Rowan University in 2016 Fall as a master students. His current research interests include free space optical communications and network security.