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January 20, 2026
Future Scientist in the Spotlight: Ahmed’s Fellowship Achievement!
Future Scientist in the Spotlight: Ahmed’s Fellowship Achievement!
We are pleased to share that Ahmed was recently highlighted in an external feature recognizing his achievements in optics research, including work related to lasers, refraction, and light–matter interactions. This recognition reflects both his strong academic dedication and his growing impact in research.
Despite being an early-career student, Ahmed was selected as one of only a small group of recipients of a highly competitive summer research fellowship. His accomplishment demonstrates that curiosity, motivation, and commitment can be just as important as prior experience or senior academic standing.
The fellowship supports academically motivated students by providing funding to focus fully on faculty-mentored research projects while gaining hands-on experience in an advanced academic environment. Participants also benefit from mentorship, professional development, and exposure to modern research methodologies.
Ahmed encourages students to pursue research opportunities early, emphasizing that enthusiasm, a positive attitude, and dedication are highly valued by mentors. He also recommends starting the search for mentors and applications early.
Congratulations to Ahmed on this well-deserved recognition — we look forward to his continued contributions to optics research.
To learn more please see: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTyYnybCSFn/?igsh=MXJ4NzRwczZnOXRtcw==
January 15, 2026
Faris, welcome to our group!
Faris, welcome to our group!
We would like to welcome Faris Kanan as a new member of our group. Faris is an undergraduate student in electrical engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the College of Engineering, University of Miami. He is also currently serving as President of UMaker (2025–2026).
May 10, 2025
Ahmed received Academic Enhancement Research Fellowship, Congratulations!
Ahmed received Academic Enhancement Research Fellowship, Congratulations!
We are thrilled to share that Ahmed has been awarded the Prestigious Academic Enhancement Research Fellowship from the Office of Academic Enhancement at the University of Miami. Ahmed is one of only five students selected for this highly competitive fellowship, which will support his research this summer in the Nonlinear and Quantum Optics Group.
To learn more please see: linkedin/post
April 1, 2025
Homa Saadatmand becomes Ph.D. candidate!
Homa Saadatmand becomes Ph.D. candidate!
Congratulations to Homa Saadatmand on successfully passing her oral exam and officially becoming a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics at the University of Miami!
Homa has completed her fifth semester, fulfilled all required coursework, and passed the oral exam. She began her research in the Nonlinear and Quantum Optics Group two semesters ago, focusing on exploring nonlinear dynamics in multimode photonic systems.
We are proud of Homa’s accomplishments and excited to support her continued contributions to the field.
February 26, 2025
Publication in Nature Physics !
Publication in Nature Physics !
To learn more about optical thermodynamics, I invite you to read recent work in Nature Physics, "Observation of Joule–Thomson photon-gas expansion" (DOI).
This work demonstrates the practical application of a new optical thermodynamics framework, showcasing the Joule-Thomson effect in a photonic configuration.
January 15, 2025
Ahmed, welcome to our group!
Ahmed, welcome to our group!
We would like to welcome Ahmed Sameh Ahmed as a new member of our group. Ahmed is an undergraduate student of electrical engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the College of Engineering, University of Miami.
January 14, 2025
Topological Quantum Photonics
Topological Quantum Photonics
To learn more about topological quantum photonics and its potential future directions, I invite you to read our review paper in APL Photonics, led by Prof. Andrea Blanco-Rotando, to which I had the pleasure of contributing ( (DOI).
Congratulations to Andrea's PhD students, Amin Hashemi and Mohammad Javad Zakeri, who helped tremendously in this work!
November 22, 2024
Our first paper as part of the Department of Physics at the University of Miami
Our first paper as part of the Department of Physics at the University of Miami
Thrilled to announce the publication of our first paper as part of the Department of Physics at the University of Miami! Our work explores the fascinating phase transitions of novel supermode solitons in media with competing nonlinearities. (DOI)
Congrats to Ameer Batarseh and Mohammad Javad Zakeri on this achievement!
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