Education

Bachelors Degree McGill University (1998)
Doctoral Degree University of California, Berkeley (2004)

Employment History

1998 - 2004 Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UC Berkeley

2004 Postdoctoral Researcher, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UC Berkeley

2005 - 2010 Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

2010 - 2015 Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

2015 - Present Professor, University of British Columbia

Awards & Honours

2004New Focus/Bookham Student Award, Optical Society of America

2004Demetri Angelakos Memorial Awars, UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

2014Killam Teaching Award, University of British Columbia

Committees & Service

2005 Undergraduate Laboratory Committee, ECE UBC

2005 - 2007 Chair, Safety Committee, ECE UBC

2005 - 2008 Entrepreneurship and Spin-Outs Speaker Series Committee, ECE UBC

2006 Nanotechnology Option Committee, ECE UBC

2006 - 2007 Web Committee, ECE UBC

2007 Pacific Centre for Advanced Materials and Microstructures (PCAMM) Annual Meeting Co-Chair, PCAMM

2008 Semiconductor Laser Workshop, VCSEL/Microcavity Session Chair, IEEE LEOS

2008 - 2009 Open House Committee, ECE UBC

2008 - 2012 Space Committee, ECE UBC

2008 - 2013 Engineering Physics Board of Studies, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UBC

2008 - Present Co-Director, AMPEL Nanofabrication Facility, UBC

2009 IEEE High Speed Workshop, Tutorial/Working Group Chair, IEEE LEOS

2009 CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop, Photonics and Radiation Sub-Committee Chair/Photonics Session Chair, CMOSET

2010 IEEE High Speed Workshop, Program Committee, IEEE Photonics Society

2010 Photonics Sub-Committee Chair, CMOS Emergins Technologies Workshop, CMOSET

2010 Co-Chair, Pacific Centre for Advanced Materials and Microstructures (PCAMM) Annual Meeting

2010 - 2011 Community Connections & Communications Task Force Chair, Strategic Planning Committe, ECE UBC

2011 Semiconductor Lasers Sub-Committee, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, IEEE, OPA, APS

2011 Program Committee, IEEE High Speed Workshop, IEEE Photonics Society

2011 Technical Committee/Photonics Session Chair, CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop, CMOSET

2011 Program Committee, International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD Institute

2012 Technical Sub-Committe: Science and Innovations 3: Semiconductor Lasers, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, IEEE, OSA, APS

2012 Technical Committee/Photonics Session Chair, CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop, CMOSET

2012 Committee, International Semiconductor Laser Conference, IEEE

2012 Program Committee, International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectric Devices, NUSOD Institute

2012 - 2013 Strategic Committee on Communications and Outreach, ECE UBC

2013 Lab Committee, ECE UBC

2013 Technical Program Committee/Co-Chair of Optoelectronics and Integrated Optics track/Silicon Photonics/Student Design Competition Organizer, Photonics North, SPIE

2013 Technical Program Committee, CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop, CMOSET

2013 Co-Chair, International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD Institute

2014 Committee Member, Optoelectronics and Integrated Optics track/Silicon Photonics/Student Design Competition Organizer, Photonics North, SPIE

2014 Technical Program Committee, CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop, CMOSET

2014 Program Committee, International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD Institute

2014 Peer Review of Teaching, ECE UBC

2014 Undergraduate Program Excellence Committee, ECE UBC

2014 - 2016 Board of Governors, IEEE Photonics Society

2014 - 2017 Associate Vice President Education, IEEE Photonics Society

2015 Departmental Service Planning - Student Teams, ECE UBC

2015 Program Co-Chair, IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference, IEEE

2015 Local Secretary, IEEE Group IV Photonics, IEEE

2015 Program Committee, International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD Institute

2015 - 2017 Committee Member & Grant Reviewer, NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Committee

2016 Peer Review of Teaching Committee, ECE UBC

2016 General Co-Chair, IEEE Interconnects Conference, IEEE

2016 Invited Session Co-Chair: Silicon Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuits, Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE

2016 Technical Program Committee, Integrated Photonics Research: Silicon and Nano-Photonics, OSA

2016 Program Committee, International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD Institute

2016 Committee Member, International Semiconductor Laser Conference, IEEE

2016 Integrated Photonics Subcommittee/Technical Program Committee, OSA Frontiers in Optics, OSA

2016 Photonic Integration and Packaging Committee, IEEE Photonics Conference, IEEE