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Andrea is the NUCLEUS (CREATE grant) Program Officer and Laboratory Manager for the Shastri Lab and the Quantum Nanophotonics Lab. Andrea obtained a B.Sc (Honours) in Life Science from Queen's and a M.Sc. in Pharmacology and Physiology from McMaster.  She worked as a Study Coordinator for the Canadian Cancer Trials Group at Queen's for 14 years before becoming a Research Projects Advisor - Institutional Programs and Strategic Initiatives within the Vice Principal Research Portfolio.  In her spare time, Andrea loves weightlifting, curling, playing piano and enjoying life with her amazing daughter Clara.

Ammar received his BSc. in Electrical Engineering (Electronics and Communications) with a focus on Electromagnetics and Photonics in 2024: grade excellent with highest honors. He is interested in researching how to use photonics for signal processing and computing, specifically looking for novel architectures that can create breakthroughs. Apart from his academic life, Ammar loves traveling and hanging out.

Jennifer is the NUCLEUS (CREATE grant) program officer and laboratory manager for the Shastri Lab and the Quantum Nanophotonics Lab. Jennifer has a history in scientific research and research administration at several Canadian academic institutions (ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´, the Royal Military College, The University of Winnipeg, and the University of Manitoba) and associated research institutions (The Manitoba Institute for Materials, and the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute). In her spare time, Jennifer can be found enjoying quality time with her family, or at the barn with her horse.

Melanie is a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing a BASc in Engineering Physics, specializing in Computing. She is starting an Accelerated MASc, where she is excited to research the interface of quantum computing and machine learning. Prior to her undergraduate studies, Melanie obtained her Pilot License. In her spare time, she enjoys working out, running, playing hockey, snowboarding, and rock climbing.

Aadhi received his Master's degree in Physics from Gandhigram Rural University in 2009. Subsequently, he joined the Physical Research Laboratory in India as a junior research fellow to pursue his PhD. In 2016, he successfully earned his doctoral degree for his pioneering work on the generation and demonstration of tunable spectral and spatial beams using optical parametric oscillators (OPO) at IIT Gandhinagar, India. In 2017, he joined the Nonlinear Photonics group led by Prof. Roberto Morandotti at INRS-EMT as a Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellow. His current research interests mainly focus on on-chip integrated photonic platforms for demonstrating neuromorphic photonic computing and machine learning architectures. He enjoys watching movies and traveling in his free time.
 

Jack is currently in his fourth year of Engineering Physics (BASc), specializing in Computing at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´. He is interested in photonics and optics and their applications to telecommunication-based systems and neuromorphic computing. This past summer, he worked on ultrafast optical signal compression and using machine learning for pulse shaping. Outside of school, he likes to play and build his own guitars and amplifiers, make homemade wine, weightlift, and as of recently, struggle at learning the banjo.
 

Co-advised with Prof. Nir Rotenberg

Anders is currently in his fourth year of the Engineering Physics Computing Option (B.A.Sc) at Queen's University. He is interested in on-chip nanophotonics, particularly with applications to Neuromorphic Computing and cryogenic quantum photonic circuits. He spent last summer studying and designing metasurfaces - subwavelength arrays of optical phase shifters - for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). He is also interested in on-chip squeezing for broad quantum-tech applications. In his spare time, he enjoys bouldering and playing table tennis.
 

Amirhossein graduated from the University of Tehran with an MSc degree in Solid-State physics. His research interest is at the intersection of optics and engineering. Particularly he is studying integrated photonic circuits and their applications to artificial intelligence. He also loves playing video games in his free time.
 

In 2018, Jose earned his BSc in Physics from the University of Valencia (UV), and a year later, he obtained his MSc in Advanced Physics with a specialization in photonics from the same institution. While pursuing his degrees, he collaborated with the High-Gradient RF laboratory for medical applications at the Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC – UV). Additionally, he completed two summer internships at the nanophotonics laboratory of the Institute of Chemical Technologies of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and at the international particle accelerator facility of FAIR/GSI. Currently, Jose is pursuing his Ph.D. in telecommunications at UPV and is a visiting Ph.D. student at the Shastri Lab at Queen's University. His research interests include programmable photonics and photonic matrix multipliers for applications in artificial intelligence and communication systems.

Liam is in his fourth year of Engineering Physics (B.A.Sc) at Queens, with an option in Computing. He is interested in photonic neural networks and other applications of photonic quantum computing. In his spare time, he enjoys playing guitar and piano, along with hockey and volleyball.