Held office hours and gave lectures for 3 graduate level ECE courses and 1 senior level undergraduate ECE course:ECE 41400 Elements of Electro and Fiber OpticsECE 55200 Introduction to LasersECE 60421 Introduction to Nanophotonics and MetamaterialsECE 61500 Nonlinear Optics

Birck Nanotechnology Center• Lead experimental studies for the demonstration of quantum confinement induced thickness dependence of the plasmonic properties of metallic atomically thin films• Collaborate with theorists to develop first principle studies and a semiclassical theory describing the optical response of atomically thin metals• Design and coordinate experiments to validate developed theories for atomically thin epitaxial metals utilizing ellipsometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)• Conduct optical pump-probe spectroscopy on atomically thin metals and 2D materials, such as MXenes, to study ultrafast carrier dynamics• Develop thin film growth processes for metallic and dielectric thin films using magnetron sputtering and atomic layer deposition (ALD) for nanophotonic and quantum applications• Manage the operation of two magnetron sputtering systems, including regular maintenance and standard user training• Oversaw the purchase, installation, and successful operation of a new magnetron sputtering system• Conduct standard user training on ellipsometry as the tool super-user

• Characterized a split ring resonator antenna with three-dimensional far field measurements• Conducted optical pump – terahertz probe spectroscopy on III – V semiconductors to study carrier dynamics• Measured the optical properties of explosive materials using terahertz time domain spectroscopy• Designed a metamaterial based chemical sensor for explosive materials with CST Microwave Studio

John Rogers' Research GroupOptmized the fabrication process for metallic nanoparticles arrays on flexible substrates using nanoimprint lithography and studied their optical response using spectrophotometry under different strains and polarizations