Stanford Photonics Research Center, Stanford University
The Miller Group
Alumni

Click on the names below to see current contact information for the following Miller Group alumni.
Dr. Diwakar Agarwal
Dr. Petar Atanackovic
Dr. Sameer Bhalotra
Dr. Ray Chen
Dr. Henry Chin
Dr. Christof Debaes
Dr. Hilmi Volkan Demir
Prof. Timothy Drabik
Dr. Onur Fidaner
Dr. Martina Gerken
Dr. Noah Helman
Dr. Yang Jiao
Dr. Gordon Keeler
Dr. Bianca Keeler
Dr. Helen Kung
Dr. Daniel Levner
Dr. Rafael Piestun
Dr. Jon Roth
Dr. Vijit Sabnis
Dr. Ryo Takahashi
Dr. Ryohei Urata
Dr. Michael Wiemer
Dr. Micah Yari
Wei Zhou, M.S.
Diwakar Agarwal

Birthplace: India
Position at Stanford: Postdoctoral Researcher
Project:
Optical interconnects, O/E & E/O interface design
Petar Atanackovic

Position at Stanford: Postdoctoral Researcher
Project:

Sameer Bhalotra
Birthplace: Derby, CT
Email: sbhalotra(at)yahoo.com

Project:
Adaptive Optical Microspectrometers
Aparna Bhatnagar
Birthplace: Delhi, India
Previous work: R&D engineer, Intel Corporation; R&D intern,
  Agilent Technologies
Current Position: Consultant, Business Technology Office,
  McKinsey & Company, Palo Alto, CA
Email: treasure(at)stanfordalumni.org
Project:
Optical Clocking of CMOS chips
Ray Chen
Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan
Current Position: High-speed ADC design engineer,
  Linear Technology
Email: raychen(at)stanfordalumni.org
Project:
CMOS controlled rapidly tunable photodetector
Henry Chin
Current Position: Device Engineer, Sandisk
Email: chin-mgalum(at)stanfordalumni.org
Project:
Photonic Analog-to-Digital Converters
Christof Debaes
Birthplace: Belgium
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, EE, VUB Belgium
Email: c_debaes(at)yahoo.com
Project:
Professor Hilmi Volkan Demir
Birthplace: Turkey
Current Position: Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics; Associate Director of Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Turkey
Email: volkan(at)stanfordalumni.org, volkan(at)bilkent.edu.tr
Project:
Highly integrated, multi-functional optoelectronic switch arrays for high-density switching
Tim Drabik
Birthplace: Gary, IN
Email: tim.drabik(at)stanford.edu
Webpage: www.drabik.net
Project:
Onur Fidaner
Birthplace: Ankara, Turkey
Email: ofidaner(at)stanford.edu
Project:
Martina Gerken
Birthplace: Goettingen, Germany
Current Position: Post doctoral researcher, LTI, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe
Email: martina.gerken(at)lti.uni-karlsruhe.de
Webpage: LTI
Project:
Dispersive photonic nanostructures
Noah Helman
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSF Lim Lab
Email: nhelman(at)cmp.ucsf.edu
Webpage: UCSF Lim Lab
Project:
Optoelectronic Modulators for Optical Interconnections
Yang Jiao
Email: jiaoyang(at)stanfordalumni.org
Project:
jiaoyang(at)stanfordalumni.org
Gordon Keeler
Birthplace: Thunder Bay, Canada
Email: gkeeler(at)stanfordalumni.org
Project:
Optical Interconnects
Bianca Keeler
Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI
Current Position: Satellite optical systems researcher, Sandia National Labs
Email: bkeeler(at)stanfordalumni.org
Project:
Optical Interconnects
Helen Kung
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Project:
Miniature Optical Spectrometers

Daniel Levner
Email: DABM-Alumni(at)levner.com
Project:
Binary Supergratings for spectral engineering
Rafael Piestun
Birthplace: Uruguay
Position at Stanford: Postdoctoral Researcher
Current Position: Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
Email: piestun(at)colorado.edu
Project:
Jon Roth
Birthplace: Lansdale, PA
Email: jroth(at)stanford.edu
Project:
QUAFEM, group III-V and IV surface-normal and side-entry modulators
Vijit Sabnis Project:
Optically Controlled Optical Switches
Ryo Takahashi
Birthplace: Japan
Position at Stanford: Visiting Scientist
Current Position: Current Position: Research Scientist, NTT Labs
Email: takahashi.ryo(at)nslab.ntt.co.jp
Project:
Liang (Luke) Tang
Birthplace: Yongzhou, China
Email: luketang@gmail.com

Position at Stanford: Graduate Student
Current Position: Sharp, Oregon
Project:
Ryohei Urata
Birthplace: Japan
Position at Stanford: Visiting Scientist
Current Position: Post-Doc, NTT Photonics Laboratories, Japan
Email: ryohei(at)stanfordalumni.org
Project:
Michael Wiemer
Birthplace: Oregon
Project:
Mode-Locked Long Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers
Micah Yairi
Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas
Position at Stanford: Visiting Scientist
Current Position: Senior Researcher, Los Gatos Research, Mountainview, CA
Email: micah.yairi(at)stanfordalumni.org
Phone: (650) 906-6985
Project:
Optically controlled optical gates
Wei Zhou
Birthplace: Hu Bei, China
Undergraduate School: University of Science and Technology of China
Undergraduate Degrees: B.S., Physics
Stanford Degree: M.S., Applied Physics
Project:
CMOS optical receiver design
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