Group Members

We are looking for new MSc students and Undergraduates to join the team (see openings) !

Current Members

Andrew MacRae

Adjunct Assistant professor (2020-) Sr. Lab Instructor (2016-)
  • BSc (Hon. Physics), University of Victoria (2005)
  • PhD (Physics), University of Calgary (Supervisor, Alex Lvovsky) (2008-2012)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Berkeley (Group of D.M. Stamper-Kurn) (2012-2014)

Jamal Mohammad Khani

MSc Student (2022-present)
  • BSc (2022), The University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

Maxwell Brown

Undergraduate researcher (2022-2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Owen Sandner

VKURA Research Fellow (2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Brendan MacKey

Undergraduate researcher (2022-2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Thomas Bourgeois

Undergraduate researcher (2022-2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Hayden Snauwaert

Summer research student (2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Zaina Siddiqui

Summer research student (2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Ash Enefer

Summer research student (2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Diana Gao

Summer research student (2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Matthew Newton

Undergraduate researcher (2022-2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Neelam Esmail

Summer research student (2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Will Stokes

Summer research student (2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Rowan Meronek

Summer research student (2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

Arsh Singh

Summer research student (2022-2023)
  • BSc (in Progress), University of Victoria

You!

See "openings" for more info

Former Members

  1. Ben Scheuer
    • Undergraduate student researcher
    • Project: Optical Phase Locked Loop
    • Current Position: Summer research intern at TRIUMF
  2. Kenny Gregory
    • Project: Research Team Leader (Polarimeter, Entanglement, Circuits, Stabilization)
    • Current Position: MSc Student at McGill
  3. Jake Neijmeijer
    • Summer Research Student
    • Project: PDH via FPGA
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  4. Kje Rybar
    • Summer research student
    • Project: Laser Stabilization
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  5. Arshpreet Singh
    • Summer research student
    • Project: Laser Stabilization
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  6. Matthew Newton
    • Summer research student
    • Project: Circuit Design
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  7. Charlie Squires
    • Summer research student
    • Project: Polarimeter
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  8. Matt Forbes
    • Undergraduate Researcher (4th year)
    • Project: DAVLL Design
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  9. Sarah Alshamaily
    • Undergraduate Researcher (4th year)
    • Project: ECDL design
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  10. Seth Fleming-Alho
    • Undergraduate Researcher(3rd year)
    • Project: Laser Piezo Drivers
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  11. Kevin Kuo
    • Research Associate
    • Project: PDH Lock
    • Current Position: MSc Student at the University of Singapore
  12. Swapnil Daxini
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2017-2019
    • Project: Improved ECDL design
    • Current Position: PhS Student in the group of Peter Loock
  13. Joe Howie
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2018-2019
    • Project: DAVLL (Honours Thesis)
    • Current Position: Msc. Student in CSC
  14. Ruhee Janmohamed
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2018-2019
    • Project: Photodetectors
    • Current Position: Public Outreach Coordinator at UVic at UVic
  15. Abid-Ali Ratanshi
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2018-2019
    • Project: Photodetectors
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  16. Janay Ma
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2019
    • Project: Fourier Optics
    • Current Position: BSc Student at UVic
  17. Jakob Rimmer
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2019
    • Project: Fourier Optics
    • Current Position: Graduate Student at UVic
  18. Dezy Manuel
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2019
    • Project: Metamaterials
    • Current Position: Science Venture
  19. Noah Gorgichuck
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2019
    • Project: Metamaterials
    • Current Position: MSc Student at U Waterloo
  20. Aydan McKay
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2019
    • Project: Polarimeter
    • Current Position: Graduate Student in Astronomy at UVic
  21. Scott Wilkinson
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2019
    • Project: Polarimeter
    • Current Position: Graduate Student in Astronomy at UVic
  22. Devon Rousavy
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2018
    • Project: Split-Ring Resonators
    • Current Position: Graduate Student in Data Science at UVic engineering
  23. Alex Tofini
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2018
    • Project: PDH Lock (Honour Thesis)
    • Current Position: Graduate Student in Physics at UBC
  24. Colin Jones
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2017
    • Project: Cavity QED Simulation of Kerr-Nonlinearity
    • Current Position: Graduate Student at McGill
  25. Sophia Jefferson
    • High School Summer Student, 2017
    • Project: Fabry Perot Drivers
    • Current Position: Undergraduate student at UVic
  26. Zhelun Li
    • Undergraduate researcher Student 2016
    • Project: SPDC EPR entanglement source
    • Current Position: PhD Student at UVic