Scientific Board
Biography
Anna Backerra graduated in theoretical physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands and worked for three years at Philips Research Laboratories. She continued independently, making a search for complementary physics. To develop a way of complementary thinking she studied composition at the Conservatory in Enschede and in Saint Petersburg. After that she constructed a complementary mathematical language and applied this to physics, obtaining twin physics. The surprisingly diverse results are published in Physical Essays (3 papers), Applied Physics Research (3 papers), Advances in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (1), Int. J. of Nanotechnology & Nanomedicine (1), and combined in a book (Twin physics, the complementary model of phenomena, Lambert Academic Publishing, www. more books. shop). The most recent article (not yet published) is titled ‘Four types of electrons and their associated finite magnetic fields.
Biography
Dr. Zhenguo Lu is a Principal Research Officer, Team Lead of Photonics Devices and Project Leader of National Challenge Program “High-Throughput and Secure Networks (HTSN)†at Advanced Electronics and Photonics (AEP) Research Centre of National Research Council (NRC), Ottawa, Canada. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering of both University of Ottawa and Concordia University in Canada since 2006. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1992, he was the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellowship to work at Institute of Semiconductor Electronics, RWTH Aachen, Germany from 1993 to 1995. Then he worked at Terahertz Research Centre of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA for more than two years. Dr. Lu came to NRC as a Research Officer in 1997. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Lu was the Director of Product Research & Development of BTI Systems Inc., Ottawa, Canada. He has re-joined NRC as a Senior Research Officer in 2002. Dr. Lu is an expert in the field of photonics devices and their applications in optical coherent networks, data center networks, 5G & beyond wireless networks and satellite communications. He has published over 250 refereed journal and conference proceeding papers, and 8 US patents. He has given over 50 invited talks in the international conferences, universities and industry companies. Dr. Lu is a Fellow of the Optica.
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Dr. Chris Kelbaugh, after 8 years serving active duty in the US Air Force, I tested into an engineering position with a robotic and Laser Company called Fanuc America. I worked at Fanuc for 9 years becoming a senior laser support engineer helping and training customers and field engineers in all of North & South America. As I spent more and more time in the office and missing the travel and not wanting to move to Fanuc HQ in Chicago, IL I made the life-changing decision to start Advanced Laser Services. At ALS we provide service, technical support & training, and part sales for industrial CO2 lasers worldwide. We have trained & installed lasers all over North America and as far as Dubai and Viet Nam. We look forward to building customer relationships and ensuring equipment uptime for many years to come as the fabrication sector changes and evolves to include fiber laser and robot and fiber combination cutting. Advanced Laser Services, LLC is dedicated to providing the best most cost-effective service and support in the industry. In addition to our high-quality standards, ALS is recognized throughout the industry as having the most knowledgeable sales and support teams along with the most experienced laser engineers.
Biography
CHONGYANG LIU received the Ph.D. degree in semiconductor photonics from Nanyang Technological University (NTU),Singapore, in 2004. He was a Research Associate with the Singapore-MIT Alliance Project from2004 to 2005 and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NTU, from 2005 to 2007. From 2007 to2009, he was a Senior Research Fellow with the A*STAR “VIP†Program on Nanophotonics and Nanoelectronic Integration, Data Storage Institute, Singapore. From October 2009 to January 2012, he was awarded a Humboldt Fellowship (for experienced researcher) from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for doing research in Technical University Berlin, Germany in Prof. Dieter Bimberg’s group. He is currently a Principal Investigator/Principal Research Scientist with Temasek Laboratories, NTU. His research interests include design, simulation, fabrication, characterization, and analysis of high-power quantum well lasers, ultrafast quantum dot lasers, microwave photonics as well as their integration with Si photonics. He has authored and co-authored more than120 technical articles in these fields so far.
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Professor Salman Noach received his Ph.D. in physics in 2003 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ISRAEL. In 2007 he returned back to Academy at the "Jerusalem College of Technology" and founded the Solid State Lasers Laboratory there. The lab is mainly engaged in applied research and development of CW and pulsed solid-state lasers, nonlinear optics, Raman wavelength shifting, and Optical amplifiers in the SWIR and mid-IR range. The results of the lab research were the object of many publications in high-ranked journals in the optics and laser community and two patents. He is a senior member of OSA and a member of SPIE.
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Gil Shalev is an associate professor with the school of electrical and computer engineering, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. His main research interests involve light trapping and broadband absorption of solar radiation based on arrays of nanostructures for various photonic and photovoltaic applications, as well as the exploration of novel field-effect devices for bioelectronics and biosensors. He gained his scientific education and experience at Tel-Aviv University in Israel and in the Max-Planck Institute in Germany.
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During the last decade, Sergey Kobtsev’s research activity centered around mode-locked fiber lasers, and his personal accomplishments in this area have brought new fundamental insights into the generation mechanisms of these lasers and the non-linear transformation of their output. His work also resulted in many times in the achievement of record-breaking output parameters of these lasers. The total record of S. Kobtsev's service exceeds 35 years. S. Kobtsev is distinguished with two academic degrees in physics and mathematics (Ph. D. and Doctor of Science) and the academic rank of docent. He has supervised the preparation and defense of 5 Ph. D. theses. In 2015, S. M. Kobtsev was honored with the OSA’s Outstanding Reviewer Recognition.
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LuÃs Cancela received the Ph.D. degree in Information Science and Technology from Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon in 2008. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the same university, where he has been lecturing on telecommunication networks and optical communication systems. He is also a researcher of the Optical Communications and Photonics Group of Instituto de Telecomunicações since 1999. He has authored or co-authored 2 book chapters, 12 journal publications and 37 international conference papers. His research interests include physical layer impairments modelling in multiband optical networks, ROADM architectures and optical networks planning.
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Dr. Prashant B. Patel is working as Associate Professor in the Instrumentation department at Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology (DIT), Pune, India. He has completed his Ph.D. from SGGSIET, Nanded. B.E. (Instrumentation) from NMU, Jalgaon, and M.E. (Instrumentation) from Government College of Engineering, Pune University. He has also completed PGDMM (Marketing Management) from the Indian Institute of Cost and Management Studies and Research, Pune University. He has secured the first rank during the PGDMM course at the Institute and the second rank at Pune University. His research area is interferometer-based fiber optics sensors. He has over 25 years of experience in Industry, teaching, academic planning, administration, training, and campus recruitment. He is a Fellow-IEI (FIE) and a Life Member of ISTE, BMESI, ISOI, ISA, and IETE. He has published 38 papers at National / International conferences and 05 papers in technical Journals. He has published 02 patents and received 01 copyright. He is a reviewer for the “Optical Fiber Technology†Elsevier publication Journal and Journal of the European Optical Society as well as Technical Journals published by the Institution of Engineers, India. He has worked as an Executive Committee member for IETE and IEI Pune center. He has completed international certification from “DALE CARNEGIE†in “High Impact Teaching Skills†under the Mission 10X program of Wipro Technologies. Along with academics, he has signed MoU with various organizations like Infosys Ltd., B and R automation, BOSCH, Schneider, Yamaha Motors, Sungard, etc. He has an impressive record in mentoring students and academic leadership to his credit.
