Current Team

Principal Investigator

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Boon S. Ooi
Boon S. Ooi

Principal Investigator

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST
Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) | Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) | Fellow of the Institute of Physics (London)​​
Research Interests: Optoelectronics, Photonics


Boon.Ooi@kaust.edu.sa

Laboratory Manager

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Tien Khee Ng
Tien Khee Ng

Laboratory Manager

Principal Research Scientist, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) | Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) | Senior Member of IEEE | Senior Member of The Optical Society (OSA)​​​​​​​​​​
Research Interests: Photonics, Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Large bandgap group-III nitride


TienKhee.Ng@kaust.edu.sa

Research Scientists

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Chun Hong Kang
Chun Hong Kang

Research Scientist

Research Interests: GaN, Photonics and optoelectronics

chunHong.Kang@kaust.edu.sa

Islam Ashry
Islam Ashry

Senior Research Scientist

Fellow, Institute of Physics | Senior Member, NAI & IEEE
Research Interests: Optical sensors, optical communications, machine learning


islam.ashry@kaust.edu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Wenqing Niu
Wenqing Niu

Visiting Student,

Research Interests: Networks, Wireless Communications, Photonics

wenqing.niu@kaust.edu.sa

Wahyu Hendra Gunawan
Wahyu Hendra Gunawan

Postdoctoral Fellow,

Research Interests: Optical Wireless Communication, Optical Fiber Communication Systems, Advanced Modulation Format

wahyu.gunawan@kaust.edu.sa

Alaaeddine Rjeb
Alaaeddine Rjeb

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Next generation networks, Next generation optical communication and sensing physical layer' devices, specialty devices for high dimensional Quantum Key Distribution

alaaeddine.rjeb@kaust.edu.sa

Lab Engineers (Project Development)

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Baoshi Sun
Baoshi Sun

Lab Engineer

Research Interests: Marine Observation Technology, Underwater Wireless Communication, Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing and Analysis.

baoshi.sun@kaust.edu.sa

Kar Ying Ong
Kar Ying Ong

Lab Engineer (Project Development)

Research Interests: Seismic imaging, Sensors

ong.ying@kaust.edu.sa

PhD Students

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Yan Wang
Yan Wang

M.S./PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics and Optoelectronics

wang.yan@kaust.edu.sa

Zinan Xiao
Zinan Xiao

PhD Student

Research Interests: Sensors, Photonics and Optoelectronics

zinan.xiao@kaust.edu.sa

Haoyu Tong
Haoyu Tong

PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics and Optoelectronics

haoyu.tong@kaust.edu.sa

Fares Banjar
Fares Banjar

PhD Student

Optical Fiber Communication Systems, Optical Wireless Communication Systems

fares.banjar@kaust.edu.sa

Heming Lin
Heming Lin

M.S./PhD Student

Photonics and optoelectronics; Meta-materials

heming.lin@kaust.edu.sa

Talha Ariff
Talha Ariff

PhD Student

Plant biology & Desert agriculture, Sensors, Photonics & Optoelectronics

talha.ariff@kaust.edu.sa

Wenbo Yan
Wenbo Yan

PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics and optoelectronics, Solar Energy

wenbo.yan@kaust.edu.sa

Abdullah Alquwayzani
Abdullah Alquwayzani

PhD Student

Research Interests: Electronics

abdullah.quwayzani@kaust.edu.sa

Yara Banda
Yara Banda

PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics, Optoelectronics

yara.banda@kaust.edu.sa

Ibrahim Alsayoud
Ibrahim Alsayoud

PhD Student

Research Interests: Photonics, Optoelectronics

ibrahim.alsayoud@kaust.edu.sa

Hang Lu
Hang Lu

PhD Student

Research Interests: Optoelectronic devices and photonic integrated circuit (PIC)

hang.lu@kaust.edu.sa

Masters Students

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Md Al Shahriar Shakil
Md Al Shahriar Shakil

M.S./Ph.D. Student

Photonics & Optoelectronics

mdalshahriar.shakil@kaust.edu.sa

Hanqi Li
Hanqi Li

M.S./Ph.D. Student

Photonics & Optoelectronics

hanqi.li@kaust.edu.sa

Jiahao Wei
Jiahao Wei

M.S./Ph.D. Student

Photonics & Optoelectronics

jiahao.wei@kaust.edu.sa

International Visiting Students

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