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Harlem Community Job Fair
July 18, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Calling all Harlem Residents and students! Attend our job fair on Friday, July 18, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to learn about local career opportunities and job training programs. RSVP at https://bit.ly/40jkjxe Join us at the CUNY ASRC to meet representatives from City and Government-related organizations, non-profits, educational programs, employment certification programs, and Read More
Two-part Photonics Initiative Seminar
July 7, 2025 @ 1:30 pm
This is a two-part Photonics Initiative Seminar, the first part describing information in light structure and the second part about structuring light in the lab. Dr. Eileen Otte Beyond the Beam: The Potential of Light’s Structure When light interacts with a medium, its spatial structure – including amplitude, phase, polarization, angular momenta, and more – Read More
2025 IEEE Workshop: Photonics Automation with Python
July 7, 2025 @ 9:00 am
Any students or early-career researchers interested in automating photonics experiments with Python? Our Photonics Initiative is hosting a four‑day workshop from July 7 to July 10 that will teach you how to automate optical experiments using Python. LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE. Apply by June 15! Learn more and register to attend at bit.ly/3ZSf9YT Download the Flyer
Photonics Initiative seminar: Wencan Jin
June 25, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Dr. Wencan Jin, Auburn University Hybrid magnon-phonon cavity realized in a magnetoelastic heterostructure Abstract - Strong coupling between two quantized excitations leads to a hybridized state that allows to explore new phenomena and technologies. Phononic excitations, such as long-lived, high-overtone acoustic waves, can host many well-isolated modes at the same frequency. Meanwhile, magnetic excitations or magnons Read More
The 13th ETOPIM International Conference
June 16, 2025 @ 8:15 am
You're invited! Join us at the CUNY ASRC from June 16 to June 20 for the 13th ETOPIM international conference on elastic, electrical, transport, and optical properties of inhomogeneous media. The conference, hosted by the Photonics Initiative, aims to discuss experimental and theoretical developments in the field of inhomogeneous materials and metamaterials. The week-long event Read More
Photonics Initiative Seminar: Angel Rubio
May 29, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Angel Rubio, Max Planck Institute Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics for Quantum Materials Design Angel Rubio Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany Initiative for Computational catalysis (ICC) and Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) Flatiron Institute, 10010 NY, USA Abstract - A central challenge in Read More
Photonics Initiative Seminar: Andrea Fiore
May 15, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Andrea Fiore, Eindhoven University of Technology. Nanophotonics on the Tip of a Fiber Abstract - By transferring nanopatterned semiconductor membranes on the tip of optical fibers, we combine the power of nanophotonics with the flexibility of fiber sensing. In this talk I will discuss a variety of fiber-tip sensors of physical and biochemical parameters Read More
CUNYSciCom’s 2025 Symposium
May 9, 2025 @ 10:00 am
A panel of judges (a science professor, a trained public liaison, and an undergraduate student) will give feedback to all participants, and cash prizes of up to $500 will be awarded! Sponsored by the Doctoral and Graduate Student Council, the GC Biology Department, and external donor funding. Hosted By Biology Doctoral and Graduate Students' Council Read More
Photonics Initiative Seminar: Danial Motlagh
April 29, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Danial Motlagh, Xanadu Title: A Renaissance in Materials Discovery Abstract - Quantum computers have the potential to transform materials discovery for next-generation technologies from a slow and expensive trial and error process into a fast, cost-effective, simulation-driven endeavour. In this talk, I’ll share our vision for a quantum-accelerated materials discovery pipeline and the regimes Read More
Photonics Initiative Seminar: Weidong Zhou
April 25, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Dr. Weidong Zhou, Photonics Center, University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Scaling towards high-power single-mode PCSELs and PCSEL Arrays (Photonic Crystal Surface-Emitting Lasers) Abstract When it was first invented 60 years ago, the laser was described as “A solution looking for a problem”. Few predicted that lasers would ultimately support multi-trillion-dollar photonics-enabled markets today. Based Read More