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Simons Collaboration:
Harnessing Universal Symmetry Concepts for Extreme Wave Phenomena

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Collaboration Director

  • photonics initiative director Andrea Alu

    Andrea Alù, Ph.D.

    • Director, Photonics Initiative
    • Einstein Professor of Physics, The Graduate Center, CUNY
    • Professor of Electrical Engineering, The City College of New York
     Email: aalu@gc.cuny.edu
    Phone: 212.413.3260

Collaboration Administration

Principal Investigators

Consultants

Postdoctoral Researchers & Students

  • Mahmoud Abdelrahman

    • Ph.D. Student, Christodoulides Group, University of Central Florida

  • Gaurav Arya

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant, MIT

  • Mohammed Benzaouia

    • Ph.D. student, MIT EECS

  • Giovanni Bordiga Ph.D.

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University

  • Constant Bourdeloux

    • Ph.D. student, Université PSL Paris

  • Davide Bray

    • Student, Bertoldi Group, Harvard University

  • Mo Chen

    • Ph.D. student, MIT Applied Mathematics

  • Bolei Deng

    • Student, Bertoldi Group, Harvard University

  • Asaf Farhi

    • Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University

  • David Fernandes

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Coimbra – Inst.deTelecomunicações

  • Sophie Fisher

    • Ph.D. student, MIT EECS

  • Antonio Elia Forte

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University

  • Michel Fruchart

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago

  • Sriram Guddala

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, The City College of CUNY

  • Satyam Jha

    • PhD Student, The City College of New York CUNY

  • Pawel Jung

    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Christodoulides Group, University of Central Florida
  • headshot: Yoshiaki Kasahara

    Yoshiaki Kasahara

    • Doctoral Student, Alù group, Photonics Initiative

  • Svetlana Kiriushechkina

    • Ph.D. Student, The City College of New York CUNY

  • Filipp Komissarenko Ph.D.

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, The City College of New York CUNY

  • Rodion Kononchuk Ph.D.

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Wesleyan University

  • Arkady Kurnosov

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Wesleyan University
  • Headshot: Xuenan Li

    Xuenan Li

    • Ph.D. Student, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU

  • Winston Liang

    • Undergraduate Student, NYU

  • Haokun Luo

    • Ph.D. Student, Christodoulides Group, University of Central Florida
  • headshot: Sander Mann

    Sander Mann, Ph.D.

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Alù Group, Photonics Initiative

  • Vahid Nikkhah

    • Ph.D. Student , University of Pennsylvania

  • Georgios Pyrialakos

    • Postdoctoral Fellow, Christodoulides Group, University of Central Florida

  • Jana Reda

    • Ph.D. student, Université PSL Paris

  • Huizhong Ren

    • Ph.D. Student, Christodoulides Group, University of Central Florida

  • João Serra

    • Ph.D. student, University of Lisbon– Instituto de Telecomunicações

  • Cheng Shi

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Kottos Group, Wesleyan University

  • Suwun Suwunnarat

    • Ph.D. Research Assistant, Kottos Group, Wesleyan University

  • William A. Tuxbury

    • Ph.D. Research Assistant, Kottos Group, Wesleyan University

  • Dimitrios Tzarouchis

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania
  • Headshot: Raghav Venkatraman

    Raghav Venkatraman

    • Postdoctoral Scientist , Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU

  • ChengZhen Wang

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Kottos Group, Wesleyan University
  • Headshot: Shaghayegh Yaraghi

    Shaghayegh Yaraghi

    • Ph.D. Student, Christodoulides Group, University of Central Florida

  • Kawaguchi Yuma

    • Ph.D. Student, The City College of New York CUNY

  • Ahmad Zareei

    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University

Collaboration Scientists - TBD

Affiliated Scientists - TBD

Scientific Advisory Board - TBD