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PEOPLE / THE LAB

Discovery is
a collective act.

We bring together researchers across optics, nanofabrication, materials, computation, and the unexpected places where those fields meet.

Professor Nanfang Yu in the laboratoryPhoto: Columbia Engineering

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Nanfang Yu

Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics

Prof. Nanfang Yu studies the interaction between light and structured materials at the nanometer scale. His group creates new optical devices—from metasurfaces and integrated photonics to quantum and bio-inspired photonic systems.

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Postdocs / Research Scientists

Portrait of Rei Landsberger

Postdoc / Research Scientist

Rei Landsberger

Portrait of Dr. Aidan Michael Therien

Postdoc / Research Scientist

Dr. Aidan Michael Therien

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Doctoral Researchers

Portrait of Qian Liu

Doctoral Researcher

Qian Liu

David Liu

Portrait of Marco D'Alessandro

Doctoral Researcher

Marco D'Alessandro

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Graduate / Undergraduate Students

Portrait of Zhiyu Zheng

Graduate / Undergraduate Student

Zhiyu Zheng

Master Student
Portrait of Alexander Sau Hang Ching

Graduate / Undergraduate Student

Alexander Sau Hang Ching

Undergraduate Student

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Alumni

Alumni archive in preparation