Scherer, Axel

Committee Member — 124 thesises

• Steger, Scott Tiedeman — A Fundamental Approach to Phase Noise Reduction in Hybrid Si/III-V Lasers (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miserendino, Scott Brian — A Modular Microfluidic Approach to Nano High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Poon, Joyce Kai See — Active and Passive Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dicken, Matthew James — Active Oxide Nanophotonics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aghlmand, Fatemeh — Adaptive Optoelectronic Systems: From Bio- Sensing to Free-Space Optical Communication (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Wenyuan — Additive Nanofabrication of 3D TiO₂ Metaoptics via Two-Photon Lithography (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Robert Bumju — All-Optical Wavelength Conversion by Four-Wave Mixing in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Au, John King-Tai — An Ab Initio Approach to the Inverse Problem-Based Design of Photonic Bandgap Devices (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Yong — Analytical and Numerical Studies of Waveguiding and Coupling in Periodic Dielectric Materials (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lessard, Guillaume — Apertureless Near-Field Optical Microscopy for Fluorescence Imaging (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Levy, Harold — Application and integration of quantum-effect devices for cellular VLSI (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Melissa — Atomically Thin Spatial Light Modulators with Excitonic Nanomaterials (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Narasimhan, Vinayak — Bioinspired Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leifer, Stephanie D. — Characterization of fullerenes for electrostatic propulsion applications (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beach, Robert Andrew — Column III Nitride Growth, Characterization and Devices (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Guangxi — Compact Nonlinear Optical Devices in Silicon-Polymer Hybrid Material System (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mookherjea, Shayan — Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides and Multiplexed Solitons (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, John Myun — Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Semiconductor Transverse Bragg Resonance Lasers (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Adalian, Dvin Artashes-Boghos — Development and Dynamics of Microfabricated Enzymatic Biosensors (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bridger, Paul Martin — Development of Apertureless Microscopy and Force Microscopy of GaN and CeO₂ (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goldberg, Mark David — Development of Microfluidic Devices with the Use of Nanotechnology to Aid in the Analysis of Biological Systems Including Membrane Protein Separation, Single Cell Analysis, and Genetic Markers (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Witzens, Jeremy — Dispersion in Photonic Crystals (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jilani, Muhammad Musab — Dynamics of Microfabricated Enzyme Electrodes (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alonzo, Alicia Cristina — Effects of geometry on the wet thermal oxidation of aluminum arsenide (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sisler, Jared — Electrically Tunable Optical Active Metasurfaces in Space and Time (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kafaie Shirmanesh, Ghazaleh — Electro-Optically Tunable Metasurfaces for a Comprehensive Control of Properties of Light (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Seyoon — Electronically Tunable Light Modulation with Graphene and Noble Metal Plasmonics (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gu, Yiran — Emerging Directions in Active and Multi-Layer Meta-Optics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Kuan-Chang — Energy-Efficient Receiver Design for High-Speed Interconnects (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walker, Christopher — Fabrication of Microfluidic Structures by Automated Laser Ablation and Automation of Optical Testing (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Emery, Teresa Holly — Fabrication of Nanowire-based Magnetic Structures for Magnetic Resonance Applications (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cohen, Justin Daniel — Fiber-Optic Integration and Efficient Detection Schemes for Optomechanical Resonators (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Yong — Flexible MEMS Skin Technology for Distributed Fluidic Sensing (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maune, Brett Michael — Fluidic and Polymeric Integration and Functionalization of Optical Microresonators (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Santis, Christos Theodoros — High-Coherence Hybrid Si/III-V Semiconductor Lasers (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bargatin, Igor — High-Frequency Nanomechanical Resonators for Sensor Applications (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Ruo-Gu — High-Performance Silicon Nanowire Electronics (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Borselli, Matthew Gregory — High-Q Microresonators as Lasing Elements for Silicon Photonics (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hashemi Talkhooncheh, Arian — Holistic Design in High-Speed Silicon Photonics and Low-Power Electronics Platforms (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Henry, Michael David — ICP Etching of Silicon for Micro and Nanoscale Devices (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Green, William M. J. — InGaAsP-InP Semiconductor Microcavity Geometries for Annular Bragg Reflection, Optical Switching, and Sensing (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mujeeb-U-Rahman, Muhammad — Integrated Microsystems for Wireless Sensing Applications (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• He, Qing — Integrated Nano Liquid Chromatography System On-a-Chip (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oh, Dong Yoon — Integrated Nonlinear Photonic Devices (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xie, Jun — Integrated Parylene LC-ESI on a Chip (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Kiyoul — Integrated Ultra-High-Q Nonlinear Photonic Platform for On-Chip Optoelectronic Systems (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hochberg, Michael — Integrated Ultrafast Nonlinear Optical Devices in Silicon (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gunn, Lawrence Cary, III — Integration of Complex Optical Functionality in a Production CMOS Process (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Yan — Integration of Dye Lasers and Microfluidics for Biochemical Analysis (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Adams, Mark Lee — Integration of Optoelectronics and Microfluidics for Biological and Chemical Sensing (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barbastathis, George — Intelligent holographic databases (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Glaudell, Rebecca Denise — Interface Optimization for Improved Photovoltaic Devices (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Foo, Ian M. — Inverse-Designed Volumetric Metaoptics for Multifunctional Nanophotonics (2027, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Perahia, Raviv — Investigation and Application of Microscale Semiconductor Lasers and Cavities (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lie, Yu-Chun Donald — Ion implantation in epitaxial GexSi1-x on Si(100) (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khachaturian, Aroutin — Large-Scale Photonics Integration: Data Communications to Optical Beamforming (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Yonghwi — Light Modulation with Vanadium Dioxide-Based Optical Devices (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sekine, Ryoto — Lithium Niobate Nanophotonic Circuits for Information Processing (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Monge Osorio, Manuel Alejandro — Localization and Stimulation Techniques for Implantable Medical Electronics (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vyawahare, Saurabh — Manipulating Fluids: Advances in Micro-Fluidics, Opto-Fluidics and Fluidic Self-Assembly (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meng, Ellis Fan-Chuin — MEMS Technology and Devices for a Micro Fluid Dosing System (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chou, Hou-Pu — Microfabricated devices for rapid DNA diagnostics (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maltezos, George Manuel — Microfluidic Devices for Accessible Medical Diagnostics (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Balagaddé, Frederick Kiguli — Microfluidic Technologies for Continuous Culture and Genetic Circuit Characterization (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ahmad, Habibullah — Microfluidics Platforms for Quantitative, Multiplexed Protein Detection (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baspinar, Ayse Bilgehan — Multilayer Meta-Optics for Next-Generation Multifunctional Photonics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Jiahong — Multimodal Implantable Bioelectronics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Spence, Charles Frederick — Nanobiology: Halting Steps into a Portion of Richard Feynman 's Vision (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheng, Chuan-cheng — Nanofabrication and Characterization of Photonic Crystals (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hanania, Haeri Park — Nanophotonic Application to Biomedical Devices (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lončar, Marko — Nanophotonic Devices Based on Planar Photonic Crystals (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shayegan, Komron Joseph — Nanophotonic Engineering of Thermal Emitters (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miyazono, Evan Tsugio — Nanophotonic Resonators for Optical Quantum Memories based on Rare-Earth-Doped Materials (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fleischman, Dagny — Nanophotonic Structures: Fundamentals and Applications in Narrowband Transmission Color Filtering (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jones, William Maxwell — Nanoscale Field Emission Devices (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• De Rose, Lucía Belén — Nanoscale Field Emission Devices for High-Temperature and High-Frequency Operation (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Husain, Ali — Nanotube and Nanowire Devices (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kippenberg, Tobias Jan August — Nonlinear Optics in Ultra-High-Q Whispering-Gallery Optical Microcavities (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baehr-Jones, Tom Wetteland — Novel Modulation and Detection Mechanisms in Silicon Nanophotonics (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sendowski, Jacob Benjamin — On-Chip Integrated Label-Free Optical Biosensing (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cai, Ming — Optical Fiber Taper Coupled Glass Microsphere Resonators (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Painter, Oskar Jon — Optical Nanocavities in Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Planar Waveguides (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walavalkar, Sameer Sudhir — Optical, Mechanical, and Electronic Properties of Etched Silicon Nanopillars (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofmann, Carrie Elizabeth — Optics at the Nanoscale: Light Emission in Plasmonic Nanocavities (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Zhenyu — Optofluidic Dye Lasers (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Joyce Y. — Perpendicular patterned media for high density magnetic storage (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Ya-Tang — Phase Noise of Nanoelectromechanical Systems (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khankhoje, Uday Kiran — Photon Confinement in Photonic Crystal Cavities (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhu, Lin — Photonic Crystal Bragg Lasers: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vučković, Jelena — Photonic Crystal Structures for Efficient Localization or Extraction of Light (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Masmanidis, Sotirios Konstantinos — Piezoelectric and Magnetoelastic Strain in the Transduction and Frequency Control of Nanomechanical Resonators (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yoshie, Tomoyuki — Planar Photonic Crystal Nanocavities with Active Quantum Nanostructures (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Adleman, James Richard — Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Optofluidic Applications (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jang, Min Seok — Plasmonics and Electron Optics in Graphene (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Malik, Imran Raouf — Point of Care Molecular Diagnostics for Humanity (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Hua — Precision Frequency and Phase Synthesis Techniques in Integrated Circuits for Biosensing, Communication and Radar (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Areum — Probing Active Nanophotonic Materials Phenomena Under Electrostatic Modulation (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tong, Xiaolin — Properties and applications of potassium lithium tantalate niobate (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arlett, Jessica Lynn — Properties of Piezoresistive Silicon Nano-scale Cantilevers with Applications to BioNEMS (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cho, Hyunjun — Real-Time Biosensing and Energy Harvesting on Human Body (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zheng, Tianzhe — Reconfigurable Metasurfaces in Nanoelectromechanical and Silicon-Organic Systems (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pryce, Imogen Mary — Resonant Metallic Nanostructures for Active Metamaterials and Photovoltaics (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hwang, Chiyoung — Robust Nanogap Cluster Formation via Plasmonic Moiré Superlattices for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Homyk, Andrew P. — Scalable Methods for Deterministic Integration of Quantum Emitters in Photonic Crystal Cavities (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shearn, Michael Joseph, II — Silicon Integrated Optics: Fabrication and Characterization (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Thomas James — Silicon Microdisk Resonators for Nonlinear Optics and Dynamics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barsic, David Nicholas — Small-Scale Liquid-State Dynamics in Nanometer Size Devices (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Songye — Structural Dynamics by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liang, Wei — Study of Optical Phase Lock Loops and the Applications in Coherent Beam Combining and Coherence Cloning (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Centurion Mac Lean, Martin — Study of the Nonlinear Propagation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kumar, Shwetank — Submillimeter Wave Camera Using A Novel Photon Detector Technology (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Xiankai — Supermode Si/III-V Lasers and Circular Bragg Lasers (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Selmer Siu Man — Surface Chemical Analysis Using Reflection Electron Energy Loss Spectrometry During Molecular Beam Epitaxy (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Neal, Terrell Demetris — Surface Plasmon Enhanced Light Emission from Organic Light Emitters (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kou, Junlong — Tailoring Thermal Radiation from Near Field to Far Field (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Changsoon — Techniques for Molecular Detection: From Mid-Infrared Spectrometers to Nanopore Devices (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Richard Daniel — Techniques Toward the Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Enzyme-Based Sensors (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harfouche, Mark — The Coherence Collapse Regime of High-Coherence Si/III-V Lasers and the Use of Swept Frequency Semiconductor Lasers for Full Field 3D Imaging (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Zhaoyu — Towards Functional Miniaturized Lasers (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Williams, James Anthony — Ultrafast Quantum State Generation and Measurement in Nonlinear Nanophotonics (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pedroni, Volnei Antonio — VLSI Systems for Analog and Hamming Parallel Computation (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chang, Chieh-Feng — Wafer-Scalable Fabrication of Metal Nanostructures for Plasmonics-Assisted Biomedical Sensing Applications (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Jingqing — Wavelength-Scale Confinement of Light and Its Applications in On-Chip Photonic Devices (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sadek, Akram Sarwat — Wireless Nano and Molecular Scale Neural Interfacing (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))