The Quantum Nanophotonics Lab is based at the University of Calgary, where we are part of the Institute for Quantum Science and Technology. Some group members are based in Edmonton at the National Research Council’s Nanotechnology Research Centre; others spend time at both centres.
Group leader
Paul Barclay
Professor – Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Calgary Research Excellence Chair
Director – Institute for Quantum Science and Technology
Scientific Lead – Quantum City qLab
Prof. Barclay has been leading the Quantum Nanophotonics lab at the University of Calgary since 2011. During this time, team members under his supervision have been internationally recognized for their breakthroughs in nanofabrication, quantum photonics, and optomechanics. Lab graduates are highly sought after by academic research groups, the quantum technology industry, and government research labs.
Thanks to group member’s breakthroughs in demonstrating novel quantum nanophotonic devices, Prof. Barclay has been awarded the CAP Herzberg Medal, an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement, is an Optica Fellow, and was awarded a University of Calgary Research Excellence Chair.
Research life before UCalgary:
Postdoctoral research: Hewlett-Packards Labs Palo Alto, 2008 – 2010
PhD: California Institute of Technology, Applied Physics, 2007
Advisor: Oskar Painter
Thesis: “Fiber-coupled nanophotonic devices for nonlinear optics and cavity QED”
MSc: California Institute of Technology, Applied Physics, 2003
BASc: University of British Columbia, Engineering Physics, 2001 (APEGBC Gold Medal)
Postdoctoral scholars and research associates
Natália Carvalho
Research associate
PhD The University of Western Australia 2017
Sigurd Flagan
Postdoctoral scholar
PhD University of Basel 2022, SNSF Fellowship 2022 - 2024
Vinaya Kumar Kavatamane
Postdoctoral scholar
PhD Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 2019
Graduate students
Bishnupada Behera
Graduate Student
BSc/MSc Birla Institute of Technology 2018, MITACS Graduate Scholarship, AITF Graduate Scholarship 2020
Elham Zohari
Graduate Student at University of Alberta
BSc U Tehran 2018
Joe Itoi
Graduate Student
BSc University of Waterloo 2022
Sohrab Samadi
Graduate Student
BSc University of Tehran 2022
Nicholas Sorensen
Graduate Student
BSc UAlberta, MSc UOttawa 2024, NSERC PhD Scholarship
Sean McNaney
Graduate Student
BSc University of Calgary 2024
Aria Jafari
Graduate Student
MSc U Tehran 2020 BSc Farhangian University 2017
Christopher Coutts
Graduate Student
MSc Simon Fraser University 2021 BSc Simon Fraser University 2017 BSc UBC Okanagan 2011
Waleed El-Sayed
Graduate Student
MSc Queens University 2021, AITF Graduate Scholarship
Ahmas El-Hamamsy
Graduate Student
BSc University of Calgary 2021
Undergraduate researchers
Josh Wildeman
Undergraduate Researcher
NSERC USRA, Summer 2023
Stefan Sura
Undergraduate Researcher
NSERC USRA, Summer 2023, 2024
Alumni
Graduate students:
Peyman Parsa (MSc in Spring 2024, Research Scientist at Ki3 Photonics).
Prasoon Shandilya (PhD in Spring 2023, Quantum Engineer at Photonic Inc.)
Xinyuan Ma (MSc in Fall 2023, currently seeking a PhD position)
Parisa Behjat (MSc in Spring 2023, currently a research assistant in the Oblak lab)
Blaine McLaughlin (MSc in Fall 2021, Photonics Engineer at MQP)
Anustup Das (MSc in Fall 2021, PhD student in Helmet group at UToronto)
Hamidreza Kaviani (PhD in Winter 2021, currently the founder of a startup)
David Lake (PhD in Winter 2020, AITF PhD Scholarship, 2015-2017, NSERC PhD CGS 2016 – 2019, now at Caltech)
Matthew Mitchell (PhD in Fall 2019, AITF MSc Scholarship, NSERC MSc Scholarship, NSERC PhD CGS 2016 – 2019, now at DreamPhotnics)
Chris Healey (PhD in August 2019, AITF PhD Scholarship 2013 – 2016)
Tamiko Masuda (MSc in 2018, now at 1QBit)
Thomas Lutz, joint w/ Wolfgang Tittel (PhD University of Calgary, AITF PhD Scholarship 2014-2017, PDF at ETH Zurich, now a Project Lead at Roche Diagnostics Europe)
Marcelo Wu (PhD in 2016, PDF at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, now working at quantum startup Anyon Systems)
Behzad Khanaliloo (PhD in 2016, now a Senior Photonics Engineer at PsiQuantum)
Guilhem Madiot (MSc exchange student from France, Chargé de recherche à l’Institut de Physique de Nice)
PDFs:
Trong Wu (PhD UAlberta), now developing photonic devices for Norcada Inc.
Denis Sukachev (PhD, Institute of Physics (Moscow), PN Lebedev, Russian Academy of Sciences, PDF Harvard, now a quantum hardware researcher at Amazon Web Services)
Wei Zheng, NRC / U Calgary PDF (PhD U Alberta)
Gustavo Luiz (PDF at NINT 2017/2018, currently a Research Specialist, nanoFAB at University of Alberta)
JP Hadden, U Calgary Eye’s High Postdoc (PhD University of Bristol, 2013, currently at Lecturer in Cardiff University)
Nathanael Wu (PDF, 2014/15, medical doctor)
Harishankar Jayakumar (U Calgary Postdoc 2013-2014, now a Sr. Scientific Engineering Associate at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
Aaron Hryciw (NINT Research associate, now a Fabrication Group Manager at the NanoFab)
Undergraduate researchers:
Michaela Gilks (PHYS 598 2023/2024)
Sean Wilson (PHYS 598 2023/2024)
Karina Hunt (PHYS 598 2023/2024)
Ibu Adeleke (Summer 2023, NSERC USRA scholarship, PHYS 599)
Albert Zhang (Summer 2023, NSERC USRA scholarship)
Abby Swadling (PHYS 598 2022/2023)
Shahbaz Dhaliwal (Summer 2022 NSERC USRA scholarship)
Marcus Kasdorf (Summer 2022, PURE scholarship + honours thesis 2022/2023)
Lucas Brown (Summer 2022, PURE scholarship + honours thesis 2022/2023)
Seiji Oshi (Summer 2021, NSERC USRA scholarship, currently a BSc student at Queens)
Taylor Kergan (Summer 2020 student + honours thesis 2020/2021)
Hermanto Orko (Honours thesis 2019/2020)
Yasmeen Kamaliddin (Summer + honours thesis student, currently finishing BSc)
Blaine McLaughlin (summer student, currently an MSc student in the lab)
Davor Curic (U Calgary Honours thesis student in 2015/16, now at U Ottawa doing an MSc in Physics)
Laís Fujii dos Santos (exchange student from Universidade Estadual de Campinas, currently finishing MSc in Brazil)
Arlene Nijar (U Calgary Honours Thesis student, 2014/15, current position TBD)
Ben Lau (U Calgary Honours Thesis student, 2014/15, now at U Toronto doing an MSc in Physics)
Remmert Mueller (Undergraduate exchange student from AMOLF, fall 2014, currentl MSc at AMOLF)
Jakub Jadwiszczak (Undergraduate exchange student from Trinity College, Dublin, fall 2014, current position TBD)
Adam Humeniuk (NSERC USRA 2013 and, 2014, currently Honours Math student at U Calgary)
Davor Curic (Research assistant 2014-2015, currently in final year of U Calgary degree)
Mike Bian (Research volunteer, summer 2014, U Waterloo 3nd year in 2015/16)
Deborah Chung (Senior thesis student, graduated spring 2013, moved to U Alberta for MSc)
Shantel Butler (Research volunteer summer 2013, U Calgary 3rd year in 2013/14)
Michael Briscoe (2012 USRA student, graduated spring 2013, currently Medical Physics MSc at UofC)
Fuluny Jang (NINT NanoUSRA 2013, UBC 4th year Physics)
Nicolas Raoult (Intern from ENS Lyons, summer 2013)
Jeremy Witmer (NSERC USRA, UBC Engineering Physics Coop Student, summer 2013)