OMEL was established in 2010 to develop and investigate optical materials that exhibit new physical phenomena.
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OMEL welcomes Benjamin Savinson
October, 2024. OMEL welcomes Benjamin Savinson as a new Doctoral student. Benjamin obtained his Master’s Degree in Physics as an Excellence Scholar (ESOP) at ETH Zurich. He completed his Master Thesis researching semiconductor materials at Harvard University. He has previously worked at the Paul-Scherrer-Institute and the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. As a joint member of OMEL and the Seminar for Applied Mathematics, he will conduct his PhD research in Computational Nanophotonics and Optical Computing.
OMEL welcomes Sander Vonk
October, 2024. OMEL welcomes Sander Vonk as scientific assistant. During his Ph.D. research, he worked on his thesis entitled "Bright Materials, Better Future: Exploring multiexciton emission and upconversion" under the supervision of Dr. Freddy Rabouw at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Sander will continue his work in the group as a postdoctoral researcher starting in January 2025.
OMEL welcomes David Seda
March 2024. OMEL welcomes David Seda as a new Doctoral student. David obtained his Master’s degree in Micro- and Nanosystems from ETH Zürich. He completed his Master's Thesis investigating advanced sensing fibers at the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT under the supervision of Prof. Yoel Fink. Previously, he worked on “Nanoimprint Lithography of Optical Fourier Surfaces” at OMEL, discovering his interest in optics in addition to his passion for nanofabrication.
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