01/01/2026 Dr. Sari Al Zerey joined our team as a post-doctoral research associate. Welcome! @urengineering.bsky.social

11/27/2025 Happy Thanksgiving!! We had a wonderful celebration. We are very thankful for our group. @urengineering.bsky.social

11/24/2025 5 years ago the Pandemic didn't stop our gratitude. We cherish these memories. We are grateful for our group. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! @urengineering.bsky.social

11/18/2025 Supun presented his invited talk at the annual CNF meeting. @urengineering.bsky.social

11/01/2025 Dr. Lori Lepak joined our team. Welcome!

11/13/2025 Optics 101 students working on their final proyects on waveguide loss and interference at our lab with Ramiro and Yuhan. @urengineering.bsky.social

11/07/2025 We are very happy to share Sushant Kumar's recent work that demonstrates a fully passive alignment platform for photonic and electronic ICs and optical fibers. The paper just came out in Optics Express: opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.... @urengineering.bsky.social

Congratulations, Juniyali! www.engineering.com/from-student...

09/09/2025 Congratulations to Gadg for presenting his REU work from this summer at Techcon. Great work Gadg! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

09/05/2025 A postdoctoral scientist position in integrated photonics and high sensitivity accelerometers on-chip is available at Cardenas Lab If interested, please contact Professor Jaime Cardenas at [email protected]. Attach a CV to the email and a list of up to 3 reference letters.

Dr. Jaime Cardenas, The Institute Of Optics professor, shares insights on what makes a strong researcher. @urengineering.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DGo-QtvuidY/

08/12/2025 Jiewei defended his PhD thesis today. Congratulations Dr Xiang! @urengineering.bsky.social

Engaging video about Juniyali's journey from student to successful entrepreneur. We are very proud of our Alumni. @urengineering.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h50T...

07/31/2025 Kellen gave a great REU presentation. Way to go!

07/31/2025 Gadg gave an interesting REU presentation. Great job!

Jiewei will defend his thesis on Tuesday, August 12, at 1 pm. Come to Goergen 109 to support him. @urengineering.bsky.social

06/30 - 07/03 Our team did a great job at this year's Photon Camp. Learn more about Photon Camp and how we’re introducing high school students to the world of Optics: youtu.be/nsyvM2340pw?... @urengineering.bsky.social

Congratulations Xiaotong! Her paper on a fully packaged PIC spectrometer is now published in Optics Express. @urengineering.bsky.social Read it here: opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext....

07/10/2025 Summer celebration 2025. Welcome new team members. Farewell REUs, keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social

Our group advisor and mentor is Our group advisor and mentor, Professor Jaime Cárdenas, is Secretary and Board Member of Photonect Interconnect Solutions. www.linkedin.com/posts/photon...

07/07/2025 Supun, Kellen (REU student), April, Betty, and David (Institute of Optics undergrads) instruct participants of NCAIST Workshop, which is organized to facilitate photon integrated circuit education to communities and institutions. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

06/10/2025 As part of the AIM Photonics Member Meeting 10th Anniversary, our team guided a tour of our Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

05/16/2025 Dining together to celebrate this year's graduates. Congratulations Sushant, Jiewei, Tengqian, Tingxia, and Shuo. Farewell and keep in touch. @urengineering.bsky.social

05/16/2025 Today we celebrated Commencement. Congratulations Jiewei! @urengineering.bsky.social

05/09/25 Last day at CLEO. Great job Jiewei and Yuhan! @urengineering.bsky.social

05/06/2025 Yuhan presented her poster at CLEO on "Ultra-High Weak Value Amplification." Way to go! Congratulations! @urengineering.bsky.social

05/09/25 Jiewei gave a talk at CLEO on "Silicon Nitride Brillouin Platform", a collaboration with Renninger Lab. @urengineering.bsky.social

05/02/2025 Congratulations Dr. Sushant Kumar!!! Best wishes for a bright future. @urengineering.bsky.social

05/01/2025 Sushant's PhD defense, "Laser-Fusion and Passive Alignment Platform for Broadband & High Power Electro-Optic Systems," is tomorrow. @urengineering.bsky.social

05/03/2025 End of term ice cream party with the TAs. Thank you all! @urengineering.bsky.social

04/03/2025 Professor Cardenas presented some of the group's work at the Industrial Associates Symposium. @urengineering.bsky.social

03/31/2025 Cardenas Lab former and current members got together at OFC for some catching up. Thanks for keeping in touch! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

03/31/2025 Dinning with Professor Stefanie Kroker from TU Braunschweig. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

03/21/2025 The Institute of Optics Faculty dined with prospective students. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

03/21/2025 Professor Pablo Postigo and his group gave us a tour of their lab at the Institute of Optics. Thank you!

03/13-14/2025 Our group taught an important part of this year’s AIM Photonics PIC Testing and Packaging Workshop at UofR, RIT and the AIM TAP Facility. Attendees learn testing, analysis, and packing of photonic integrated circuits. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

02/16/2025 We had a great time at the Institute of Optics Winter Ball.

In our lab students design and fabricate nanophotonic devices to solve (or answer) some of today’s challenging problems (or questions).

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