{"id":32,"date":"2021-07-13T12:46:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T16:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:26:07","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prof. Siddharth Ramachandran (Principal Investigator)<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Siddharth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Experience:<\/strong><\/span>
\n1998 – 2001: <\/em>Bell Laboratories
\n2001 – 2009: <\/em>OFS Laboratories
\n2010 – 2013: <\/em>Associate Professor(with Tenure), Boston University
\n2013 – 2022: <\/em>Professor, Boston University
\n2022 – present:<\/em> Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Boston University
\n2024 – 2025: <\/em>Interim Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BTech. 1991<\/u>: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>MS 1993<\/u><\/span>: University of Wisconsin, Madison<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/em>PhD 1998<\/u>: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>sidr@bu.edu;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Tel:<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>+1-617-353-9881;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Webpage<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>;<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/u><\/a>CV<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Postdoctoral Fellows<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Researchers with expertise in nonlinear optics, quantum photonics, structured light, or imaging and microscopy are welcome to apply by sending a CV and cover letter, describing their potential fit with the group, to the PI.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ph.D. Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Daniel Shahar<\/strong>
\nBS 2020<\/u>: University of Florida
\nArea of current research<\/u>:
\nQuantum optics with structured light
\nContact<\/u>: dshahar@bu.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vineetha Ashok<\/strong>
\nBS-MS 2021<\/u>: Cochin University of Science and Technology\u00a0<\/span>
\nArea of current research<\/u>:
\nHigh-capacity communications with OAM fibers
\nContact<\/u>: vineea@bu.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Purva Bhumkar<\/strong>
\nBS-MS 2018<\/u>: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER – Pune)
\nMS 2021<\/u>: University of Wisconsin-Madison
\nArea of current research<\/u>:
\nNonlinear optics with twisted light
\nContact<\/u>: purvab@bu.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sanjana Wanare<\/strong>
\nBS-MS 2022<\/u>: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER – Bhopal)
\nArea of current research<\/u>:
\nEntanglement in spatial dimensions
\nContact<\/u>: sanjanaw@bu.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Md Faiyaz Kabir<\/strong>
\nMS 2023<\/u>: Texas Tech University
\nArea of current research<\/u>:
\nSpatial and modal sculpting of light
\nContact<\/u>: mdfaikab@bu.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cheng Peng<\/strong>
\nBS 2024<\/u>: Zhejiang University
\nArea of current research<\/u>:
\nHigh-capacity communications with OAM fibers
\nContact<\/u>: cpeng2@bu.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Deyasini Roy<\/strong>
\nBS-MS 2024<\/u>: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER – Kolkata)
\nArea of current research<\/u>:
\nNonlinear interferometry
\nContact<\/u>: deyaroy@bu.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Students interested in joining the lab should formally apply via the College of Engineering website. Graduate students already enrolled at BU, and those who have accepted an offer to attend BU, may email their CV and (unofficial) transcript to the PI.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Undergraduate students who are currently enrolled at BU, and are interested in gaining research experience in the lab, are encouraged to email the PI with their CV and (unofficial) transcript.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Visiting Scientists and Academics<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"Ivan Coto-Hernandez
\n<\/strong>Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
\nHarvard Medical School\/Massachusetts General Hospital
\n<\/strong>Area of research collaboration<\/u>:
\n<\/span>Biomedical Imaging<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Contact<\/u>: Ivan_CotoHernandez@meei.harvard.edu<\/p>\n

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  • Priyanshi Panchal\u00a0<\/strong>(Visiting student, 2025); Post-group Affiliation: Boston University, USA<\/li>\n
  • Roberto Haubold<\/strong> (Visiting student, 2025); Post-group Affiliation: University College London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Aaron Greenberg <\/strong>(Ph.D. 2024); Post-group Affiliation: MIT Lincoln laboratory, MA, USA<\/li>\n
  • Cade Peters\u00a0<\/strong>(Visiting student, 2024); Post-group Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa<\/li>\n
  • Jeff Demas<\/strong> (co-Principal Investigator, 2022-24); Post-group Affiliation: Rockefeller Institute, NY, USA<\/li>\n
  • Linrui Tan<\/strong> (University of Rochester Visiting Undergrad student, 2024); Post-group Affiliation: University of Rochester<\/li>\n
  • Andrea Arduin<\/strong> (DTU Exchange student, 2024); Post-group Affiliation: Technical University of Denmark<\/li>\n
  • Isabelle Boegholm<\/strong> (Undergrad student 2022-24, BU Physics); Post-group Affiliation: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, USA<\/li>\n
  • Mathilde Hary<\/strong> (Visiting student, 2023); Post-group Affiliation: Tampere University, Finland<\/li>\n
  • Zelin Ma\u00a0<\/strong>(Ph.D. 2023); Post-group Affiliation: Indrio Technologies Inc., California, USA<\/li>\n
  • Havva Beg\u00fcm Kabag\u00f6z\u00a0<\/strong>(Ph.D. 2022 and Postdoc 2022-23); Post-group Affiliation: Caltech-LIGO Livingston Laboratory, USA<\/li>\n
  • Aidan McCall<\/strong> (Undergrad student 2020-22, BU Electrical Engineering); Post-group Affiliation: Qunett, MA, USA<\/li>\n
  • Prof. Dong-Il Yeom<\/strong>, Ajou University, South Korea (2022 Sabbatical visitor)<\/li>\n
  • Xiao Liu<\/strong> (Ph.D. 2022); Post-group Affiliation: Zhejiang Labs, China<\/li>\n
  • Aku Antikainen<\/strong> (Postdoc 2019-21); Post-group Affiliation: University of Rochester, NY, USA<\/li>\n
  • Gautam Prabhakar<\/strong> (Ph.D. 2019); Post-group Affiliation: Aeva Inc., California, USA<\/li>\n
  • V. Balaswamy<\/strong> (Postdoc 2019); Post-group Affiliation: Faculty, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Lars S\u00f8<\/em>gaard Rish\u00f8j<\/strong> (Postdoc 2013-19); Post-group Affiliation: Faculty, Technical University of Denmark<\/li>\n
  • Boyin Tai<\/strong> (Ph.D. 2019); Post-group Affiliation: Thorlabs Inc.<\/li>\n
  • Du-Ri Song<\/strong> (Postdoc 2016-18); Post-group Affiliation: Harvard Medical School, MA, USA<\/li>\n
  • Erik Christensen<\/strong> (Exchange student, 2018-19); Post-group Affiliation: Technical University of Denmark<\/li>\n
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    Guang Yang<\/strong> (MS 2018); Post-group Affiliation: Boston University, MA, USA<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Geo Philip Muppathiyil<\/strong> (Postdoc 2017-18)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Prof. Govind Agrawal<\/strong>, University of Rochester, NY, USA (Fall 2017 Sabbatical visitor)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Xinglin Zeng<\/strong> (CSC Exchange student, 2016-17); Post-group Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  • Mustafa Ordu<\/strong> (Ph.D. 2017); Post-group Affiliation: Faculty, Bilkent University, Turkey<\/li>\n
  • Niharika Singh<\/strong> (Postdoc 2017); Post-group Affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India<\/li>\n
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    Jeff Demas<\/strong> (Ph.D. 2017); Post-group Affiliation: Rockefeller Institute, NY, USA<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Patrick Gregg<\/strong> (Ph.D. 2017); Post-group Affiliation: Finisar Inc., California, USA<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Lu Yan<\/strong> (Ph.D. 2017); Post-group Affiliation: Applied Semiconductors, California, USA<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Tao He<\/strong> (CSC Exchange student, 2014-16); Post-group Affiliation: NORINCO, China<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Asher McGuffin<\/strong> (MS 2016); Post-group Affiliation: Pepper Hamilton LLP, MA, USA<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Oleg Shatrovoy<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(MS 2015); Post-group Affiliation: MIT Lincoln Lab, MA, USA<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Kasper Ingerslev<\/strong> (Exchange student<\/span>, 2015); Post-group Affiliation: OFS Fitel, ApS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Kris Goldizen<\/strong> (MS 2014); Post-group Affiliation: MIT Lincoln Lab, MA, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Nenad Bozinovic<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Ph.D. 2013); Post-group Affiliation: Nistica Inc. (Furukawa Corp.), New Jersey, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Paul Steinvurzel\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(Postdoc 2010-13);\u00a0<\/span>Post-group Affiliation<\/span>: Northrup-Grumman Corp., California, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Michael Grogan<\/strong> (Postdoc 2011-13); Post-group Affiliation: Capital One, VA, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Yuhao Chen<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(MS 2013); Post-group Affiliation: Sintec Optronics, Singapore<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Christopher Hwang<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(MS 2013); Post-group Affiliation: MIT Lincoln Lab, MA, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Roman Barankov<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(MS 2012); Post-group Affiliation: IPG Photonics, MA, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Marko Laurila<\/strong> (Exchange student<\/span>, 2012); Post-group Affiliation: NKT Photonics, Denmark<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  • Sourav Dutta<\/strong> (MS 2011);\u00a0<\/span>Post-group Affiliation<\/span>: Harvest Futures Consultant, India<\/li>\n
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    Damian Schimpf<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Postdoc 2010-11);\u00a0<\/span>Post-group Affiliation<\/span>: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Masao Goto<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Visiting Scientist, 2010-11); Post-group Affiliation: Japan Patent Office, Tokyo, Japan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Khwanchai Tantiwanichapan<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(MS 2010);\u00a0<\/span>Post-group Affiliation<\/span>: National Electronics & Computer Tech., Thailand<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Prof. Siddharth Ramachandran (Principal Investigator) Experience: 1998 – 2001: Bell Laboratories 2001 – 2009: OFS Laboratories 2010 – 2013: Associate Professor(with Tenure), Boston University 2013 – 2022: Professor, Boston University 2022 – present: Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Boston University 2024 – 2025: Interim Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development BTech. 1991: Indian Institute of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19518,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19518"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ramachandranlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}