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Board Members

1/26/2024

 

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President: Aaron Wissing

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​Aaron Wissing is an Electrical Engineering PhD student in the Schow group. He received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2020. His research focuses on energy-efficient coherent optical interconnects for data centers, with co-designed photonic and electronic integrated circuits.
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Vice President: ​Justin Tan

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Justin is an ECE PhD student of Prof. Steven Denbaars and a member of the Solid State Lighting and Energy Efficiency Center (SSLEEC) at UCSB. He received his BS in Engineering Physics at Cornell University in 2019. Justin does research on the design, growth, and fabrication of visible emission GaN laser diodes. Outside of work, Justin enjoys jazz piano and exploring the outdoors through climbing and cycling. 
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Treasurer: Xiangwei Kong​

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Xiangwei is a ECE PhD student in Professor Clint Schow's group. He received a bachelor's degree from University of California, Berkeley in 2024. His research focuses on next generation coherent transceivers. Outside of work, Xiangwei enjoys playing tennis

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Secretary: Rahul Chawlani 

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Rahul is a MS/PhD student in Professor Daniel Blumenthal’s lab. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Caltech in 2024. His research focuses on silicon nitride photonics for atomic and communication systems. Outside of work, Rahul enjoys writing, playing the piano, and swimming.

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Outreach Chair: Roark Chao

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Roark is a graduate student in the Electrical Engineering program at UCSB advised by Professors Jon Schuller and Steven DenBaars. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from UCSB in 2024. His research is centered around metasurface-enabled light-matter interactions ranging from the common electric dipole-like electroluminescence to the highly atypical magnetic dipole-like photoluminescence recently discovered by the Schuller group.

Seminar Chair: Nate Barnaby

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Nate holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from UC San Diego, awarded in 2024. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara. His research interests include applying integrated photonics to atomic and quantum applications, specifically to help realize the use of devices such as quantum sensors outside of lab environments. Outside of that, Nate spends a lot of time hiking, playing games, and just hanging out with friends.

Media Chair: Evan Chansky

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Evan Chansky is a 5th year Electrical Engineering PhD candidate in Clint Schow’s group. His research is on integrated Si photonic modulators for extreme environments including cryogenic temperatures and radiation hardness. He has an MS Electrical Engineering from UCSB in 2022 and a BS Electrical Engineering and BS Engineering Physics from Lehigh University in 2020. His modulators are designed for 228.85 THz O-band operation but on Wednesday nights from 8-10 pm you can catch his radio show at 91.9 MHz on KCSB FM – UCSB’s radio station.

Faculty Advisor: Prof. John Bowers

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Professor John Bowers, Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency & of the Center for Energy Efficient Materials, Fred Kavli Chair of Nanotechnology and head of the Optoelectronics Research Group, began the UCSB Student Chapter of the Photonics Society in 2012 with Jared Bauters, and remains the faculty advisor for the group.

Faculty Advisor: Prof. Steve DenBaars

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Dr. Steven P. DenBaars is a Professor of Materials and Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as the Executive Director of the Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

Society Advisor: Dr. Demis John

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Demis was a founding officer of the UCSB IPS in 2012.  He received a doctorate from the research group of Dr. Dan Blumenthal in 2012, having studied low-loss glass waveguides, then worked at Praevium Research, Inc making new light sources for medical imaging and spectroscopy until 2017. He currently works at the UCSB NanoFab. He is an advisor for the Photonics Society continuing some of the institutional knowledge, in addition to industry liason by keeping us in contact with local photonics companies. Apart from photonics, his interests include sailing, cycling, science outreach/teaching, and radio DJ'ing at KCSB 91.9FM.

Current Optica/SPIE/IPS Members

SPIE
Evan Chansky
Takeki Itoh
Cheyenne Lynsky
Akhil Mauze
Stephen Misak
Michael Nickerson
Paul Verrinder
Ryan White
Aaron Wissing

​Viviana Arrunategui-Norvick
​KaiKai Liu
​Emily Trageser



Optica
Michael Choquer
Stephen Misak
Evan Chansky
Jiawei Wang
KaiKai Liu
Viviana Arrunategui-Norvick
Michael Nickerson
Hamid Chorsi
Grant Brodnick
Nitesh Chauhan
Andrei Isichenko
Caroline Reilly
Victoria Rosborough
Paul Verrinder
Lei Wang
​Rosalyn Koscica

IEEE Photonics Society
Steven Estrella
Paul Verrinder
Yujie Xia
Michael Nickerson
Caroline Reilly
Michael Choquer
Stephen Misak
John Steiner
Viviana Arrunategui-Norvick
Jiawei Wang
Evan Chansky
Sammy Umezawa
​KaiKai Liu
​Rosalyn Koscica

Previous Officers (Incomplete List)

Name
Position
Year
Group
Andrei Isichenko
President
2024
Blumenthal
Emily Trageser
Vice President
2024
DenBaars
Rosalyn Koscica
Treasurer
2024
Bowers
Ethan Kim
Secretary
2024
Blumenthal
Kaikai Liu
President
2023
Blumenthal
Viviana Arrunategui
Vice President
2023
Schow
Emily Trageser
Treasurer
2023
DenBaars
Andrei Isichenko
Secretary
2023
Blumenthal
Stephen Misak
President
2022
Schow
Evan Chansky
Vice President
2022
Schow
Viviana Arrunategui
Treasurer
2022
Schow
Kaikai Liu
Secretary
2022
Blumenthal
Michael Choquer
President
2020-21
Moody
Stephen Misak
Vice President
2020-21
Schow
Michael Nickerson
Treasurer
2020-21
Klamkin
Jiawei Wang
Secretary
2020-21
Blumenthal
Caroline Reilly
President
2019-20
DenBaars
Nathan Palmquist
Vice President
2019-20
Nakamura
Michael Nickerson
Treasurer
2019-20
Klamkin
Michael Choquer
Secretary
2019-20
Moody
Takako Hirokawa
President
2017-18
Schow
Philip Chan
Vice President
2017-18
Nakamura
Andy Netherton
Treasurer
2017-18
Bowers
Victoria Rosborough
Secretary
2017-18
Klamkin

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