Nonlinear Optics

Aram Mkrtchyan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nonlinear Optics integrated photonics ultrafast fiber lasers Quantum nanomaterials

Dr. Aram Mkrtchyan is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Integrated Photonics Laboratory (IPL) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), where he works under the supervision of Prof. Yating Wan. He earned his Ph.D. in Photonics from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), where he specialized in nonlinear optics, ultrafast fiber lasers, and photonic integrated circuits. He received his M.Sc. degrees in parallel from Skoltech and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), and holds a B.Sc. degree in Applied Physics and Mathematics from

Waqas Waseem Ahmed

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Non-Hermitian Photonics Nonlinear Optics machine learning laser physics

Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Photonics Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), Universita degli Studi di Firenze (Italy), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), Université Paul Cèzanne Aix Marseille III (France).(2018) MS in Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. (2014) BS in Electronic Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), Pakistan. (2009) Research Interests Non-Hermitian Photonics, Nonlinear Optics, Machine Learning, Laser Physics.