Principal Investigator
Dr. Volker J. Sorger
| Appointments & Honors Rhines Endowed Professor in Semiconductor Photonics Fellow: IEEE, OSA/Optica, SPIE, IAAM, PECASE, German National Academic Foundation Deputy Chief Digital Officer, SMART USA Institute Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives, Florida Semiconductor Institute Author & Engagements Semiconductor Roadmaps: DOE EES2, MAPT 2.0 Editorships (past&present): Advanced Photonics, Optica, Appl. Phys. Rev., Nanophotonics (fmr EIC), eLight, Chips, Frontiers in Photonics Google Scholar News | CHIPS Act Engagements – Manufacturing USA – SMART – MMEC Strategic Partner – NSF Engine NeoCity Florida – NAPMP – Florida Chip Consortium Contact +1-352-846-4990 | volker.sorger@ufl.edu sorger.ece.ufl.edu University of Florida Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Office & Shipments: Malachowsky Hall #3202 Lab: Malachowsky Hall #1010 1889 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA |
Senior Researchers
PhD Researchers
MS & U-Grad Researchers
Dr. Hangbo Yang
Research Associate Professor
Integrated Photonic Circuits with a special emphasis on front-end photonic neural network processors, photonic 3D heterogeneous integration, LiDAR chips, photonic transceivers, as well as AR/VR waveguides and optical engines
Russell L. T. Schwartz
PhD Student
Silicon Photonics for Machine Learning & Communications Applications, Advanced Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration, Reliability Testing & Optimization, Novel Materials for Optoelectronic Devices
Swetha Nagarajan
Master Studen
Passionate about transforming raw data into actionable intelligence using ML/DL
(Machine Learning and Large Language Models Training, Fine-tuning, Optimization)
Dr. Hao Wang
Research Assistant Professor
Nano-photonics & optoelectronics, Link-Budget Analysis, Novel materials, Quantum Devices, and neuromorphic computing
Thomas Spelmans
Master Student
Integrated Photonic Circuits, Optical Design, Broadband Fresnel Metalens design, 3D Facet-Attached Edge Coupling, Optical Computing, Digital Twins
Andrew Qiu
PhD Student
2D materials, Semiconductor Devices, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Neuromorphic Computing, Hebbian Learning, Photonic ASICs, Test
Shweta Meshram
Master Researcher
Circuit Modeling, Neural Network Training, Design Technology Co-Optimization (CDTO), Digital Twins
Alexander Gage
PhD Student
Optoelectronics, Integrated Photonic Circuits, Novel Materials, Electrooptic Modulators, Device Test & Modeling, micro/nanofabrication, Advanced Packaging, Neuromorphic Computing
Paolo D’Alessandro
MS Student
Integrated Circuits Design, ASIC design, Controller Design, CAD, AI/ML Accelerators
Md Mahfuzur Rahman
PhD Student
Integrated Photonic Circuits, Modeling, Characterization, and Fabrication of Nanoscale Devices, Photonic 3D Heterogeneous Integration, Optical Interconnects and Communication, Femtosecond Laser Writing, Hybrid Bonding Techniques for Photonic Systems
Nav Singh
PhD Student
Optoelectronics, 2D Material Detectors, Photonic Random Access Memory (PRAM), Phase Change Materials, Nanofabication, Rapid Prototyping, Test, Digital Twins
Haven Redd
PhD Student
Integrated Photonic Circuits, Machine Learning Accelerators, AI ASICs, Modeling/Tapeouts, Chip test, Digital Twins
Safayat Chowdhury
PhD Student
Integrated Photonic Circuits, Machine Learning Accelerators, AI ASICs, Modeling/Tapeouts, Chip test, Digital Twins
Mahmood Syed
PhD Student (Fall’25)
0n-board Optical Interconnects, data transmission, optical interconnects
Marshall Reich
U-Grad Student
Semiconductor and Device Fabrication
Process Development, Device Testing, 2D Materials, Digital Twins
Kanak Sharma
Master Student
Integrated Photonic Circuit, Microelectronic Fabrication, Semiconductor Device Modeling & Testing, Photonics, Multiphysics Simulation, ASIC/FPGA Design & Verification, Experimental & Theoretical Physics
Deepesh Kaira
Master Student
Logic and Cache Design, Mixed Signal, Data I/O, FPGA, EDA, Co-optimization, high-speed signals