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Email: mkats [at] wisc [dot] edu

Phone: 608 890 3984 

1415 Engineering Drive, Room 3537, Madison, WI 53706 

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Prof. Mikhail Kats

Jack St. Clair Kilby Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Also, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, the Wisconsin Energy Institute, the Wisconsin Quantum Institute, and the McPherson Eye Research Institute.

Ph.D. (Applied Physics), Harvard University
B.S. (Engineering Physics), Cornell University

Awards and Recognition

Email: cho252 [at] wisc [dot] edu

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Dr. Jin-Woo Cho

Research Associate (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Ph. D. and M.S. (Physics), Kyung Hee University

B.S. (Advanced Materials Engineering), Kyung Hee University

Awards and Recognition

Jin-Woo's research interests are focused on manipulating thermal emission spectra for mid-infrared photonics, which includes radiative cooling, energy-harvesting, and directional thermal beaming.

Email: jin269 [at] wisc [dot] edu

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Dr. Yeonghoon Jin

Postdoctoral Scholar (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Ph. D. and M.S. (Electrical Engineering), KAIST

B.S. (Information Display), Kyung Hee University

Awards and Recognition

Yeonghoon’s research interests are in the areas of nanophotonics including optoelectronic devices and thermal-radiation engineering.

Email: hmei6 [at] wisc [dot] edu

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Hongyan (May) Mei 

Postdoctoral Scholar (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering), University of Wisconsin–Madison
M.S. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), University of Wisconsin–Madison
B.S. (Optical Science and Engineering), Zhejiang University 

Awards and Recognition

May's broad research interests are in the areas of optical materials and nanophotonic structures.

Email: sanket.deshpande [at] wisc [dot] edu
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Sanket Deshpande

Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

M.S. (ECE), University of Wisconsin - Madison

M.S. (Physics), BITS Pilani
B.E. (Electrical Engineering), BITS Pilani

Awards and Recognition

Sanket's research is in the area of photonic engineering for quantum technologies. He serves as a student leader for the NSF Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks (HQAN) collaboration.

Email: rhamid2 [at] wisc [dot] edu

Rabeeya Hamid

Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

B.S. (Electrical and Electronics Engineering), Lahore University of Management Sciences

Awards and Recognition

Rabeeya's research interests span the areas of photonics, machine learning, and signal processing, with particular interest in applications in the fields of biosensing, imaging, and optical neural networks.

Email: tanuj.kumar [at] wisc [dot] edu
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Tanuj Kumar

Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

B.E. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering), BITS Pilani
M.S. (Chemistry), BITS Pilani

Awards and Recognition

Tanuj's interests lie in nanofabrication, light-semiconductor interactions and optical forces.

Email: cfang58 [at] wisc [dot] edu

Chengyu Fang

Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

B.S. (Physics), ShanghaiTech University
M.Eng. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Oregon State University 

Chengyu's research interests are in the area of nanophotonics including device fabrication, device testing and material characterization.

Email: mkim725 [at] wisc [dot] edu

Minjeong Kim

Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

B.S. (Electrical Engineering), Pusan National University


Minjeong's research interests are in nanophotonics and device fabrication.

Email: syin39 [at] wisc [dot] edu

Shenwei (Erick) Yin

Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

B. S. (Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Shenwei’s research is focusing on the characterization of optical materials using spectroscopic ellipsometry.

Email:  jedwards9 [at] wisc [dot] edu

Justin Edwards

Ph.D. Student (Physics)

B.S. (Physics), Texas Tech University

Awards and Recognition

Justin’s research interests are in the areas of nanophotonics, vision engineering, and the optical and thermal properties of materials.

Email:  jaschopp [at] wisc [dot] edu

Jacob Schopp

Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

B.S. (Electrical Engineering), University of Louisville
M.S. (Electrical Engineering), University of Louisville

Awards and Recognition

Jacob’s interests include multidisciplinary research in optics, photonics, and sensing.

Email: fuwase [at] wisc [dot] edu

Fiona Evelyne Uwase

Undergraduate Student (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

Fiona’s research is focusing on using hyperspectral Specimen IQ cameras to gather, process, and visualize classification results in a single integrated unit.

Kats Group Student Office:

Engineering Hall,1415 Engineering Drive, Room 3553, Madison, WI 53706.