M A Swillam
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Biography
M A Swillam is Received his Ph. D from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada in 2008. After graduation he worked as post-doctoral fellow in the same group. In October 2009, he joined the photonic group and the institute of optical sciences at the University of Toronto where he works as a research fellow. In September 2011, he was appointed as an assistant professor at the Department of Physics, the American university in Cairo (AUC). He is now an associate professor at the Department of physics at AUC, His research interests include design optimization and fabrication of active and passive nanophotonic and plasmonic devices and systems, silicon photonics, optical interconnects, integrated on- chip optical systems, lab on chip, nano-antenna, metamaterials, and solar cells. The main applications include biomedical systems, energy harvesting, and telecommunications. He authored more than 200 technical papers in highly ranked journals and conferences. He also hold 2 patents, a book, and book chapter in these areas.