Kats Group HomeResearch HighlightsPublicationsPeople Apply/Contact CURRENT MEMBERS Email: mkats [at] wisc [dot] edu Phone: 608 890 3984 1415 Engineering Drive, Room 3441, Madison, WI 53706 Google Scholar 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. B.S. (Engineering Physics), Cornell University Ph.D. (Applied Physics), Harvard University Awards and Recognition IEEE Nanotechnology Council Early Career Awardee (2020) IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator (2019) Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (top 1% in the field, 2018, 2019) ASEE Prism "20 Under 40" (2018) NSF CAREER recipient (2018) Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator (2017) Office of Naval Research Young Investigator (2016) Forbes "30 Under 30" (2016) Email: xiao5 [at] wisc [dot] edu Google Scholar Personal Website Dr. Yuzhe Xiao Assistant Scientist B.S. (Physics), Harbin Institute of Technology M.S. and Ph.D. (Optics), University of Rochester Postdoc (ECE), University of California–San Diego Postdoc (ECE), University of Wisconsin–Madison Awards and Recognition People’s Choice Award (best talk), UW-Madison Postdoctoral Research Symposium (2018) Finalist, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Innovation Award (2021) Yuzhe’s research interests are light-matter interactions across the fields of nonlinear optics, quantum plasmonics, and thermal emission. Email: cwan3 [at] wisc [dot] edu Google Scholar Chenghao Wan Ph.D. Student (Materials Science and Engineering) B.S. (Physics), Peking University M.S. (Materials Science and Engineering), University of Wisconsin–Madison Awards and Recognition Best Student Paper, 2nd Prize; OSA Novel Optical Materials and Applications (2020) Finalist, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Innovation Award (2021) Chenghao's research interests are focused on engineering light-matter interactions with micro/nanostructures and phase-transition materials. Email: zyu83 [at] wisc [dot] edu Google Scholar Zhaoning (April) Yu Ph.D. Student (Physics) B.S. (Physics), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) M.S. (ECE), University of Wisconsin–Madison Awards and Recognition Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium Seed Project (2016) OSA Foundation and the Incubic/Milton Chang Travel Fund Award (2020) SPIE Officer Travel Award (2020) Internship: Facebook (2021) April serves as the secretary of UW-Madison SPIE/OSA Student Chapter since 2019, and reviewer of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. April's research focuses on wavefront manipulation using micro and nano structuring (metamaterials, diffraction gratings, metasurfaces, and more). On a normal workday, April spends half of her time running full-wave simulations and the other half in the cleanroom making stuff. When not doing science, April enjoys playing with her cat, going to the gym with friends, and cooking. Email: hmei6 [at] wisc [dot] edu Hongyan (May) Mei Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering) B.S. (Optical Science and Engineering), Zhejiang University M.S. (ECE), University of Wisconsin–Madison Awards and Recognition OSA Best Student Paper Award Winner; 2021 OSA Advanced Photonics Congress May's broad research interests are in the areas of optical materials and nanophotonic structures. Email: jlking2 [at] wisc [dot] edu Jonathan King Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering) B.S. (Nuclear Engineering), University of Wisconsin-Madison M.S. (Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics), University of Wisconsin-Madison Awards and Recognition Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (2019) Jon's research interests are in the area of thermal-radiation engineering and measurement. Email: dfeng24 [at] wisc [dot] edu Demeng Feng Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering) B.Eng. (Materials Science and Engineering), Harbin Institute of Technology M.S. (Materials Science and Engineering), Stanford University Demeng's research interests are in the areas of optical forces and vision engineering. Email: sanket.deshpande [at] wisc [dot] edu Google Scholar Sanket Deshpande Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering) B.E. (Electrical Engineering), BITS Pilani M.S. (Physics), BITS Pilani 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) project. 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 Chancellor's Opportunity Fellowship (2021) 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 Google Scholar Personal Website Tanuj Kumar Ph.D. Student (Electrical and Computer Engineering) B.E. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering), BITS Pilani M.S. (Chemistry), BITS Pilani Awards and Recognition Chancellor's Opportunity Fellowship (2021) Tanuj's interests lie in nanofabrication, light-semiconductor interactions and optical forces. Email: cfang58 [at] wisc [dot] edu Chengyu Fang Research Intern (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: syin39 [at] wisc [dot] edu Shenwei (Erick) Yin Undergraduate Student (Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics) Shenwei’s research is focusing on the characterization of optical materials using spectroscopic ellipsometry. Kats Group Student Office: Engineering Hall,1415 Engineering Drive, Room 3553, Madison, WI 53706. Meet our Alumni! This site uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic. Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. LEARN MOREGOT IT