I am a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) pursuing a doctorate in the department of Materials Science & Engineering. I am working with Professor Steven G. Johnson of the Mathematics deparment and the Nanostructures & Computation Group on developing numerical tools for nanophotonic device optimization. I also interact closely with the Ab Initio Group of Professor John D. Joannopoulos in the Condensed Matter Theory Group of the Physics department.

I recently completed a master's degree in Computation for Design & Optimization from MIT in June 2008. Prior to this, I completed my bachelor's degree in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto in June 2004. My primary research interests are in computational electromagnetism, robust optimization, photonic bandgap materials and nanophotonics. I am one of the core developers of MEEP -- an open-source FDTD software.