NANO-IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY LABORATORY
Meet Our Team
Get to know the brilliant minds driving innovation at Nano-Imaging and Spectroscopy Lab.
Current Students
Janani Balasubramanian
PhD
Multiplex biosensor development using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
PhD/Research visitor [Milan, Italy]
Materials Engineering - 3D printing microfluid device for sensor
Past Students
Bachelor's Thesis (2025)
Sensing Trace Concentrations of Small Biomolecules Present in Bacterial Cultures Through Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Sergio Majluf Suarez
PhD/ Research associate (2024)
Validation of EMF shielding weighted blankets
Mitacs Globalink Intern (2024)
Computationally understanding vibrational features of noble metal and single molecule
interaction mechanism
Mitacs Globalink Intern (2024)
Machine Learning-Driven Analysis of Vibrational Spectra for Molecular Structure Prediction
Mitacs Globalink Intern (2023)
Development of Transient Absorption Spectroscopy technique
Masters (2022)
Optimizing Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy activity using plasmonic Au/SiO2 and Ag/SiO2 nanostructures
Mitacs Globalink Intern (2022)
[IIT, Indore, India]
Investigating machine learning for vibrational spectroscopy analysis
Bachelor's Thesis (2022)
Identification of cannabinoid varieties and studying their chemical composition and structure by Raman spectroscopy
Masters Research visitor (2021)
[Milan, Italy]
Raman spectroscopy of Cannabis sativa samples and selected cannabinoids
ADAM BLAIR -
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Bachelor’s Thesis: 09/2020 to 12/2021
Thesis/Project Title: Finite Difference Time Domain simulations of plasmonic nanostructures
DARRYEN SANDS -
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Bachelor's Thesis: 01/2020 to 04/2021
Project Title: Vibrational Spectroscopy of delta9-THC cannabinoid
MATTIA FRATTINI -
POLITECNICO DI MILANO, MILAN, ITALY
Master's Thesis: 02/2020 to 12/2020
Thesis Title: Vibrational spectroscopy of the THC and CBD cannabinoids: theory and experiments
RYAN KWOK -
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Bachelor's Thesis: 01/2020 to 04/2020
Project Title: Functionalization of hemoglobin-specific ligand on gold nanostructured substrate
fabricated by pulsed laser deposition for surface enhanced Raman scattering applications
BRYAN CANAM -
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
Bachelor's Thesis: 05/2019 to 04/2020
Thesis Title: Quantum treatment in micro-mechanical oscillators driven by two frequencies
GEORGES KARAGOZIAN -
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Opto-Mechanic Lab Coordinator
Organize the laboratory and the proper storage of the optomechanical components.
Assemble the component on the optical bench and align the LASER beam.
Build and update the NIS Laboratory website.
MOHAMMED YOUSUF AHMADI -
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Bachelor’s Thesis: 05/2019 - 04/2020
Thesis/Project Title: Tailoring nanostructured surfaces for hemoglobin detection
WILLIAM BARBER -
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Bachelor’s Thesis: 01/2019 to 07/2019
Thesis/Project Title: Review article writing on ''Employing Gold (Au) Nanoparticles for Therapeutics and Diagnostics"
JACK LEMERE -
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Bachelor’s Thesis: 01/2019 to 07/2019
Thesis/Project Title: Review article writing on ''Latest advances in plasmonic sensing"
VICTORIA SAVAGE -
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Bachelor's Thesis: 01/2019 to 07/2019
Thesis/Project Title: Review article writing on ''Employing Gold (Au) Nanoparticles for Therapeutics and Diagnostics"
ADITYA KANT -
ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
Bachelor's Thesis: 09/2018 to 04/2019
Thesis/Project Title: Health and safety training and documentation for optical labs
ERIK HARDSELIUS -
CHALMERS UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN
Master's Thesis - 01/2016 – 12/2016
Thesis Topic: Development of a 3D in-vitro model for Alzheimer’s disease: Study of Amyloid-beta
plaque formation by SH-SY5Y cells in brain-mimicking matrices
AKANKSHA MOGA -
CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY,SWEDEN
Master's Thesis - 06/2015 – 05/2016
Thesis Topic: 3D Alzheimer’s brain model