Group
![Arkady Major](images/Arkady.jpg)
Professor
a.major@umanitoba.ca
PostDoc (ECE and Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2002-2007)
Ph.D. (Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2002)
M.Sc. (Physics, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1999)
B.Sc. (EEng, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1997)
Current research interests: basic research, development and biomedical applications of laser technology.
![Vladimir Montero Collado](images/Vlad.jpg)
Research engineer
monteroc@myumanitoba.ca
Ph.D. (Physics, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2001)
M.Sc. (Physics, Belarussian State University, Minsk, Belarus, 1989)
Current research interests: nonlinear microscopy.
![Reza Akbari](images/Reza.jpg)
PostDoc
akbarir@myumanitoba.ca
M.Eng. (Telecommunications, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2011)
B.Sc. (EEng, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2007)
Current research interests: ultrafast diode-pumped lasers.
![Mohammad Nadimi](images/Mahdi.jpg)
PostDoc
nadimim@myumanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (EEng, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2011)
B.Sc. (EEng, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran, 2008)
Current research interests: diode-pumped Nd-ion lasers.
![Rubel Chandra Talukder](images/Rubel.jpg)
PhD student
talukdrc@myumanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (EEng, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 2016)
M.Sc. (EEng, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014)
B.Sc. (EEng, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013)
Current research interests: ultrafast lasers & optical parametric amplifiers.
![Md. Anisur Rahman Reza](images/laser-sign.jpg)
PhD student
rezamar@myumanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (EEng, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014)
B.Sc. (EEng, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013)
Current research interests: diode-pumped solid-state lasers.
![Zohreh Sedaghati](images/laser-sign.jpg)
MSc student
sedaghaz@myumanitoba.ca
B.Sc. (EEng, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 2009)
Current research interests: diode-pumped Nd:YLF lasers.
![Chinedu Onyenekwu](images/laser-sign.jpg)
MSc student
onyenekc@myumanitoba.ca
B.Eng. (EEng, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria, 2007)
Current research interests: diode-pumped dual-wavelength lasers.
ALUMNI
PhD student, 2012-2018
manjoors@myumanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (Optics, National University of Ireland-Galway, Galway, Ireland, 2010)
M.Sc. (Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India, 2007)
Research interests: femtosecond Yb-ion lasers.
Current position: BRIC Engineered Systems Inc.
![Mohammad Nadimi](images/Mahdi.jpg)
PhD student, 2015-2018
nadimim@myumanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (EEng, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2011)
B.Sc. (EEng, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran, 2008)
Research interests: diode-pumped Nd-ion lasers.
Current position: PostDoc, University of Manitoba
PhD student, 2012-2018
umghanbs@myumanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (EEng, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 2005)
B.Sc. (EEng, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran, 2001)
Research interests: tunable near-IR ultrafast lasers.
Current position: open for employment.
![Reza Akbari](images/Reza.jpg)
PhD student, 2012-2017
akbarir@myumanitoba.ca
M.Eng. (Telecommunications, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2011)
B.Sc. (EEng, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2007)
Research interests: ultrafast diode-pumped lasers.
Current position: PostDoc, University of Manitoba
![Tanant Waritanant](images/Tanant.jpg)
PhD student, 2012-2017
waritant@myumanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (Optics and Photonics, National Central University, Taiwan, 2011)
B.Eng. (Nanoengineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2009)
Research interests: tunable picosecond Nd-ion laser sources.
Current position: Cathecare Inc., Thailand.
![Chandan Qumar Howlader](images/Chandan.jpg)
MSc student, 2015-2017
howladcq@myumanitoba.ca
B.Sc. (EEng, Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010)
Research interests: conical refraction lasers.
Current position: PhD student, Texas State University, USA.
![Rubel Chandra Talukder](images/Rubel.jpg)
MSc student, 2014-2016
talukdrc@myumanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (EEng, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014)
B.Sc. (EEng, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013)
Research interests: diode-pumped solid-state lasers.
Current position: PhD student, University of Manitoba.
![Md. Zubaer Eibna Halim](images/Zubaer.jpg)
MSc student
eibnahmz@myumanitoba.ca
B.Sc. (EEng, Islamic University of Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012)
Research interests: diode-pumped mode-locked Nd-ion lasers.
Current position: Resson Aerospace Corp.
![Anvar Sherniyozov](images/laser-sign.jpg)
MSc student, 2014-2016
sherniya@myumanitoba.ca
B.Sc. (Physics, Uzbekistan National University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2008)
Research interests: computational optics.
Current position: research and teaching, Uzbekistan.
![Haitao Zhao](images/Haitao.jpg)
PhD student, 2010-2015
umzhao82@myumanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (Physics, Hebei University, Baoding, China, 2009)
B.Sc. (Physics, Hebei University, Baoding, China, 2006)
Research interests: diode-pumped ultrafast lasers and nonlinear optics.
Current position: WDI Wise Device Inc.
![Leila Mostaco-Guidolin](images/Leila.jpg)
PhD student, 2011-2015
ummostac@cc.umanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (Medical and Biological Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2009)
B.Sc. (Medical Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2007)
Research interests: biomedical CARS microscopy.
Current position: PostDoc, University of British Columbia.
![Ehsan Alimohammadian](images/Ehsan.jpg)
MSc student, 2012-2014
alimohae@cc.umanitoba.ca
B.Sc. (EEng, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, 2012)
Research interests: modeling of 4-level laser systems.
Current position: PhD student, University of Toronto.
![Hamidreza Mirzaeian](images/Hamidreza.jpg)
MSc student, 2012 - 2013
mirzaeih@cc.umanitoba.ca
B.Sc. (EEng, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, 2009)
Research interests: thermal lensing in solid-state lasers.
Current position: Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba.
![Konstantin Sukhoy](images/Konstantin.jpg)
MSc student, 2009 - 2011
umsukhok@cc.umanitoba.ca
M.Sc. (EEng, Zaporizhzhya State Engineering Academy, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, 1991)
Research interests: nonlinear optical materials for second harmonic generation.
Current position: DGH Engineering, Manitoba.
![Ivan Lima](images/IvanLima2009.jpg)
Visiting Professor, 2008 - 2010
ivan.lima@ndsu.edu
Ph.D. (EEng, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, 2003)
M.Sc. (EEng, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, 1998)
B.Sc. (EEng, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, 1995)
Research interests: theoretical and experimental nonlinear optics and fiber optics.
Current position: Associate Professor at North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA.