We are always looking
for enthusiastic and dedicated Canadian citizens and
permanent residents graduate students to join our group at
the Master's and PhD levels. Funding will be provided.
Graduate students at RMC do not have to join the military,
and they can be civilians, just like any other Canadian
university. Those interested
may send their CVs to Prof. Sabat. 
Also, we are always
looking for civilian undergraduate students studying in
the physical sciences or engineering at Canadian
universities to be hired through the USRA scholarship program for paid
internships at our lab.
Prof. Sabat est bilingue, donc la supervision des étudiants peut être faite en français.
Current Group Members
| Name |
Project |
Level |
Co-supervisor |
| Maxwell
Dollar |
Binary
gratings |
USRA
scholarship recipient (RMC) |
|
| Dr.
Derek Russell |
Advanced
optical materials |
Postdoctoral
research associate (RMC) |
Prof. Patrick Julien |
| Alexandra Novikova |
Plasmonic sensors |
Research assistant (RMC) |
|
| Dr. Yazan Bdour |
Advanced optical materials |
Postdoctoral research associate (RMC) |
|
| Saim
Bokhari |
Plasmonics |
MSc (RMC) |
|
| Trevor
Hopkins |
Plasmonic
sensors |
MSc (RMC) |
|
| Lucas Karperien |
Biomedical plasmonic sensors |
PhD (RMC) |
Prof. Carlos Escobedo |
| Dr. Paul Rochon |
Advanced optical materials |
Postdoctoral senior researcher (RMC) |
Student Alumni
| Name |
Thesis Title |
Degree Awarded |
Date |
| Eoin Dawson |
Inscription of large
aperture circular gratings and the surface plasmon
resonance response in the optical regime [Thesis download] |
MSc (RMC) |
May 2024 |
| Alexa Smith | Magnetotactic bacteria biosensing
for targeted therapy |
BSc (Queen's) |
May 2024 |
| Alexandra Novikova |
Sensors made with circular
gratings |
BSc (RMC) |
May 2024 |
| Chris St-Germain |
Fabrication of nanostructured solar cells | BSc (RMC) |
May 2022 |
| Jamie Leibold |
Advanced
nanofabrication and sensing using the interference
of light [Thesis download] |
PhD (RMC) |
May 2021 |
| Eoin Dawson |
Inscription of
triple superimposed diffraction gratings and their
plasmonic properties |
BSc (Queen's) |
May 2019 |
| Yevgeniy Mikhyeyev |
Surface plasmon
microscopy of inhomogeneous aqueous mixtures [Thesis download] |
MSc (RMC) |
May 2019 |
| Genevieve Tadeson |
Enhancement of the
power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells
by surface patterning of azobenzene thin films [Thesis download] |
MSc (RMC) Governor General Gold medal recipient |
May 2019 |
| Afshin Shahalizad Namin | Suppression of efficiency roll-off in lanthanide-based organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) | PhD (Queen's) with Prof. Nunzi |
Jan 2019 |
| Yazan Bdour |
Nanoplasmonic sensors based on chirped crossed surface relief gratings [Thesis download] | MSc (Queen's) with Prof. Escobedo |
Sept 2018 |
| Nicholas
Swanson |
Inscription and analysis of non-uniform surface relief diffraction gratings on azobenzene molecular glass thin films [Thesis download] | MSc (RMC) |
April 2018 |
| Erin Bailey | Surface plasmons on
chirped-pitch diffraction gratings [Thesis download] |
MSc (RMC) |
Oct 2017 |
| Wayne Karperien | High energy laser interaction with materials | MSc (RMC) with Prof. Levesque |
Aug 2016 |
| Jimmy Zhan | Design of transparent conducting electrodes and surface relief gratings for plasmonic polymer solar cells [Thesis download] | MSc (Queen's) with Prof. Nunzi |
June 2016 |
| Mathew Jackson | Second harmonic generation in azo compounds | BSc (RMC) |
May 2016 |
| James Leibold |
Design and analysis of circular diffraction gratings [Thesis download] | MSc (RMC) |
May 2015 |
| Charles Gagnon |
Spherical
holographic lenses on azo films |
BSc (RMC) |
Apr 2014 |
| Isabelle
Allain |
Measurement of
thin film solar cell efficiency |
BSc (RMC) |
Apr 2013 |
| Jonathan
Ferlatte |
The
inscription of surface relief diffraction gratings
on azo-polymers under water |
BSc (RMC) |
Apr 2012 |
| Justin
Jefferies |
Surface plasmon optimization for photocurrent enhancement in thin film organic solar cells [Thesis download] | MSc (RMC) |
May 2012 |
| Maxime
Bernier-Brideau |
The structural, ferroelectric, dielectric, and electromechanical properties of piezoelectric and electrostrictive materials [Thesis download] | MSc (RMC) |
May 2014 |
| Maxime
Bernier-Brideau |
Transducer
properties of piezoelectric ceramics |
BSc (RMC) |
Apr 2010 |
Other Alumni
| Name |
Project Title |
Status |
Date |
| Dr.
Mahyar Mazloumi |
Advanced
optical materials |
Postdoctoral research associate | June 2020 - Nov 2023 |
| Meghan
Naar |
Optical
modulation |
USRA scholarship recipient | May 2023 - Aug 2023 |
| Alexa
Smith |
Antibacterial
surfaces |
Research
assistant |
Sept 2022 - Mar 2023 |
| Matthew
Boxer |
Nano-gratings
and SPR |
Research
assistant |
Sept 2022 - Dec 2022 |
| Jacob
Hickling |
Advanced
optical materials |
Research
assistant |
May 2022 - Aug 2022 |
| Alexa
Smith |
Nano-gratings
and SPR |
USRA
scholarship recipient |
May 2022 - Aug 2022 |
| Matthew
Boxer |
Nano-gratings
and SPR |
USRA
scholarship recipient |
May 2022 - Aug 2022 |
| Ethan Diak |
Plasmonic imaging |
USRA scholarship awardee |
May 2021 - Aug 2021 |
| Liam Mahoney |
Advanced optical materials |
Research assistant |
May 2021 - Aug 2021 |
| Ethan Diak |
Large-scale diffraction gratings | USRA
scholarship recipient |
May 2020 - Aug 2020 |
| Austin Diggins |
Development of a water quality sensor | USRA
scholarship recipient |
May 2019 - Aug 2019 |
| Eoin Dawson | Surface relief gratings inscription on different azobenzene materials | USRA scholarship recipient | May 2018 - Aug 2018 |
| Alexander Tofini | Optical erasure of surface relief gratings | USRA scholarship recipient | May 2017 - Aug 2017 |
| Toni Kfouri | Electric
field induced nanostructures |
Research assistant | May 2016 - July 2016 |
| Lucas Karperien | Modulated surface plasmon signals | USRA scholarship recipient | Jan 2016 - May 2016 |
| Hirohito Umezawa |
Non-linear
optical properties of Azo glass compounds |
Visiting
professor |
May
2015 - March 2016 |
| Erin Bailey | Surface plasmons on nonlinear gratings and their applications | Research assistant | May 2015 - August 2015 |
| Keith
George |
Thermal
Erasure
of Various Glass-transition Temperature Surface
Relief Gratings |
Research
assistant |
June
2014 - Aug 2014 |
| Othmane
Rtel
Bennani |
Surface
Relief
Gratings Formation on Multi-colour Azo-Glass
Compounds |
Research assistant | May
2014 – Jul 2014 |
| Robert
Kirby |
Surface
Relief
Gratings on Novel Azo Glass |
Research assistant | May
2013 – Aug 2013 |
| Nathan
Rochon |
Labview
Software
Development for Data Acquisition |
Research assistant | May
2011 – Aug 2011 |
Capt. Gen Tadeson, won the first place research poster award (out of 128) at the 2019 Photonics North conference in Quebec City, QC. She is photographed with Physics Nobel Laureate Prof. Donna Strickland. Photo credit to Photonics North.
Left to right: NCdt. Matt Jackson, visiting Prof.
Hirohito Umezawa and Prof. Ribal Georges Sabat at RMC in
March 2016.