Dr. Mahmoud Rasras is an Associate Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University, Abu Dhabi. He received a Ph.D. degree in physics from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium in 2000.  Since joining NYUAD in 2017, his research activities continued with focus on Silicon photonics and integration on atomically thin Graphene and other 2D materials. This a promising technology that may revolutionize next-generation telecommunication and electronics systems. Dr. Rasras authored and co-authored more than 150 papers in high-impact journals and conferences. He holds 33 US-issued patents. He is currently an Associate Editor of Optics Express journal

Most research interests for a scientist

Photonics

Specialization

• Optical Communications