Dr. Aju Jugessur

Nanoscale fabrication and material characterization is the meeting ground of diverse disciplines ranging from engineering, physics, chemistry to environmental science, biology, and medicine. Most of these disciplines converge at the nanoscale, towards the same building blocks, principles, tools of investigation and fabrication. The Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) offers a platform for the convergence of multiple scientific and engineering disciplines and facilitates collaborative research with strategic partners and information exchange. COSINC aspires to play an instrumental role in leading Colorado in these areas within the region, while impacting and enabling innovations in a wide range of scientific and technological research areas, ranging from electronics, photonics, quantum science, energy and environment to bio-medical, pharmaceutical and nanomedicine. This presentation will present several key capabilities and state-of-the art instrumentation for nanoscale fabrication and characterization, including a broad range of research projects and application areas, enabled by the technologies within COSINC.

Biography:

Aju Jugessur received a PhD in Optoelectronics, Electronic engineering with a focus on nanofabrication from the University of Glasgow, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University. Dr. Jugessur expertise is in the area of photonic devices, nanolithography and nanofabrication. Dr. Jugessur was a senior research scientist in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto and the manager of the nanolithography facility, Toronto Nanofabrication Center, where he spearheaded the establishment and development of a state-of-the-art nanolithography facility. Dr. Jugessur has introduced several training materials and courses on nanolithography, micro- and nano fabrication and developed the first online, real-time course in the area of nanofabrication. Dr. Jugessur founded the University of Iowa Microfabrication Facility and led the facility as its director from April 2012 to September 2018. Dr. Jugessur is currently the Director of the Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) within the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Dr. Jugessur has extensive experience in leading the design, development and management of state-of-the-art nanoscale cleanroom facilities for research, education and training. Dr. Jugessur’s research interests are at the crossroads of several areas such as photonic crystals, nanofabrication and optical sensing. Dr. Jugessur has authored numerous scientific and technical journal publications and is also a Senior member of IEEE.