Gururaj Naik is an associate professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, at Rice University. He received an M.E. from the Indian Institute of Science, India, and a Ph.D. from Electrical & Computer Engineering, Purdue University. During his Ph.D. with Shalaev and Boltasseva groups, he developed new plasmonic materials for nanophotonic applications. After pursuing postdoctoral research at Stanford University, Guru joined Rice University in 2016. He was promoted and tenured in 2022. Guru had a short stint as a co-founder, director, and CTO of an energy startup during the academic year 2023-24.
Guru’s research group focuses on topics at the interface of quantum, nanophotonics, and materials. Guru’s research has attracted high citations, many invited talks and won the MRS 2020 Best Oral Presenter and poster awards. Guru is a senior member of Optica (formerly OSA), a recipient of the IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship, an Outstanding Graduate Research Award from Purdue University, and a Gold Medal from the Indian Institute of Science.
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Contact details:
Email: guru [at] rice [dot] edu
Phone: 713 348 2528
Office: Brockman Hall 337
Graduate Students
Ciril S. Prasad (ciril.s.prasad [at] rice [dot] edu) joined the Applied Physics Program at Rice in Fall 2020. He received his BS and MS degrees in physics from IISER-TVM, India. At Rice, He is interested in studying nanophotonic systems for selective thermal emission and enhanced sensing.
Zhichao Li (zhichao.li [at] rice [dot] edu) graduated from Peking University in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in Physics. He joined the applied physics Ph.D. program at Rice in Fall 2020. He is interested in studying nanophotonic phenomena.
Ding Zhang (ding.zhang [at] rice [dot] edu) joined the Physics PhD Program at Rice in Fall 2020. He received MS and BS degrees in physics from Lehigh University. He is interested in the study of 2D quantum materials.
Group alumni
Greshma Nair (postdoctoral scholar 2017-18); Research Associate at Louisiana State University
Graduate students
Chloe Doiron, Ph.D. (2016-2020); Postdoctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories
Sakib Hassan M.S. (2017-19); Ph.D. candidate in the Robinson lab
Yuning Wang M.S. (2018-2019)
Weijian Li, Ph.D. (2017-2021); Startup on virtual reality
Xielin Wang, M.S. (2020-2023); Ph.D. candidate in Huang lab
Ciril S. Prasad, Ph.D. (2020-2024); Postdoctoral researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratories
Undergraduate researchers
Chacko Mathao (2022-2024); Graduate student at UC, Berkeley
Rosemary Lach (2020-2022)
Sam Raphaelson (Summer 2022)
Frank Yang (2017-2021); Graduate studies at Caltech
Alex Hwang (2016-19); Master’s at Cambridge University, Graduate studies at Stanford University
Junzhe Bao (2019-2020); Researcher in Kono lab
Pranita Nalluri (Summer 2020); Researcher in Mech.Engg.
Nolan Bitner (Summer 2020); Researcher in Kono lab
Cameron Gutgsell (2018-19); Graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University
Matthew Disiena (Fall 2017); Graduate studies at UT, Austin