Research

My research explores how complex collective dynamics emerge in nanophotonic and optomechanical systems, and how these dynamics can be harnessed for information processing, sensing, and computation. I originally focused on disordered photonic nanostructures, where fabrication imperfections, broken symmetries, and correlated disorder give rise to multiple scattering, interference, and light localization, and where disorder can be used as a resource rather than a nuisance. In recent years, my work has shifted toward active and nonlinear photonic systems, particularly optomechanical resonators operating close to dynamical instabilities such as phonon lasing, self-pulsing, and chaos. These systems provide a clean physical platform to study how noise, nonlinearity, and feedback generate rich spatiotemporal dynamics. A central theme of my current research is the exploration of how complex dynamical states in photonic and optomechanical systems can be exploited for novel information processing paradigms. Rather than suppressing noise and fluctuations, I am interested in understanding how functionality can emerge from them, particularly near critical transitions where sensitivity, memory, and adaptability are maximized.