Jorge A. Holguín-Lerma is a Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the KAUST Photonics Lab. He holds an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (KAUST, Saudi Arabia, 2016), and a college degree in Electromedical Engineering (ULSA Chihuahua, Mexico, 2012). Before joining KAUST he worked as Component Engineer at Honeywell.

Jorge has authored and co-authored 40+ journal papers and conference presentations. He has served as a technical referee for the journals Light: Science & Applications (Springer Nature), Applied Optics (OSA), Optics Letters (OSA), Optics Express (OSA), Photonics Journal (IEEE), Photonics Technology Letters (PTL), and Superlattices & Microstructures (Elsevier).  He has served as the President of the KAUST OSA Student Chapter and he is a student member of SPIE, IEEE Photonics Society, and OSA. Jorge's recent outreach activities have directly impacted 350+ people in 6 countries with one-to-one engagement, public talks, and more.

Research Interests

Jorge's research interests include semiconductor laser diodes, superluminescent diodes, and their applications.

News

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Jorge Holguín-Lerma receives 2020 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship

4 years 3 months ago

• CEMSE

• ECE

• Photonics

• Laser Diodes
• GaN

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KAUST Ph.D student, Jorge A. Holguin-Lerma, awarded 2019 SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

5 years 4 months ago

• CEMSE

• ECE

• Photonics

• Visible light communications
• Photonic IC
• Laser Diodes

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KAUST Ph.D. student takes home SPIE Photonics West 2020 Best Student Paper Award

4 years 7 months ago

• CEMSE

• ECE

• Photonics

• Optical communications

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Semiconductor Today features “Distributed feed-back gratings for indium gallium nitride laser diodes”

5 years 5 months ago

• CEMSE

• ECE

• Photonics

Education Profile

^2016-present Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia.

^2014-2016 M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia.

^2008-2012 Degree in Electromedical Engineering, ULSA Chihuahua, Mexico.

Awards and Distinctions

• 2020 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship. USA, 2020.
• 2019 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by the SPIE. USA, 2019.​
• KAUST Fellowship for Graduate Studies. Saudi Arabia, 2014 and 2016.
• Saint John Baptist De La Salle Medal, Class of 2012. Highest student distinction in ULSA Chihuahua. Mexico, 2013.
• Gold Medal B on the XVII Mexican Chemistry Olympiad. Mexico, 2008.
• Children’s Knowledge Olympics 2001-2002. Meeting with the President of Mexico. Mexican Government Scholarship. Mexico, 2002.