Nakul Nandhakumar is a Visiting Student Research Intern at the Integrated Photonics Laboratory under
the supervision of Prof. Yating Wan at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Nakul is a third-year undergraduate pursuing a bachelor’s degree (majoring in Computer Engineering) at
the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) with GPA of 4.0/4.0, and is expected to graduate in 2025. At UCSD, Nakul
assists with research on photonic reservoir computers in the Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics (UNO)
Group under Dr. Yeshaiahu Fainman and senior Ph.D. student Prabhav Gaur. Nakul also has done internship in Intel (Jun-Sep, 2022) and UCSB (Jun-Sep, 2020)

Research interests

Nakul’s research interests are in silicon photonics and optical reservoir computing.

Education profile

• B.S. in UCSD, USA, 2021-2025 (GPA 4.0/4.0)
• Internship in Intel, USA (Jun-Sep, 2022)
• Internship in UCSB, USA (Jun-Sep, 2020)