Profiles

Former Members

Biography

Hang Lu is a final-year Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working in the Photonics Laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Boon S. Ooi. Hang has published in Light: Science & Applications, npj Nanophotonics, and APL Photonics, with her work featured as a cover article in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. She also has experience in designing augmented-reality (AR) display systems and is broadly interested in advanced photonic integration and device–application co-design.

Expertise and Interests

Hang's research focuses on engineering optoelectronic devices and photonic integration circuits for applications in optical communication, illumination, and hardware security. She has hands-on experience in optical design and modeling, nanofabrication, and experimental device prototyping, and has led the development of integrated optoelectronic devices and chips for secure and scalable photonic applications.

Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2022
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), China, 2021
Biography

Janet van Niekerk is a Research Scientist in the Bayesian Computational Statistics and Modeling group. She works on Bayesian methods including prior construction and computational framework development for various applications, with a focus on Biostatistics.

Expertise and Interests

Efficient Bayesian methods for practical implementation, statistics for medical applications, complex survival analysis, INLA.

Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Mathematical Statistics, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2014
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Mathematical Statistics, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2017