STAFF
DR. HONG GUO
CEO and co-Founder
Dr. Guo obtained his PhD in theoretical and computational condensed matter physics in 1987 from the University of Pittsburgh. He joined McGill University in 1989 and is now a James McGill Professor of Physics. He was elected to Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2004, and to Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007. He is the recipient of several national research awards of Canada including the 2004 Killam Research Fellowship Award from the Canadian Council for the Arts; the 2006 Brockhouse Medal for Excellence in Experimental or Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics from the Canadian Association of Physicists; the 2009 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from the Canadian Association of Physicists.
DR. LEI LIU
Senior Scientist and Project Manager, co-Founder
Dr. Liu obtained his Ph.D in 1991 in computational atomic physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. After working many years in academia in both China and USA, he joined McGill University in Canada in 2004. Dr. Liu is a founding member of NanoAcademic team, and is an expert in computational modeling of atomic structures, DFT, quantum transport and electronic device modeling.
DR. YU (ERIC) ZHU
Senior Scientist & Project Manager, co-Founder
Dr. Zhu obtained his Ph.D in 2003 in quantum transport theory from Peking University, Beijing. After working several years in McGill University in Canada and in the University of Hong Kong, he became a founding member of the NanoAcademic team. Dr. Zhu is an expert of first principles theory, Green’s function theory, DFT, electronic structure theory and methods, as well as modeling of quantum transport in nanostructures.
LIANG YUE
Accounts Manager
Liang Yue got her B.A. in Chinese literature and drama from the
Central Academy of Drama and certificates for proficiency in
French and English as a second language from the UQAM. She joined
NanoAcademic in 2008 and served as an account manager since then.
DR. VINCENT MICHAUD-RIOUX
Research Scientist
Dr. Michaud-Rioux obtained his PhD in Physics from McGill University in 2018, where he worked on various mathematical problems pertaining to electronic structure and transport calculations. He notably developed the DFT code RESCU during his time in Prof. Guo’s group. He then joined Nanoacademic Technologies where he now works as a researcher and oversees the development and commercialization of RESCU.
DR. SAEED BOHLOUL
Research Scientist
Dr. Bohloul recieved his PhD in Physics from McGill University in 2017 and joined NanoAcademic shortly thereafter.
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DR. FÉLIX BEAUDOIN
Research Scientist
Dr. Beaudoin first obtained an M. Sc. from Université de Sherbrooke under the supervision of Prof. Alexandre Blais, followed by a Ph.D. from McGill University with Prof. William A. Coish. Under the auspices of the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies, Dr. Beaudoin then worked as a postdoctoral associate and university lecturer at Dartmouth College in the research group of Prof. Lorenza Viola, in close collaboration with the Quantum Information and Integrated Nanosystems Group led by Prof. William D. Oliver (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Dr. Beaudoin cumulates over 10 years of research experience in the field of quantum technology, with more than 10 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals on quantum noise, quantum control, quantum metrology, and modeling of spin qubits and superconducting qubits alike.
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DR. CHENYI ZHOU
Research Scientist
Dr. Zhou obtained his PhD from McGill University in the field of theoretical/computational condensed matter physics, with a specialisation in modelling nanoscale transport in the presence of disorder and many-body interactions. He is also experienced in numerical programming for materials simulations in the Density Functional Theory (DFT) framework.
DR. NILOUFAR FAGHIHI
Research Scientist
Niloufar obtained her PhD in Applied Mathematics from Western University, with an emphasis on theoretical and computational condensed matter physics. She worked on mathematical formulations to model physics phenomena, in particular the inter-relation between the elastic and magnetic properties in ferromagnetic crystalline solids. She then continued as a postdoctoral research fellow at McGill University in Prof. Martin Grant’s group, where she developed various formalisms and computer codes to model anti-ferromagnetism and spin-glasses. She joined NanoAcademic Technologies in 2019.
DR. Pericles Philippopoulos
Research Scientist
Dr. Pericles Philippopoulos obtained his PhD in Physics from Prof. William Coish’s group at McGill University in 2020. The focus of his work was to gain a better understanding of spin interactions, specifically hyperfine and spin-orbit couplings, in semiconductor nanostructures. Dr. Philippopoulos also has experience using first-principles methods (DFT) to calculate fundamental properties (e.g. hyperfine couplings, electric-dipole moments) for electrons and holes in semiconductors. He joined NanoAcademic Technologies in 2020.
COLLABORATORS
DR. YIBIN HU
Technical and Scientific Consultant
Dr. Hu obtained his PhD in computational condensed matter physics in 2007 from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He collaborated with the McGill team during his graduate studies and joined McGill University afterward. He is an expert in computational algorithms for atomistic modeling, quantum transport modeling, device physics, and parallel computation. His current academic research is in the field of nanoelectronic device physics.
DR. JEREMY TAYLOR
Technical and Business Consultant
Dr. Taylor obtained PhD in theoretical and computational condensed matter physics from McGill University in 2000. He first-authored the most original paper on the NEGF-DFT formalism for atomistic modeling of quantum transport, a method that has become the state-of-the-art in first principles modeling of electronics. During 2003-2008, he served as the CTO of Atomistix and was a main developer of the ATK electronic package. He is now working in USA and Canada.
DR. LANGHUI WAN
Technical and Software Consultant
Dr. Wan obtained his PhD in theoretical nuclear and particle physics in 2002 from the University of Science and Technology of China. He is an expert on computational mathematics, scientific computing, high performance computing and software development. His current academic research is in computational modeling of materials and electronics.