Karim Achouri

Karim Achouri is an Assistant Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the School of Engineering (STI) and the Advanced Electromagnetism and Photonics Laboratory (LEAP). He also serves in the Teaching Service of STI (SMT-ENS). His research focuses on metasurfaces, electromagnetic modeling, and optical computing.

• Location: ELG 237, EPFL
• Contact: karim.achouri@epfl.ch

Research Interests:

• Metasurface design and scattering control
• Optical forces and torques in nanophotonics
• Machine learning applications in electromagnetic systems
• Nonlinear and non-Hermitian metasurfaces
• Spatial symmetry analysis in photonic structures
• Phase manipulation for optical computing

Teaching: Courses in optical engineering, applied electromagnetics for metamaterial design, and advanced photonics.

Publications: Recent work emphasizes metasurface robustness, topological phase control, multipolar expansion methods, and nonlinear optical devices. Articles span electromagnetic theory, nanophotonics, and computational modeling.

Doctoral Students: Mentoring Mahmoud Ahmed, Hossein Allahverdizadeh, and Mustafa Yücel.