Reuven Gordon

Professor Reuven Gordon leads the Nanoplasmonics Research Group at the University of Victoria's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research focuses on advanced optical techniques for studying nanoscale biological and material systems. He holds a BASc from University of Toronto, MASc from Toronto, and PhD from Cambridge, with professional designations as PEng, Fellow of IEEE, Optica, and SPIE.

• Education:
  • BASc in Engineering (University of Toronto)
  • MASc in Engineering (University of Toronto)
  • PhD in Optics (University of Cambridge)
• Research Themes:
  • Single-molecule biosensors & optical tweezers
  • Nanostructured plasmonic systems
  • Terahertz and nonlinear optics
  • Quantum emitter engineering

His lab develops cutting-edge tools for trapping and analyzing biomolecules at nanoscale resolution, with recent breakthroughs in cancer diagnostics using label-free optical tweezers combined with AI. Current projects explore terahertz sensing and plasmonic materials for biomedical applications.

Publications emphasize single-protein dynamics, nanoparticle trapping innovations, and plasmonic device fabrication. His work bridges fundamental optics research with practical bioengineering solutions.