Simarjeet Saini

Dr. Simarjeet Saini is Associate Professor and Pearl Sullivan IDEAs Clinic Director at the University of Waterloo's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research focuses on integrated optoelectronic systems for telecommunications, sensing, and signal processing. He founded Altanet Communications (2004) and previously developed semiconductor technologies at Covega Corporation.

Key research areas include monolithic integration of photonic devices, tunable mid-infrared lasers, nanophotonic chem-bio sensors, and high-speed optical networks. The Nanophotonics and Integrated Optoelectronics Laboratory under his direction creates platform technologies enhancing performance in sensing and communication applications. Recent work explores smartphone-based optical sensors for healthcare and environmental monitoring.

Education:

• Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland (2001)
• B.Tech Electronics Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (1996)