Professor Jaime Cárdenas
Professional Background
Jaime Cardenas is an Associate Professor in The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester's Hajim School of Engineering. He holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Professor Cardenas earned his PhD in 2005 from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Optical Science and Engineering. He joined the faculty of The Institute of Optics in 2016. Cardenas is an expert in integrated photonics and microfabrication. His current research interests are in advancing photonic packaging, time varying photonics, nonlinear optics, AI driven manufacturing photonics, and novel sensing modalities using photonics. He’s co-founder and CTO of Photonect Interconnect Solutions Inc.
Higher Education
B.S. 1998 Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores the Monterrey, Engineering Physics
Ph.D. 2005 University of Alabama in Huntsville, Optical Science and Engineering
Professional Appointments
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2007-2010, Postdoc
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2010-2015, Research Scientist
Columbia University, New York, NY, 2016-2016, Research Scientist
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2016 – 2023, Assistant Professor of Optics
Co-founder and Secretary of Photonect Interconnect Solutions, 2021 – present
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2023 – present, Associate Professor of Optics
Research Activities
Vigorous research program in integrated photonics, photonics packaging, nonlinear photonics, 2D materials for integrated photonics, and quantum photonics.
Research funding from sources such as the National Science Foundation, AIM Academy, AIM Photonics, New York State, and private industry.
Teaching Activities
Teaching graduate level courses on Integrated Photonics, Detectors, Radiometry, and Blackbody Radiation.
Teaching in summer school for The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester and the AIM Academy summer school at MIT
Conference Organization
Member, Technical Committee, IPC Optical Interconnects, 2019 – present
Co-Chair, Program Committee for Integrated Photonics, Latin America Optics and Photonics (LAOP) Conference, Lima, Peru, November 12 – 15, 2018.
Member, Program Committee, Conference for Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2018 – 2020, 2025 - present.