Welcome to the Gallis Research Lab
Enabling Quantum and Nanophotonic Technologies With Nanofabrication and Materials Science
Quantum and materials sciences form the scientific foundation for perceiving and controlling the properties of matter with the goal of developing new and superior technologies. The most urgent challenges involve developing approaches to foster advancement of novel materials and the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale. Approaching these challenges from the unique viewpoint of nanoscale science and engineering can open new pathways to fundamentally revolutionizing the future of quantum and materials sciences. To this end, our research group focuses on the design, fabrication and characterization of nanostructured and 2D materials and devices for quantum, optoelectronic and sensing applications.
Media Presense and Recent News
Dr. Spyros Gallis, CNSE Professor of Nanoengineering, was selected to compete amongst 36 global research teams in areas of quantum research.
The Million Dollar International Quantum U Tech Accelerator, presented by Innovare Advancement Center, was the premiere international event where 36 of the world’s top university teams pitched their proposals to advance quantum-enabling technologies in the areas of timing, sensing, communications, and computing.
[March 2024] SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM
The 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) wants you to join exciting and ground-breaking research projects underway at the University at Albany, and to work side-by-side with our world-class faculty and students. The program provides a unique opportunity for qualified undergraduate students to conduct research and to explore new areas of science and engineering.
Info: Summer Undergraduate Research Program | University at Albany
[May 2023] Quantum Research: NSF Quantum Interconnect Workshop
Poster presentation “Nanoengineering of Erbium-Implanted Devices for Integrated Quantum Photonics” by our student, Alex Kaloyeros, at the workshop hosting participants of the NSF program Enabling Quantum Leap: Quantum Interconnect Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems Photonic Interfaces for Quantum Technology (QuIC-TAQS). The goal of the workshop was to exchange ideas and progress among different QuIC-TAQS teams and to form new collaborations across teams on the common theme of photonic interfaces for quantum technology.
[Nov. 2022] Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Alex Kaloyeros for winning the Graduate Oral Presentation Award at the Fall 2022 Meeting of the Hudson Mohawk AVS Chapter
for the talk entitled: Toward Scalable Telecom Single Photon Emitters for Quantum Photonics
[Sept. 2022] SUNY Poly News: SUNY Poly Professor Spyros Galis and Ph.D. Student Alex Kaloyeros Publish Research in Applied Physics Letters | SUNY Polytechnic Institute
SUNY Poly Associate Professor of Nanoengineering Dr. Spyros Galis and sole researcher and first author, Alex Kaloyeros, recently published a paper in the Applied Physics Letters journal, titled “Polarization-dependent photoluminescence properties of fab-compatible nanowire-based nanophotonic structures.”
[Jun. 2022] New Publication in Applied Physics Letters
[March 2022] Quantum Research: SGNano Quantum
SUNY Poly professor Dr. Spyros Gallis gets $440K from NSF for next-gen quantum research
[Feb. 2022] Quantum Research: SGNano Quantum
SUNY Poly announced Associate Professor at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) Dr. Spyros Gallis (Spyridon Galis) has received $440,000 from the National Science Foundation as part of a collaborative cross-institutional research team led by the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics, which is focused on processing quantum information as carried by photons, or particles of light.
[Nov. 2021] Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Mounika Kotha for her paper on anisotropic layered GaTe published in Advanced Photonics Research: Wavelength-Dependent Anisotropic Optical Properties in Layered GaTe for Polarization-Sensitive Applications
[Oct. 2021] Eric Haarer - Fall AVS Hudson Mohawk Meeting Best Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Award
SGNano undergraduate student, Eric Haarer, receives undergraduate student poster presentation award "Near-Infrared Single Photon Microscopy".
[Sept. 2021] Quantum Research: SGNano Quantum
Invited lecture by Dr. Gallis at the AFRL- and NASA-sponsored workshop - Silicon Carbide (SiC) Materials & Devices Workshop: Toward Scalable Telecom Single-Photon Emitters for Quantum Photonics.
[July 2021] Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Mounika Kotha; Mounika graduates with a Ph.D. in Nanoengineering!
We congratulate her on her great work and wish her best of luck in her future endeavors as a Principal Research Scientist at IIT Bombay (Electrical Engineering Department).
Research Topic: Environmentally Stable Quasi-2D Gallium Telluride for Polarization Sensitive Optoelectronic Applications
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/mounika-kotha
[June 2021] Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Intern
Eric Haarer from SUNY Albany joins for summer 2021 as part of the SURP program.
[April 2021] Benjamin Harrington – Spring AVS Hudson Mohawk Meeting Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation
SGNano undergraduate student receives undergraduate student oral presentation award "Polarization-Dependent Visible Photoluminescence from Silicon Carbide Nanophotonic Structures".
[August 2020] SUNY Poly News - Quantum Research: SGNano Quantum
Dr. Spyros Gallis, SUNY Poly Assistant Professor of Nanoengineering, was selected to compete amongst 36 global research teams in areas of quantum research.
The Million Dollar International Quantum U Tech Accelerator, presented by Innovare Advancement Center, is the premiere international event where 36 of the world’s top university teams will pitch their proposals to advance quantum enabling technologies in the areas of timing, sensing, communications, and computing.
[May 2020] SUNY Poly News
SUNY Poly's Dr. Spyros Galis' "Engineered telecom emission and controlled positioning of Er3+ enabled by SiC nanophotonic structures" research published in Nanophotonics
[Mar. 2020] SUNY Poly News
Dr. Spyros Galis' research published in Nanomaterials
Dr. Spyros Galis' research has also been featured on the cover of the book Silicon-Based Nanomaterials: Technology and Applications
[Jan. 2020] Quantum Research: SGNano Quantum
News Release: SUNY Poly Professor Partners with Leading Institutions on NSF Award for Quantum Information Science Research
[Nov. 2019] Quantum Research: SGNano Quantum
Dr. Galis participated and presented in Quantum Workshop: Distributed Quantum Systems Enhanced by Materials Design
[Oct. 2019] Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Mounika Kotha for her paper on pseudo-1D materials published in Nanomaterials: Study of Oxidation and Polarization-Dependent Optical Properties of Environmentally Stable Layered GaTe Using a Novel Passivation Approach
[Oct. 2019] Quantum Research: SGNano Quantum - Dr. Galis receives NSF grant
Dr. Galis has partnered, as a co-principal investigator, with Stony Brook University in an NSF Grant aimed at establishing US leadership in Quantum Information Science
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1936948&HistoricalAwards=false
[Sept. 2019] SGNano advanced materials research featured in CEG's "The Research Connection": Exploring the Properties of Photonic Nanostructures
[Sept. 2019] New member for the SGNano group
Alex Kaloyeros has joined the group as a graduate research assistant!
[Aug. 2019] SGNano Quantum: Quantum Information Science 1st International Workshop at Air Force Research Laboratory
Invited presentation by Dr. Gallis on Scalable Nanophotonic Structures for Long-Distance Quantum Communication.
[Aug. 2019] Natasha Tabassum graduates with a Ph.D. in Nanoscale Science and Engineering
We congratulate her on her great work and wish her luck at her job at Intel Research!
[Aug. 2019] Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Intern
Daniel Cross from Florida Polytechnic University is interning in our group for the Summer 2019 as part of the SURP program.
[Aug. 2019] SGNano SiC nanowire joint research with research group from GlobalFoundries published by Nanomaterials
[Aug. 2019] Quantum Research: SGNano Quantum - Dr. Galis receives NSF grant
News Release: SUNY Poly Professors Awarded $330,000 for Two Distinct Cutting-Edge Nanotechnology-Centered Research Projects
http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2018/nov/sunypoly_211118.shtml
[Aug. 2019] Benjamin Harrington – Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Award
SGNano undergraduate student receives undergraduate student poster presentation award "Modeling of Erbium Emission in Novel Silicon Carbide Photonic Crystal Nanostructures".
[Aug. 2019] Mounika Kotha - Graduate Student Poster Presentation Award
SGNano graduate student receives best graduate poster award for research on layered quasi-2D Gallium Telluride at the AVS Hudson Mohawk Chapter Spring Meeting held at GE Global research centre, Niskayuna.