Australia–China–Germany: My research experience in nanophotonics at Shanghai University of Technology

Dr. Elena Goi joined the Institute of Applied Physics and the Abbe Center of Photonics in July 2025 to establish the NanoPico Photonic Computing junior research group. Her academic background is in solid state physics and she holds an M.Sc. from the University of Trieste, Italy. She was awarded a PhD from RMIT University, Australia, for her work on engineering high-refractive index three dimensional photonic crystals and topological photonic systems.

From 2020 to 2025, she served as a Research Fellow and later as Associate Professor at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China, specializing in optical and optoelectronic neuromorphic systems.