Alireza Nojeh, PhD, PEng
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Quantum Matter Institute
Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory
The University of British Columbia
2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
+1 604 827 4346
alireza.nojeh@ubc.ca

I work on electron emission phenomena and vacuum nanoelectronic devices including free-electron instruments and energy converters. The physics involved is particularly rich because of scale and quantum effects. Much of this work has revolved around optical excitation of carbon nanotubes leading to localized heating and the thermal emission of electrons and photons. For a broader view of the topics I have worked on, please see my publications list.

I studied at Sharif University of Technology (BS, MS), the University of Paris XI-Orsay (DEA), and Stanford University (PhD). I have been at UBC since 2006, where I am a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a principal investigator at the Quantum Matter Institute, and a member of the Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Group, the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems, and Characterization@UBC.

The diagram below summarizes my research and the activities involved in its fundamental and applied aspects. The following links are to some videos: 1, 2, 3.

I currently have the pleasure of working with the following students:
Mokter Mahmud Chowdhury
Mohammadamin Jalili
Titouan Gaborit
A list of past lab members is included here.