Helping nanophotonics find its place: Jeremy Staffa

The breadth of possible applications in photonics makes Jeremy Staffa excited to witness what he believes could be “one of the most influential fields of the next decade.” He is a doctoral student at the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, where he also earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in optics. As a first-year undergraduate, Staffa was undeclared in his major, he told Photonics Media. But the optics department soon caught his attention. After conducting quantum optics research for his senior thesis and researching optical communications at NASA in between his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Staffa said his enthusiasm for the field led him to pursue a doctorate instead of...