Author Biographies

Mohamed A. Mansour received his B.Sc. in Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics Engineering, specializing in photonics, from Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt. Following his graduation, Mohamed served as both a teaching and research assistant at Zewail City, where he engaged in projects focusing on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and optical technologies at the Center for Nanotechnology and participated in teaching Photonics and MEMS courses. Currently, He is a research assistant at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, where he works in advanced photonics research. His most recent notable achievement includes being the first author of a published paper on using ring resonators for demultiplexing applications. Mohamed is dedicated to furthering his studies and research in the fields of photonics, optics, and quantum technologies, aiming to contribute innovative solutions within these dynamic areas.
Alaa M. Ali (Graduate student member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. in nanoscience with a minor in nanotechnology engineering and the M.Sc in nanoscience from Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt, in 2018 and 2021, respectively. After her graduation, she worked as a teaching and research assistant at Zewail City of Science and Technology and research assistant at Nanophotonics Research Laboratory, The American University in Cairo, Egypt. Currently, she is a researcher and a PhD student in the institute of Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (FEMTO-ST), CNRS, Besançon, France, and a visiting researcher in the Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique (ISIR), Sorbonne university, Paris, France. Her research interests include microrobotics, microfluidics, MEMS, optical tweezers, and optical metamaterials.
Frédéric Marty received an ESTE degree in microelectronics from ESIEE-Paris and MS degree in electronics from ISEN, Lille, France. He worked for 6 years at various companies involved in MEMS development and manufacturing. Since 1998, he has been working at ESIEE-Paris, where he is engaged in microsystems developments and in charge of various industrial projects, from design to fabrication in cleanroom conditions. His current research interests include development of new prototypes of fluidic and pressure MEMS.
Tarik Bourouina received his PhD from Université ParisXII Creteil in 1991 and the Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches degree from Université Paris-Sud-Orsay in 2000. He started research at ESIEE in 1988, in the field of silicon-based acoustic microsensors and microgyroscopes. In 1995, he joined IEF lab in Université Paris-Sud-Orsay. From 1998 to 2001, he was an invited scientist at the University of Tokyo, Japan. Currently, he is a professor at ESIEE. His research interests include microsensors, microanalysis systems, and optical MEMS.
Noha A. A. Gaber received her B.S. degree, in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2007 from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, and M.S. degree from the same University in 2011, and the Ph.D. from Université Paris-Est, Marne-la-Vallée, France, in 2014.She joined the Center for Nanotechnology in Zewailcity of Science and Technology (ZC), Egypt, in 2015, as a Post-doctoral Fellow while being a visiting researcher in ESIEE Paris, France. Since 2018, she has been an Assistant Professor with the Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics Engineering Program. She published several publications in renowned journals and international conferences, including high-impact factor journals such as Lab-On-Chip, Optics Express and Sensors. She peer-reviewed many articles for prestigious publishers such as Nature and Optical Society of America as a service for the scientific community. Her research interests include optofluidics, Lab-on-a-chip, MEMS, and miniaturized optical instruments.Dr. Gaber has been awarded several international awards and grants, besides a number of research funds that in total exceed 3.5 Million EGPs to conduct different research projects. The awards include, but not limited to, PhD scholarship from Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, and best student paper Award in SPIE Photonics West conference 2015. She established the optics MEMS lab and developed the MEMS and micro-sensors research track at ZC.
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