Said Rahimzadehkalaleh Rodriguez

Said Rahimzadeh-Kalaleh Rodriguez was born in 1983 in Monterrey, Mexico. He studied Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the USA, and graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honours in 2008. Afterwards, he was awarded a full scholarship by the European Commission to study the Erasmus Mundus Masters of Science in Photonics. He studied the first Masters year at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, and the second Masters years at Ghent University, Belgium. He completed the Masters with the Greatest Distinction, and his Master thesis entitled “Light scattering and quantum dot emission close to nanoantenna arrays” was co-awarded the best thesis prize by a consortium of 5 European Universities. In 2010, Said Rahimzadeh-Kalaleh Rodriguez started his PhD studies in the context of an industrial partnership program between FOM Institute AMOLF and Philips, in the Netherlands. During his PhD, Said investigated the physics and applications of metallic nanoparticle arrays coupled to light emitters. Said Rahimzadeh-Kalaleh Rodriguez obtained several breakthrough results of both fundamental and applied relevance. These include the first demonstration of resonant light emission enhancements by metallic antennas induced transparent, the first indications of thermalization and cooling of quasi-particles in a plasmonic system, numerous studies on the transition from weak to strong coupling between molecular excitons, dielectric waveguides, localized surface plasmons, and Bloch waves. Said also proposed numerous applications of his research to solid-state light-emitting devices. Said Rahimzadeh-Kalaleh Rodriguez has co-authored 15 peer-reviewed scientific publications, filed for 4 patents, given 12 contributed and 2 invited talks at national and international conferences, and presented 2 plenary interactive demos.