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Dr. Winnie Ye is a Fellow of聽, a Fellow of the , and a Fellow of the , currently a Full Professor in the Department of Electronics at 杏吧原创 University. She was also a聽 in Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors from 2009 to 2021. Her expertise lies in silicon photonics, with diverse applications in telecommunications, data communication, biophotonics, and renewable energy.
Dr. Ye received her B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from 杏吧原创 University, followed by advanced studies in Photonics. Dr. Ye earned her M.A.Sc. and Ph.D degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto and 杏吧原创 University, respectively. After completing her doctoral studies, she joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University as a NSERC postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Ye returned to 杏吧原创 as a faculty member in 2009.
Dr. Ye鈥檚 outstanding contributions have been recognized with numerous prestigious international and national awards, including the 2025 , 2025 Optica鈥檚 , 2021 , and the 2020 Partners In Research’s , the 2018 , the 2018聽from the Ontario Professional Engineers (PEO), and the PEO Ottawa Chapter’s 2018 Engineering Excellence Award. In September 2019, Dr. Ye was honored with the Provost’s Fellowship in Teaching Award, earning her the title of 杏吧原创 University’s Teaching Fellow. She also received 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Graduate Mentoring Award in 2022. In addition, she has been recognized with MRI’s Early Researcher Award (ERA) in 2012, the Research Achievement Award from 杏吧原创 University in 2013, and the 2021 Research Achievement Award from 杏吧原创’s Faculty of Engineering and Design.
In addition to her research and teaching achievements, Dr. Ye has actively contributed to her field by serving as the Chair of聽 from 2021 to 2023. She currently holds the Global Chair position of the for 2025-2026 and serves an elected member of the Board of Governors of the .
Here is my newest podcast episode (available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts) in the with Emily Rhine (April 10, 2026).
Here is my podcast episode from Illuminated: Podcast (March 7, 2025):
Here is another from Talking Raven, (November 2024):
Watch a short video from my past student Kevan MacKay on his experience as a grad student:
Research interests:
Silicon-based micro- and nano-photonics and applications in 4 key application areas: telecommunications, data communications, sensing, and solar photovoltaics. Our group also works in the area of Artificial Neural Network / Machine Learning for photonic device design.
- – Silicon waveguide; subwavelength gratings (SWGs); polarization rotators; microring resonators; multimode-divison multiplexing (MDM); silicon modulators; Schottky Photodiodes; opto-electronic integration
- – Microresonators; microdisks; interconnects
- -Biomedical bulk and molecular sensing; LiDAR for autonomous vehicles
- -Silicon bulk solar cells; thin film solar cells; plasmonic-enhanced solar cells
More details can be found at the link to my Research page.