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Rania Gamal

Graduate Student

McGill University

Rania Gamal is a PhD Candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at McGill University. Her research focuses on designing broadband silicon photonic biosensors for the purpose of creating point-of-care devices. Previously, she worked as a research assistant at the Center for Nanoelectronics and Devices at the Zewail City for Science and Technology in Cairo, Egypt, where she has done research on sensing using silicon-nanowire based structures, as well as mid-infrared sensing using silicon plasmonics. Rania was also the teaching assistant for the course, “Thermodynamics of Computing” at McGill University

Interests

  • Whispering gallery mode sensing
  • Integrated silicon photonic devices
  • Sensor array design

Education

  • M.Sc. (Honours) in Electronics Engineering, 2014

    The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

  • B.Sc. (Valedictorian) in Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2010, 2010

    The Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt

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