Zeeshan Ahmed received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (Electronics) from Sukkur IBA University, Sindh, Pakistan.
He was later selected for the Erasmus Mundus in Innovative Microwave Electronics and Optics (EMIMEO) master’s program, an initiative uniting the expertise of leading European institutions in RF and microwave engineering. During his MSc, he studied at Université of Limoges (France) and the University of Brescia (Italy), gaining multidisciplinary experience in RF systems, microwave electronics, and photonics.
Following his master’s, Zeeshan was awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD position under the MWP4Space project, focused on integrated photonic technologies for high-frequency, low-phase-noise optoelectronic oscillators (OEOs). He began the academic part of his PhD at CNIT, Pisa, Italy, where he worked on all-pass microring resonator-based OEOs using VPI Photonics simulation tool.
Currently, he is pursuing the industrial part of his Marie Curie PhD at III-V Lab which is a joint lab of Nokia, Thales, and CEA-Leti in Palaiseau, France. At III-V Lab, Zeeshan is engaged in the design and fabrication of microring resonators specifically for the OEO applications, aiming to achieve ultra-high-frequency and low-phase-noise performance.
Zeeshan’s academic and research experience covers a wide range of fields, including RF and microwave engineering, electronics, and optics. His current research interests include Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), Optoelectronic Oscillators, High-Q Optical Resonators, Photonic Integration Techniques and Microwave Photonics.