Prof. Ndukaife engages students on nanofabrication in the VINSE cleanroom!
Mar. 11, 2026—As part of the experiential learning component of my new course on Biomedical Microdevices, I take students through the process of nanofabrication using advanced tools like electron beam lithography, mask aligner, electron beam deposition, etc. Students learn how these tools are used to perform top-down fabrication to make micro devices for societal benefits.
Prof. Ndukaife received an NSF Conference grant to organize the 6th African Nano Conference in Nigeria!
Mar. 11, 2026—Prof. Ndukaife applied for and received approx $24k NSF conference grant from the Nanoscale Materials Interaction Program. The grant was used to support the 6th African Nano Conference at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, facilitating participation from U.S. researchers, and promoting their engagement with researchers in West-Africa.
Our latest paper on thermal emission engineering with bound states in the continuum (BIC) has been featured on back cover of Advanced Optical Materials!
Mar. 11, 2026—We are excited to share that our latest work on controlling thermal radiation using bound states in the continuum (BICs) has been featured as the Back Cover of Advanced Optical Materials (Vol. 14, Issue 6). https://lnkd.in/eQHYHGBM Thermal radiation is typically considered broadband and incoherent. In this work, we demonstrate that through nanophotonic engineering and BIC-enabled...
Prof. Ndukaife has been named a Chancellor Faculty Fellow!
Mar. 11, 2026—The Chancellor Fellowship is a prestigious university-wide honor that recognizes highly accomplished, tenured faculty representing a broad range of disciplines and areas of expertise across Vanderbilt University. Read the announcement here
Prof. Ndukaife is one of 10 global recipients of Optica Challenge Prize and recognized at the Plenary session of the Frontier in Optics and Laser Science meeting!
Oct. 11, 2023— Ndukaife wins Optica Challenge Prize
Prof. Ndukaife wins Best and Brightest: Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award!
Oct. 1, 2023—Ndukaife wins distinguished Office of Naval Research Award
Congratulations to Guodong on winning Best Poster Award at SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference
Sep. 18, 2023—Guodong’s poster is entitled: “High performance sensor based on bound states in the continuum (BIC)”
Professor Ndukaife is the recipient of the 2023 Kaminow Outstanding Early Career Professional Prize!
Aug. 16, 2023—Ndukaife was recognized for For unwavering commitment to teaching, mentoring, and community service by fostering the growth and development of students and early-career professionals within his local community and in Africa.
Our latest paper on scalable trapping of EVs using plasmonics appears in Nature Communications
Aug. 9, 2023—https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40549-7
Prof. Ndukaife wins NIH MIRA R35 Outstanding Investigator Award at NIGMS
Aug. 9, 2023—https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2023/08/04/justus-ndukaife-wins-1-9m-from-national-institutes-of-health-to-build-on-foundational-knowledge-of-nanoscale-cellular-particles/
Our latest paper on Anapole-assisted optical trapping appears in Nano Letters!
Jul. 31, 2023—https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02014
Our article on merging metasurfaces with microfluidics appears in Nature Nanotechnology!
Jan. 23, 2023—Check out the press release here: https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/news/2022/vanderbilt-electrical-engineering-professor-publishes-paper-on-merging-metasurfaces-with-microfluidics/
Professor Ndukaife wins the prestigious NSF CAREER Award!
Mar. 30, 2022—The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
Professor Ndukaife receives Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research!
Aug. 26, 2021—https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2021/08/30/thirteen-faculty-members-honored-at-fall-faculty-assembly/
Our recent paper on “nanoparticle trapping with quasi-BIC system” appears in ACS Photonics!
Jun. 22, 2021—Download here
Our latest paper on dynamic manipulation of single nanodiamonds with NV center appears in Nano Letters!
Jun. 11, 2021—https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00357
