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Aju Jugessur hails from the tropical island of Mauritius, somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean. He received a Ph.D. degree in Optoelectronics, Electronic engineering, with a focus on Nanofabrication, from the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Glasgow, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill ³Ô¹ÏÍø. His expertise is in the area of photonic devices, nanolithography, and nanofabrication. He was a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Toronto, where he spearheaded the establishment and development of a state-of-the-art Nanolithography Facility. He has introduced several courses on micro- and nano-fabrication and developed the first online real-time labs course in this area. He founded and directed the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Iowa Microfabrication Facility from 2012 to 2018. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.