Ebrahim Karimi is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences in Iran. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, where he studied the fundamentals and applications of angular momentum in photonics systems. He holds the Canada Research Chair in the field of structured light. His research focuses on experimental and theoretical studies of structured quantum waves, such as photon and electron waves, and their applications in quantum communication, quantum computation, and materials science.
