Background: Mitchell Nahmias graduated with Honors from Princeton University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a certificate in Engineering Physics. Mitch was a recipient of the John Ogden Bigelow Jr. Prize in Electrical Engineering and co-winner of the 'Best Engineering Physics Independent Work Award' for his senior thesis. Outside of research, he has an active interest in music, composition, and jazz performance: he has participated in the Princeton University Jazz Program, was a member of the Composer's Collective, and is currently the keyboard player and longest running member of the Sensemaya Afrobeat All-Stars. Mitch is pursuing a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering under Prof. Paul Prucnal to continue his undergraduate work on his excitable, photonic neuron. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Research Interests: Mitchell Nahmias graduated with Honors from Princeton University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a certificate in Engineering Physics. Mitch was a recipient of the John Ogden Bigelow Jr. Prize in Electrical Engineering and co-winner of the 'Best Engineering Physics Independent Work Award' for his senior thesis. Outside of research, he has an active interest in music, composition, and jazz performance: he has participated in the Princeton University Jazz Program, was a member of the Composer's Collective, and is currently the keyboard player and longest running member of the Sensemaya Afrobeat All-Stars. Mitch is pursuing a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering under Prof. Paul Prucnal to continue his undergraduate work on his excitable, photonic neuron. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.