Dr Emanuele Galiffi is an incoming Assistant Professor at the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Texas at Austin.
Our group's research focuses on exotic wave phenomena in electromagnetism, nanophotonics, acoustics and elasticity. We are especially interested in classical and quantum electrodynamics in time-varying media, which can produce exotic effects, such as time-reflection, nonreciprocity and amplification. We also study low-symmetry materials and metamaterials, and investigate novel strategies to produce extreme classical and quantum wave-matter interactions in photonics and acoustics, for applications in sensing, energy-efficient communication and power transfer, and quantum technology.
If you are interested in joining our group as an undergraduate/graduate student, or as a postdoc, please reach out to egaliffi[at]utexas.edu, including a CV, transcript and cover letter.
Updates
November 2026: Dr Galiffi selected as Opening Keynote Speaker at the 48th AMTA Meeting
May 2026: Dr Galiffi awarded the 2025 Nanophotonics Early Career Award
April 2026: David Harper awarded the NSF Graduate Fellowship.
March 2026: Dr Galiffi awarded the Santimay Basu Award from the International Union of Radio Science (URSI).
March 2026: Dr Galiffi elected to the Editorial Board of Optica as an Associate Editor.
January 2026: Our paper on coherent perfect absorption and amplification was published in Nature Photonics!