Biography

• Ian was born on July 2, 1987, in Montreal, Canada. He received his BSc with honors in Mathematical Physics from the University of Waterloo in 2008 and is currently working as a PhD student in the Lončar Group. In addition to banging on his drum kit, Ian enjoys playing hockey and golf.

Fellowships

• National Science and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (NSERC-PGS, Canada)

Publications

• Burgess, I.B., Peccianti, M., Assanto, G., Morandotti, R. "Accessible Light Bullets via Synergetic Nonlinearities," Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 203903 (2009)
• Burgess, I.B., Ponte, M.R., Saravanamuttu, K. “Spontaneous formation of 3-D optical and structural lattices from two orthogonal and mutually incoherent beams of white light propagating in a photopolymerisable material” J. Mater. Chem., vol. 18, no. 35, 4133 – 4139 (2008) (featured on the front cover).
• Burgess, I.B., Rochon, P., Cunningham, N., “Photophysical Properties of Commercial Red Dyes in Polymer Films”. Opt. Mater. 30 (10), pp 1478-1483 (2008).
• Burgess, I.B., Shimmell, W.E, Saravanamuttu, K. “Spontaneous Pattern Formation Due to Modulation Instability of Incoherent White Light in a Photopolymerizable Medium”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 (15), pp 4738-4746 (2007).