About

Students Network

PhD candidates and early-career researchers collaborating across the network.

The Students Network connects PhD candidates, postdocs and early-career researchers across the ECRN-OWC partner institutions and beyond. Members share methods and datasets, attend joint training schools, and co-author publications. Below is the current cohort.

Satish Kumar
Czech Republic

Satish Kumar

Wireless & Fiber Optics Group · CTU Prague

Claudia Leoni
Italy

Claudia Leoni

Università Roma Tre

Christos Giachoudis
France

Christos Giachoudis

Institut Fresnel, CLARTE Team · Centrale Méditerranée

Alex Cameron
United Kingdom

Alex Cameron

Northumbria University

Francisco Rau
Spain

Francisco Rau

MaxLinear, Inc. · Universitat de València

Atiya Fatima Usmani
Portugal

Atiya Fatima Usmani

Instituto de Telecomunicações & Universidade de Aveiro

Jan Vocílka
Czech Republic

Jan Vocílka

Czech Technical University in Prague

Luis Miguel Giraldo
Spain

Luis Miguel Giraldo

Universitat de València

Miguel Rêgo
Portugal

Miguel Rêgo

Instituto de Telecomunicações

Julián Solís Torrejón
United Kingdom

Julián Solís Torrejón

Northumbria University

Haili Ma
United Kingdom

Haili Ma

Northumbria University

Adeel Faruq
United Kingdom

Adeel Faruq

Northumbria University

Atiyeh (Nora) Pouralizadeh
Germany

Atiyeh (Nora) Pouralizadeh

Fraunhofer HHI

Radek Nesnídal
Czech Republic

Radek Nesnídal

Czech Technical University in Prague

Yiming Shen
Ireland

Yiming Shen

Eblana Photonics, Dublin

Alexandros Aslanidis
Greece

Alexandros Aslanidis

Harokopio University

Raul Zamorano-Illanes
United Kingdom

Raul Zamorano-Illanes

Optical Communications Research Group · Northumbria University

Recent graduates

The network has supported many PhD and MPhil students over the years. Recent cohorts:

2026

  • Carlos Guerra Yánez
  • Klára Eöllős Jarošíková

2025

  • Carlos Ivan del Valle Morales
  • Eleni Niarchou

2024

  • Vaigai Yokar
  • Dr Rida Zia-ul-Mustafa (PhD, Northumbria)

How to join

If you are a student or early-career researcher hosted by one of the partner institutions, contact your local supervisor or use the general contact form. We also welcome external students wishing to spend a research visit at one of the partner labs.