APL Photonics is proud to welcome six new members to our Early Career Editorial Advisory Board who will serve for the next two years. We want to recognize and hear from these rising leaders in photonics to ensure the journal evolves in step with the community it serves. Our Early Career Editorial Advisory Board allows us a direct channel for dialogue, mentorship, and collaboration. The 2026 appointees were selected by a committee of current Editorial Advisory Board members following a competitive application process. Please join us in welcoming the newest members.
Daniele Benetti
Imperial College London, Department of Chemistry, UK
“Being part of the ECEAB for APL Photonics gives me the opportunity not only to learn some aspect of the editorial process, but also will allow me to broaden my perspective on photonics by engaging with a diverse range of applications and methods across the field. I am also looking forward to engaging with the broader photonics community and contributing with some perspectives from materials-driven photonics, spanning nanomaterials, luminescent solar concentrators, and time-resolved pump–probe spectroscopy of slower dynamics in solar energy-conversion devices.”
Dr. Daniele Benetti is currently a UKRI Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London. His research focuses on materials-driven light–matter interactions and the control of interfacial processes, spanning the synthesis of nanostructures and the use of time-resolved operando optical spectroscopy to study charge kinetics in energy-conversion systems. He received his Ph.D. from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada, and was subsequently an FRQNT Fellow at McGill University. He later moved to Imperial College London to pursue his Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship.
Marco Colangelo
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, USA
“Being a part of the Early Career Editorial Advisory Board for APL Photonics is a special opportunity to give back to the photonics community that played a central role in my growth as a researcher.”
Dr. Colangelo is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Northeastern University. He conducts research at the intersection of superconducting nanodevices, quantum hardware, and advanced nanofabrication, with a strong focus on photonic and optoelectronic systems. His group develops superconducting nanowire technologies for single-photon detection, microwave–optical interfaces, and ultra-low-latency signal processing, enabling new architectures for quantum photonics and integrated photonic platforms. Dr. Colangelo maintains close collaborations with national laboratories and industry partners, and is deeply committed to mentoring undergraduate and graduate researchers. In parallel, he is engaged in technology transfer, advancing the integration and scalability of next-generation superconducting, photonic, and electronic devices.
Mario Ferraro
Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Italy
“Being part of the APL Photonics Early Career Advisory Board is a great honor and an exciting opportunity to contribute to a journal that plays a key role in shaping the photonics community. I look forward to supporting initiatives that highlight emerging research directions and strengthen the visibility of early-career researchers in our field.”
Mario Ferraro is a tenure-track researcher in the Department of Physics at the University of Calabria, Italy. He obtained his PhD in Physics from Université Côte d’Azur in 2019. He then carried out postdoctoral research at Sapienza University of Rome and, as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, at the CNRS ICB Laboratory of the University of Burgundy.
His research activity focuses on multimode fiber optics, with particular emphasis on the thermodynamic and statistical-mechanics description of light nonlinear propagation. He investigates beam self-cleaning phenomena and the physics of specialty optical fibers, as well as their characterization using optical and X-ray-based techniques.
Hyounghan Kwon
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea
“Being part of the APL Photonics ECEAB is an opportunity to shape the future of optics by supporting rigorous and innovative research. I look forward to contributing my expertise in nanophotonic hardware and integration to help curate a diverse portfolio of papers that define the state-of-the-art in photonic systems and their potential applications.”
Hyounghan Kwon is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Quantum Technology, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). His research focuses on developing scalable and high-performance quantum photonic systems by leveraging advanced nanofabrication techniques. Specifically, he investigates integrated quantum/nonlinear optics, nano-scale optical hardware for quantum systems, inverse-designed nanophotonic devices, and free-space optical elements driven by metamaterials. Before joining KIST, he gained extensive expertise in nanophotonics. His work aims to bridge the gap between fundamental quantum physics and practical engineering to realize next-generation integrated photonic devices.
Haoning Tang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, USA
“Being part of the Early Career Editorial Advisory Board of APL Photonics is an honor and an opportunity to contribute to shaping the future direction of the field. I am excited to help promote rigorous, impactful, and inclusive photonics research, particularly at the interface of fundamental physics and emerging device platforms.”
Dr. Haoning Tang is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT (starting July 2026) and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. She was a Harvard Quantum Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University and received her Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard, with a bachelor’s degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her honors include the Rising Star of Light Award and the Harvard Quantum Initiative and Hong Kong Jockey Club Fellowships. Her lab conducts interdisciplinary research in nanophotonics, metamaterials, quantum materials, and MEMS-enabled platforms, focusing on in situ tunable and hyper-reconfigurable photonic devices.
Bassem Tossoun
Hewlett Packard Labs, USA
“I’m honored and excited to be a part of the ECEAB for APL Photonics and help bring in fresh perspective on current important topics in photonics. Currently, photonics sits at the forefront of critical technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, and I would love to help develop special topics in APL and engage with the community to help produce novel and impactful publications in APL Photonics within those fields.”
Bassem Tossoun is a principal research scientist at Hewlett Packard Labs focusing on optical computing technology from diverse optoelectronic materials and devices to large-scale programmable photonic integrated circuits and architectures. Themes of his research include the heterogenous integration of various dissimilar materials on an integrated photonic platform to leverage the strengths of different materials and enhance both energy-efficiency and scalability, the development and characterization of novel photonic non-volatile memory materials and devices for in-memory optical computing, and the co-integration of emerging electronic and photonic devices to create new capabilities in storing, processing, and communicating information.
We look forward to working with all of these exceptional scientists over the next two years as members of our valued advisory board.
We encourage interested researchers to apply for a seat on the Early Career Editorial Advisory Board next year. For more information about eligibility and the full early career board, please visit our informational page or contact us at aplphotonics-journalmanager@aip.org.
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APL Photonics publishes innovative, high-quality research that advances fundamental understanding and enables next- generation photonic technologies, with an emphasis on conceptual breakthroughs and impactful applications.