The CNI Shared Lab Facilities are open to student and faculty researchers, as well as individuals from government, start-ups, and industry. The Clean Room provides a comprehensive suite of tools for microfabrication and nanofabrication. The Materials Characterization Laboratory and the Electron Microscopy Laboratory offer state-of-the-art instruments for chemical and structural material analysis.

News

CNI Faculty Director Keren Bergman named winner of the 2025 C.E.K. Mees Medal by Optica. Professor Bergman was recognized for her, “pioneering research on optical interconnects and photonic architectures for high-performance computing.” Read more here.

CNI professor Michal Lipson Elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Professor Lipson was honored for transformative contributions in photonics. CNI congratulates Professor Lipson for this achievement. Read more here.

Columbia’s CUbiC featured in Columbia Engineering’s Year-in-Review. Read about the groundbreaking advances SEAS researchers made in 2023 here.

Columbia’s CUbiC recently held its inaugural annual review. Read about its recent advances in addressing data and connectivity bottlenecks here.

CNI professors Keren Bergman, Alex Gaeta and Michal Lipson published a paper in Nature Photonics about transferring data with many colors of light simultaneously. Read more and access this paper, titled, “Massively scalable Kerr comb-driven silicon photonic link," here.

Optica names Alex Gaeta 2023 Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award Recipient. Read more about this distinguished award here.

Columbia’s Materials Science Center

Nanotechnology is at the Core of Columbia’s New Materials Research Center. 

History of the CNI

The center builds upon a long research history in multidisciplinary research.

CNI Shared Laboratories

The shared laboratories provide access to cutting edge equipment and innovative research.