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Prof. Ellenbogen obtained his bachelor's degree in Physics and Computers from Tel-Aviv University in 2002 and his Master's degree in Physics from Tel-Aviv University in 2005. He did his PhD degree in Nonlinear Optics at the School of Electrical Engineering in Tel-Aviv University. During his PhD he received several awards for excellence including the SPIE, Intel, Applied Materials, Weinstein, and The Electro-Optics Fund awards. In 2010 he received the Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship and joined the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University to work on nanoplasmonics and excitonics. During his postdoctoral fellowship he acted as an active member of The Center for Excitonics in MIT and the Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems. In October 2012 he took his current position at the Department of Physical Electronics at The Tel-Aviv University School of Electrical Engineering to establish The Laboratory for Nanoscale Electro Optics.

Lilach joined the NEO Lab in February 2025 as a Laboratory Engineer, after working for 10 years at the Israel Meteorological Service. She holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Geophysics & Planetary Sciences, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Earth Sciences from Tel Aviv University. Her research focused on isotopic dating methods and the limnological history of the Sea of Galilee, using a variety of geochemical and environmental tools.

Cormac joined the NEO Lab in April 2019, and is currently a Research Associate working on broadband THz generation from metasurfaces and nanomaterials. He received his B.Sc. degree in Experimental Physics from The University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) in 2012. He completed a PhD in 2016 at the National Centre for Laser Applications at NUIG investigating laser ablation mechanisms of transparent conductive thin films using ultrashort laser pulses. In 2016 he joined M-Squared Lasers in Scotland as an applications engineer, participating in a number of EU project collaborations including HYPERIAS and LUSTRE. As part of this he undertook a number of guest research secondments to the University of Siegen Germany and St Andrews University Scotland. In 2018 he joined the Lasercenter at Munich University of Applied Sciences as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on pump-probe techniques for investigating the mechanisms of ultrashort laser-metal interactions.

Danielle joined the NEO Lab in November 2016 as M.Sc. student. She received her B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering with honors from Tel Aviv University in March 2018, as she continued her M.Sc. studies as part of the direct program. Her master's research focused on the optical properties of plasmonic metasurface etalons. Danielle graduated her M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering with honors from Tel Aviv University in April 2020, and continued in our group as a PhD student. At the NEO Lab Danielle studies collective optical interactions in 3D nano-engineered metamaterials.

Mai joined the NEO Lab in March 2016 as a research assistant during her B.Sc. Later, she continued as an M.Sc. student in the lab. Her master's research focused on THz generation from nonlinear metamaterials. Mai received her B.Sc. in Physics from Tel-Aviv University in 2017,and her M.Sc. in Physics from Tel-Aviv University in 2020. Currently, Mai is researching the temporal dynamics of collective effects in metasurfaces.

Arun joined the NEO Lab in April 2024 as a PhD student. He received his B.Sc. degree and M.Sc. degree in Physics(with Honors) from Prabhat Kumar College, Contai Under the affiliation of Vidyasagar University, India in 2018 and 2020 respectively. His master's research focused on Terahertz Generation and Detection by Nonlinear Optical Method and active tunning of metamaterial. Currently, his research work is on THz generation and detection from metamaterial.

Kate joined the NEO Lab as a research assistant in May 2023 following the completion of her B.Sc. final project under the supervision of Prof. Tal Ellenbogen. She graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University in August 2023, specializing in Electro-Optics. For her project, she planned and implemented an optical non-invasive spectral characterization system. Kate has continued as an M.Sc. student in the lab, currently researching design and fabrication techniques for 3D plasmonic metamaterials.

Saar joined the NEO Lab as a M.Sc. student in October 2023. He graduated with a double B.Sc in Physics & Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University in August 2023, while completing his final project in the NEO Lab under the supervision of Ms. Danielle Ben Haim and Prof. Tal Ellenbogen. His B.Sc. final project focused on inverse design of dielectric metasurfaces using deep learning techniques. Saar continues this research in his M.Sc. studies, while focusing on nonlinear dielectric metasurfaces.

Xiaoxi joined the NEO Lab in September 2024 as a PhD student. She earned her B.Sc. degree in 2021 and M.Sc. degree in 2024, both from Foshan University in China. During her master's studies, her research focused on vortex solitons and nonlinear optics. In the NEO Lab, Xiaoxi works on meta slab waveguides.

Benjamin joined the NEO Lab in October 2024 as an MSc. student. He obtained his BSc. in Electrical Engineering in September 2024 from Tel Aviv University. During the 2024 academic year, he spent nine months at the Weizmann Institute conducting research in the trapped-ions lab as a visiting student. His work there focused on applying Digital Predistortion to linearize the Acousto-Optic Modulator while operating it in its nonlinear regime. Currently, the focus of his research is on Metasurfaces and Metalens design.

Paz joined the NEO Lab in August 2025 as an M.Sc. student. She received her B.Sc. degree in Materials Science and Engineering with honors from Tel Aviv University in 2022. Prior to joining the lab, she worked for over 3.5 years as an R&D and Process Engineer in the electro-optics department at Elbit Systems, as part of the optical coatings R&D team. Her M.Sc. research focuses on functional polymer .meta-membranes for optical and electro-optical control.