A. Profile

Kalwe is a dedicated researcher in Optics and Laser Physics with a specialized focus on Chiral Nanophotonics. He currently serves as an Assistant Lecturer at the National Institute of Optics & Lasers (NIOL), Multimedia University of Kenya. As an active member of both OPTICA (formerly OSA) and SPIE, he also serves as the Academic Advisor for the Multimedia University of Kenya OPTICA-SPIE Society Student Chapter.

Kalwe is a recipient of prestigious scholarships, including HELB and DAAD, which supported his MSc studies in Kenya and Germany respectively. He is currently pursuing Ph.D. studies in Optics at the Harbin Institute of Technology, China, funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council.

B. Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D. Student (Physics) — Computational Optics
  Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, PRC

• M.Sc. (Physics) — Optics & Lasers
  JKUAT / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany

• B.Sc. (Physics) — First Class Honours
  Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

C. Professional Qualifications

• Specialist in Precision Optics (SPO) — International Certification Accreditation Council (ICAC)

D. Membership of Professional Bodies or Associations

• OPTICA (formerly Optical Society of America — OSA)
  Member No.: 1202077

• SPIE — The International Society for Optics and Photonics
  SPIE ID: 5121421

E. Research Interests

• Computational Optics

• Chiral Nanophotonics

• Chiroptical Metasurfaces

F. Peer-Reviewed Publications

• ORCID: 0009-0006-8212-5289

• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johnston-Kalwe