IN CONVERSATION WITH Mr Light Mkhumbuza ON SCIENCE WISE
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Light Mkhumbuza is a PhD student at the
University of Graz whose research focuses on
combining integrated photonics with microfluidics,
essentially bringing optical circuits and fluid channels to
better understand how light interacts with liquids and
particles at very small scales. Before this, Light
completed his MSc research at the University of the
Witwatersrand School of Physics, where he worked
extensively with structured light and complex optical
modes. His research explored concepts such as
chirality, spin, orbital angular momentum, and optical
analogues of Maxwell’s demon, combining theoretical
physics with experimental optical systems. He was also
involved in the recent breakthrough study published in
Light: Science & Applications, which revealed a
surprising new way to control light using its own hidden
geometry
University of Graz whose research focuses on
combining integrated photonics with microfluidics,
essentially bringing optical circuits and fluid channels to
better understand how light interacts with liquids and
particles at very small scales. Before this, Light
completed his MSc research at the University of the
Witwatersrand School of Physics, where he worked
extensively with structured light and complex optical
modes. His research explored concepts such as
chirality, spin, orbital angular momentum, and optical
analogues of Maxwell’s demon, combining theoretical
physics with experimental optical systems. He was also
involved in the recent breakthrough study published in
Light: Science & Applications, which revealed a
surprising new way to control light using its own hidden
geometry
