Rakib is a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh, in 2023, and later joined IUT as a lecturer. His research interests lie at the intersection of integrated photonics, quantum optical communication, nanophotonics, and photonic hardware for quantum-limited information processing. In the PhoQuS group, he is interested in developing chip-scale photonic platforms for scalable optical systems, with a focus on thin-film lithium niobate photonics. His work involves electro-optic modulators, interferometric photonic circuits, and integrated architectures for photon-efficient receivers such as the Green Machine. He uses electromagnetic simulation, photonic circuit design, and layout-aware modeling to connect device-level performance with system-level requirements for quantum and classical optical information processing. Outside of research, Rakib enjoys cooking, playing AAA games, watching movies and series, and trying new cuisines.