Mohamed Elsayed

Mohamed Elsayed

Hello! My name is Mohamed. I'm an EE student at UofT and I'm interested in a variety of fields in Quantum Physics and use my software and AI/ML skills to build research tools, simulations, and systems you can see, test, and benefit from.

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Toronto / Cairo · Physics / Math / Programming

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Now

I'm currently a research assistant at Ain Shams University, working with Professors Mostafa El-Aasser and Nasr Gad on quantum dot enhanced photovoltaic devices. My work mainly consists of running optical simulations in Lumerical and Python to compare material parameters, device geometries, and design tradeoffs. Alongside that, I'm currently independently researching different aspects of Quantum Error Correction, specifically GKP codes. I've reached out to a variety of different researchers, you may see my work here.

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Timeline

  1. 2026·06 Appointed as Program Coordinator & Logistics Executive at Univesity of Toronto Quantum Computing Club (UTQC); also working on a NV Diamond project to be published soon
  2. 2026·05 Began quantum dot photovoltaics research at Ain Shams University (Profs. El-Aasser & Gad)
  3. 2025·12 Pong AI placed 3rd, ESC180 tournament.
  4. 2025·09 Started Engineering Science at UofT (Transferred to Electrical)
  5. 2025·07 Optics experiments optimization research at AUC (Prof. Swillam)
  6. 2024·07 Backend internship at eVision.
  7. 2021–2023 Roblox development era; shipped titles passing 1.7B visits. Did alot of independent commissions alongside that too.
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Experience

  1. 01
    Research Assistant — Ain Shams University May 2026 – Present

    Photonics research on quantum dot enhanced photovoltaic devices, supervised by Professors Nasr Gad and Mostafa El-Aasser.

  2. 02
    Technical Lead — Al Mannar NGO Jul 2021 – Mar 2026

    Lead technology strategy and infrastructure for a regional charity in Upper Egypt, including a SQLite-backed system that digitized beneficiary records.

  3. 03
    Research Assistant — The American University in Cairo Jul 2025 – Sep 2025

    Building custom systems to optimize optics experiments, supervised by Professor Mohamed Swillam.

  4. 04
    Backend Intern — eVision Jul 2024 – Aug 2024

    Worked with teams across the company to ship a scalable Java file-parsing automation system for structured financial documents, cutting manual data entry.

  5. 05
    Software Developer & Animator — Self-Employed Oct 2021 – Jul 2023

    Built gameplay systems, anticheat systems, and Blender animations for Roblox studios; shipped titles collectively surpassed 1.7 billion visits.

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In my lifetime, I want to...