Mr. Jonas Muheki | Physics and Astronomy | Research Excellence Award

University of Houston | United States

Mr. Jonas Muheki is an emerging researcher in Medical and Biological Physics, currently pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy in Physics at the University of Houston, Texas, USA, where he specializes in developing innovative opto-electromagnetic modalities for cancer therapy. With a strong academic foundation that includes a Master of Science in Physics with specialization in Photonics from Marwadi University, India, and a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics from Makerere University, Uganda, he has cultivated a multidisciplinary expertise spanning computational physics, photonics, metamaterials, biosensing, and biomedical applications of electromagnetic fields. Jonas has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal publications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, collectively accumulating over 143 citations, demonstrating his emerging influence in advanced sensor design, nanophotonics, graphene-based metasurfaces, and machine-learning-assisted biomedical devices. His notable publications include contributions to journals such as Plasmonics, Optics & Quantum Electronics, and Micromachines, and he has collaborated with international researchers across India, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, and the United States. His work has advanced modern biosensor architectures, solar absorber designs, and terahertz metamaterial-based diagnostic platforms with growing application potential in healthcare, environmental monitoring, and renewable energy. In addition to his research output, Jonas has contributed significantly to teaching and academic development as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Houston and previously as a Physics Lecturer at Kyambogo University in Uganda. He has supervised undergraduate research, reviewed manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, and actively participates in scientific communities including the American Physical Society and the Gulf Coast Consortia.

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Featured Publications

Muheki, J., Wekalao, J., Albargi, H. B., Jalalah, M., Almawgani, A. H. M., & Patel, S. K. (2025). A graphene gold metasurface inspired surface plasmon resonance sensor designed for terahertz applications in sensing and detection of heavy metals in water. (Plasmonics, 20(1), 289–303)

Wekalao, J., Mandela, N., Muheki, J., & Zaid, A. (2025). Design and analysis of a terahertz metasurface-based refractive index sensor for hemoglobin detection with behaviour prediction using polynomial regression. (Plasmonics, 20(4), 2123–2152)

Wekalao, J., Muheki, J., Mandela, N., Kabarokole, P., & Makoye, P. (2025). Machine learning-optimized titanium-based broadband absorber with high-efficiency performance across visible and infrared wavelengths. (Optical and Quantum Electronics, 57(2), 129)

Armghan, A., Jonas, M., Surve, J., Patel, S. K., Aliqab, K., & Alsharari, M. (2023). Refractory material inspired ultra-wideband solar absorber for thermoelectric photovoltaic performance enhancement with ML inspired prediction. (Alexandria Engineering Journal, 73, 461–472)

Alsharari, M., Muheki, J., Armghan, A., Aliqab, K., Surve, J., & Patel, S. K. (2023). Thermal management mechanism employing transparent nanostructures for winter and summer seasons for indoor environments. (International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 193, 108533)