Gloria Halka

Gloria is a graduate student in Applied Physics who joined the Atwater group in September 2025. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Masters degree in Applied Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where her research focused on Silicon Photonics and SWIR detectors. While science is the biggest value she holds, Gloria also enjoys hiking, surfing, classical art, music, philosophy, and discovering new hobbies.