Daniel Benedikovic (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from the University of Žilina, Slovakia, in 2015. During his study, he completed several educational and scientific internships with Aalto University, Finland, the University of Málaga, Spain, and the National Research Council Canada, Canada. From 2015 to 2020, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with Centre de Nanoscience et de Nanotechnology, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Multimedia and Information-Communication Technologies, University of Žilina. His current research interests include the development, design, and optical characterization of active and passive silicon photonic components, sub-wavelength grating nanostructures, fiber-optic communication systems, and optical sensors.