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Integrated optics design engineer with a Ph.D. (almost). Over 7 years of experience in design and modelling of photonic components, optical testing, sensing, and nanofabrication.
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My Skills
PHOTONIC COMPONENT DESIGN
Design and modelling of passive and active Si photonic components. I use Lumerical and KLayout for design, with proven track record of successfully implemented optical components (please see my publications).
OPTICAL TESTING
Characterized tens of optical chips through rigorous testing. Built a semi-automated optical setup for rapid testing of optical components with excellent polarization purity and repeatability. Achieved excellent consistency in fiber-to-chip light coupling over many chips.
OPTICAL SENSING
Integrated optical chips with PDMS-based microfluidic channels for potential biosensing applications. Did the mechanical design of clamps, tube inlets&outlets, a chip holding platform to characterize on-chip optical sensors.
NANOFABRICATION
Patterning optical structures with e-beam lithography and photolithography tools. Deposited dielectric, semiconductor and metal thin films with sputtering, thermal and e-beam evaporation, and wet oxidation. Used spectroscopy tools such as Raman, UV-Vis, and FTIR for characterizing thin films, and solar cells. Actively using SEM for the analysis of my chips.
Research
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
American Express / Aug 2018 - Present
Product lead for the Digital New Card Application across 7 countries. Partnered with GFK Market Research to conduct international user studies to determine core MVP features, plus long-term optimizations.
DIGITAL PRODUCT MANAGER
HP Inc. / May 2016 - Jul 2017
Co-created HP’s consumer PC-as-a-Service eCommerce subscription business from zero to public in 6 months. Collaborated with HP’s external finance partner to build and scale the subscription business.
TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
Hewlett-Packard / Aug 2014 - May 2016
Designed, executed, and implemented an end-to-end big data analytics dashboard built on HP’s Vertica architecture. Enabled Net Promoter Score growth of HP’s top 10 enterprise accounts by over 60%.
Certificates
ACTIVE SILICON PHOTONICS FABRICATION COURSE
Offered by CMC Microsystems. Attended a 2-week intensive course on design and fabrication of active Si photonic devices, followed by 2 tape-outs at ANT foundry or AMF. June 2022.
PASSIVE SILICON PHOTONICS FABRICATION COURSE
Offered by CMC Microsystems. Attended a 2-week intensive course on design and fabrication of passive Si photonic devices, followed by 3 tape-outs at ANT foundry or AMF. November 2021.
Education
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING - M.Sc.
Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2016 - 2018
PHYSICS - B.Sc. (Double Major)
Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2014 - 2016
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING - B.Sc.
Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2012 - 2016
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING - Ph.D.
University of Toronto, Canada, 2019 - Present, (Anticipated graduation date: Early 2024)
Aitchison Group and Mojahedi Group
"Laurent is one of the most talented, creative and easy to get along with digital product leader, who really brought in an impact into our company."
Hewlett-Packard, Nancy Blake