Experience

Voxtel LLC

• United States
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Optical Scientist

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Nanovox (Vadient Optics): Additive manufacturing of Gradient Index (GRIN) lenses using inkjet printing technology • Design and optimization of freeform GRIN lenses in ZEMAX and Code V with custom macros and surfaces for a variety of applications ranging from imaging systems (low f number multiple lens components, micro-lens arrays, scopes, cell phone cameras, …, etc.) to beam shapers • Analysis of optical performance of GRIN lenses by data extracted from Digital Holographic Microscopy Nanovox (Vadient Optics): Additive manufacturing of Gradient Index (GRIN) lenses using inkjet printing technology • Design and optimization of freeform GRIN lenses in ZEMAX and Code V with custom macros and surfaces for a variety of applications ranging from imaging systems (low f number multiple lens components, micro-lens arrays, scopes, cell phone cameras, …, etc.) to beam shapers • Analysis of optical performance of GRIN lenses by data extracted from Digital Holographic Microscopy



Start-up, Sensing Technologies

• Tehran Province, Iran

• Co-Founder

  • 2015 - 2018

  • Design and deployment of a portable air quality sensor controlled and monitored through a wireless connection by an Android device • Design, fabrication, and characterization of a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) sensor • Design and deployment of a portable air quality sensor controlled and monitored through a wireless connection by an Android device • Design, fabrication, and characterization of a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) sensor



SRBIAU

• Iran
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Faculty

  • 2013 - 2018

  • Simulation of 2D photonic crystal sensors • Supervision of two Masters students • Offering courses in Optics, Electronics, Computational Physics, and Semiconductor Devices • Simulation of 2D photonic crystal sensors • Supervision of two Masters students • Offering courses in Optics, Electronics, Computational Physics, and Semiconductor Devices



University of Toronto

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post-doctoral researcher

  • 2010 - 2013

  • Design, fabrication, and characterization of label-free, index of refraction SiNx/SiO2 2D Photonic Crystal Slab (PCS) Biosensors integrated with microfluidic channel • Demonstration of unique properties of the PCS biosensors compatible with CMOS technology such as simple light coupling, large bio-sensing area, high spectral sensitivity as large as 800nm/RIU, high guided mode resonance quality factor exceeding 10,000, and minimum refractive index change resolution (detection limit) as small as 10^-7 • Direct measurement of detection limit up to 10-6 and challenging all environmental, mechanical, and equipment instabilities Show less



Iran University of Science and Technology

• Iran
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• (Visiting) faculty

  • 2008 - 2009

  • Building up a photonics lab for optical characterization of photonic structures • Finite difference (FD) calculation of polarized modes and their evolution using beam propagation method (BPM), and FDTD in optical waveguide structures • Offering general physics courses, undergraduate and graduate courses in optics and photonics • Building up a photonics lab for optical characterization of photonic structures • Finite difference (FD) calculation of polarized modes and their evolution using beam propagation method (BPM), and FDTD in optical waveguide structures • Offering general physics courses, undergraduate and graduate courses in optics and photonics



University of Southern California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • 2000 - 2007

  • Design, modeling, and demonstration of semiconductor microdisk devices as a polarization mode converter • Demonstration of active microdisks for the control of the polarization state of light through spanning of the Poincare sphere • Design and characterization of (III-V) InGaAsP semiconductor microdisk lasers • Modeling of microdisk-waveguide device in an Optical Code Division Multiple Access (OCDMA) system • Photoluminescence measurements of MBE grown semiconductor quantum dots • Design, modeling, and demonstration of semiconductor microdisk devices as a polarization mode converter • Demonstration of active microdisks for the control of the polarization state of light through spanning of the Poincare sphere • Design and characterization of (III-V) InGaAsP semiconductor microdisk lasers • Modeling of microdisk-waveguide device in an Optical Code Division Multiple Access (OCDMA) system • Photoluminescence measurements of MBE grown semiconductor quantum dots