-Founded a startup that focuses on developing new SNOM / AFM active optical probes to drastically improve optical measurements quality, speed and reduce cost.-Formulated the company’s vision, goals, and objectives; hired and trained new employees.-Participated in all aspects of business development, from market research and finance to operations and marketing, ensuring the company’s vision was followed.-Successfully developed IPs for optical probes and optical spectroscopy-microscopy instruments.-Prepared, submitted, and received several Small Business Innovation Research Grants (SBIRs).-Built and maintained professional relationships with potential investors and partners.

Responsible for two projects: 1) optical characterization of CMOS imaging sensors and wafer level optics (mini-lens) for CMOS sensors and 2) clean room fabrication of Si master template for mini-lens (for Imprint Lithography) applying resist reflow method and dry etching * Successfully developed a method for fabricating aspherical lens shapes using resist reflow techniques which can be applied for mini-lens and micro-lens fabrication. A US patent was filed. * Designed and assembled optical system for measurement modulation transfer function (MTF) of mini-lens and CMOS sensors based on inverted optical microscope. US patent was filed.

Molecular Beam Epitaxy HgCdTe Growth Engineer * Learned how to do MBE growth of II-VI materials (HgCdTe p-n Photodiodes) used in military and space applications. * Optical and electrical characterization of the HgCdTe p-n Photodiode structures and optimization 2-color HgCdTe growth structures to maximize CMOS imaging sensor MTF. MBE growth defect study using optical and electron microscopy.

Developed unstrained Quantum Dot (QD) and Quantum Dash (Q.Dash) nano-materials for diode lasers and Quantum Information using solid source molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and in situ AsBr3 etching system. * Developed novel self-assembled unstrained In0.53Ga0.47As Quantum dashes applying MBE and in situ AsBr3 etching system. * Fabricated new self –assembled nano-structures in the form of cavities on GaSb using MBE and in situ AsBr3 etching system. * Developed technique for low density(< 10^8 cm-2) InAs Quantum dot growth on GaAs.

Doctoral dissertation involved clean room fabrication and characterization of ridge waveguide quantum dot lasers, MBE growth of quantum wells and self-organized quantum dot laser structures. * Measurement of material carrier induced refractive index and spectral dependence of the linewidth enhancement factor in quantum dash and quantum dot lasers for the first time. * Demonstration of more than two fold decrease in linewidth enhancement factor of the quantum dot in a well laser diodes by engineering quantum dot shape and composition of the surrounding quantum well. * Measurement of anisotropy of the carrier induced index of refraction and gain in quantum dash nanostructures and its dependence on photon energy for the first time