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San Mateo, Ca, Us

1. Co-lead (responsible for optics) the design and development of ywo miniature wide angle, distortion controlled and athermalized camera lenses (extensive analysis and tolerance analysis, test and yield and reliability analysis and daily vendor management) from prototype, EVT, DVT to mass production for for GoPro flagship camera HERO 8 BLACK and 360deg camera MAX.2. Lead the specification definition, feasibility design of a wide angle, very high quality and distortion controlled, athermalized miniature lens for next generation very high resolution action camera. Guided and managed several vendors to perform the final designs. Lead the performance analysis, final design selection. Manage the development and yield improvement. Product ready to be launched.3. Lead the specification definition, feasibility design of removable wide angle lens. Lead and guide the detailed lens design and performance analyses and development. Product to be launched soon.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

1. Miniature cytometer new technology demonstration, prototypes and microscope optical system, LED based illumination system designs with freeform optics and consumable parts design, etc..2. New PCR technology demonstration and optical system concept design.3. Single molecular Digital PCR technology experiments.

San Jose, California, Us

1. Identified and solved big problems for the1st generation Lithographic projection lens. 2. Architected and designed from scratch, co-developed the company's 2nd generation optical lithographic projection lens and transferred to volume production.3. Architected, designed from scratch and co-developed a Near IR, medium NA microscope and its illumination systems.4. Designed and developed f-theta lenses for very high power laser applications. 5. Participated in the development of the phase modulation shearing interferometry based wafer inspection system.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Pacific Biosciences IPOed and released its first single-molecule DNA sequencing instrument in April 2011. I worked in the Research and Development group from the initial optical design stages all the way through supporting instruments in the field. 1. Lead optical designer for the initial single-molecule sequencing propotype (Astro) used as a test platform. Defined, designed and developed a complex laser illumination system and a highly efficient fluorescence light collection system (see Optics Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 9, pp. 1026-1028 for details). Performed system tolerance and analysis and formulated alignment procedure. Butilt and aligned the optical train of the first few prototypes.2. Co-invented the optical technology used in the first Pacific Biosciences commercial release, the RS product (see Science, 02 January 2009/10.1126/science.1162986 for details). Chief architect of the laser illumination system and fluorescence light collection optical system, responsible for detailed design and optical tolerancing, and selecting suppliers. Put together initial prototypes and supported full release to manufacturing and a steep production ramp.3. Designed numerous complex objective lens systems including a medium NA microscope objective and tube lens, a high NA all refractive microscope objective and a high NA catadioptric microscope objective for next generation products. Carried out tolerance analysis and manufacturability assessment.4. Multiple U.S. Patent Applications filed by Pacific Biosciences.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

As the only optical engineer,1. Designed and developed the optical system of the virtual keyboard product, which was aimed at being imbedded in cellphone, and transfered to volume production.2. Specified, designed and developed the extremely wide angle, miniature CMOS camera lens (using plastic optics) and filters used in the virtual keyboard product.3. Invented, specified, designed and developed the laser diode based structured light illumination system (using microlens array plastic optics) used in th ekeyboard product. 4. Specified, designed and developed the virtual keyboard projection system used in the keyboard product.5. Specified, designed and developed an extremely wide angle, miniature CMOS camera lens and filters for time-of-flight based 3D camera, which also went into volume production.6. Specified, designed and developed structured 3D illumination system used in the above-mentioned time-of-flight based 3D camera product.7. Multiple U.S. Patent Applications filed by Canesta.