Matteo Staffaroni

Matteo Staffaroni has extensive experience in the field of photonics and integrated photonic circuits. Matteo is currently working as a Principal Engineer at Celestial AI since March 2022. Prior to that, they worked as a Technical Architect at Baraja from June 2021 to March 2022, where they were responsible for designing and layout of wafer-level photonic integrated circuits. Before that, Matteo served as a Technical Director at PsiQuantum from January 2019 to May 2021, where they led the design aspects of photonics tape-outs for a silicon photonic quantum computer. Matteo also worked as an R&D Engineer at PsiQuantum from February 2018 to January 2019.

Matteo's earlier work experience includes roles at TDK-Headway Technologies, Inc. and HGST, where they played a crucial role in the design, modeling, and validation of near-field optical devices and integrated photonic components. Matteo also provided modeling support for various teams and collaborated with UC Berkeley on developing electromagnetic optimization algorithms.

Overall, Matteo Staffaroni's work experience demonstrates their expertise in photonics, integrated circuit design, and the development of complex optical systems.

Matteo Staffaroni holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, which they completed in 2011. Before this, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering from UCLA in 2007.