Roger Conley Smith

Roger Conley Smith has worked in a variety of engineering roles since 2009. Theircareer began as a Research Assistant at the University of Oregon, where they built a mode-locked Ti:Sapphire solid state laser and explored nonlinear parametric processes in single-mode birefringent optical fibers and photonic crystal fibers in the quantum regime. Roger also served as a Graduate Internship Program Optical Materials and Devices Track Teaching Assistant and a Teaching Assistant. In 2007, Smith worked as a Mechanical Associate I at Sargent & Lundy, assisting in the design of fossil fuel power plants. That same year, they also worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Visual Sciences, University of Rochester, developing an Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope. In 2008, Smith worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, creating samples of QD's in CLC, measuring spectral fluorescence, and recording antibunching and polarization data. In 2012, Smith was a GK12 Fellow at the National Science Foundation, acting as scientist in residence for middle school classrooms in Eastern Oregon. From 2016-2018, Smith worked at Lighthouse Photonics as a Laser Engineer and at DigiLens Inc. as a Principal Optical Engineer and Senior Optical Engineer.

Roger Conley Smith has a diverse educational background. Roger obtained their B.S. and B.A. in Optics and Physics respectively from the University of Rochester between 2005 and 2009. Roger then pursued a M.S. in Physics from the University of Oregon, which they completed in 2010. Finally, they earned their Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oregon in 2016.