Mike Cho

Mike Cho is a Principal Patent Agent at Glaukos Corporation, a position held since 2024. Prior to this role, Mike worked as a Patent Agent at multiple organizations including Shockwave Medical and Srixon/Cleveland Golf/XXIO, and served as a Lead Associate Scientist at ZPower from 2006 to 2009. Mike was a Graduate Student Researcher at UC Irvine from 2009 to 2015, where significant contributions included developing fabrication and characterization methods for plasmonics-based biosensing platforms and managing safety protocols in compliance with Cal/OSHA regulations. Currently, Mike is pursuing a Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemistry with a focus on Chemical and Material Physics from the University of California, Irvine, alongside a B.S. in Chemistry and English from UCLA.