Pavel N.

Pavel N. is an accomplished engineer and physicist with extensive experience in the fields of optical and mechanical engineering, primarily focusing on digital health technologies and advanced display systems. Currently serving as Director of Mechanical- & Optical Engineering at Kodiak Sciences, Pavel N. leads the development of home-based, wearable health-monitoring devices utilizing retina laser-scanner and interferometry techniques. Prior roles include a Senior Display Hardware Engineer at Apple, where expertise in OLED display technology was honed, and a Senior Staff Product Engineer at Lam Research, contributing to innovative solutions for 3D NAND memory etchers. Additional experience encompasses positions at Luxim Corporation focusing on high-efficiency light sources, as well as significant contributions to inertial fusion energy research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Pavel N. holds a Ph.D. in Plasma and Nuclear Physics from Technische Universität Darmstadt and a Bachelor's Degree in Solid State Physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.