Stijn Cuyvers

Stijn Cuyvers is an Application Engineer at LIGENTEC SA since May 2023, focusing on managing technical customer projects for silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits. Previously, Stijn worked as a Ph.D. Fellow and Researcher at Research Foundation Flanders and Ghent University, contributing to research in the Photonics Research Group while also serving as a Teaching Assistant for nonlinear optics. Stijn gained industry experience through various internships, including research at Microsoft on optical technology, silicon photonics engineering at SENTEA, and graduate research at Columbia University in the Lipson nanophotonics group. Stijn holds a Ph.D. in Photonics from Ghent University, a Master of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Columbia University, and additional degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ghent University.