Darius Bunandar

Darius Bunandar is the current Chief Scientist at Lightmatter. Darius was previously an intern at Sandia National Laboratories from January 2016 to December 2016. Darius was also a PhD Candidate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from January 2013 to December 2019. Additionally, they were a Research Collaborator at Caltech from January 2012 to December 2013, where they were a member of the Simulating eXtreme Spacetime (SXS) collaboration. Finally, they were a Blast Effects Co-op Engineer at Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. from January 2011 to December 2011.

Darius Bunandar earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Darius then went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

They are on a team with Beth Keil - VP, People, Steve Klinger - VP, Product, and Thomas Graham - Co-Founder & COO. Their manager is Nicholas Harris, CEO.