David Heydari

David Heydari is a skilled photonics design engineer currently working at Lightmatter since June 2023. With a research background at NTT RESEARCH focused on lithium niobate photonic integrated circuits for quantum information processing, David has developed expertise in nonlinear optics devices during a PhD candidacy in the Mabuchi group at Stanford University, which spanned from September 2016 to April 2023. David also gained experience as a research intern at Facebook, where responsibilities included augmented reality headset display and optics design, and contributed to quantum cascade laser optimization as a student researcher at Northwestern University. David holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Stanford University, along with Master's and Bachelor's degrees in the same field from Northwestern University.