Who We are

CEO and Co-Founder

• Professor of Physics at The Univ. of Texas at Austin
• Education: Ph.D. in Physics, Arizona State University
• Holds 9 US patents and 19 US patent applications
• Head of two academic labs
  • Advance Atomic Design Lab
  • Materials Physics Lab
• International expert and thought leader in materials for semiconductor manufacturing.
• Eight years of semiconductor industry experience with Motorola.

CTO and Co-Founder

• Education: B.S. in Applied Physics, University of the Philippines; Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Yale University
• Research Scientist at The Univ. of Texas at Austin
• Holds 2 US patents and 4 US patent applications
• Expert in new materials and application development related to oxide thin film heterostructures.
• Core expertise in developing barium titanate as an integrated electro-optic material for silicon photonics.
• Co-authored over 100 research papers, book chapters, and a book on integrating oxides with semiconductors.

VP of Manufacturing

• Education: B.S. in Physics and Materials Science & Engineering, Rutgers University; Ph.D. in Physics, The
• Univ. of Texas at Austin, Target January 2023
• Holds 1 US patent application
• Expert in MBE growth, crystalline characterization, and nonlinear optical characterization of oxide thin films, particularly BaTiO3.
• Developer of scale-up manufacturing methods and processes for advanced silicon-integrated photonics systems.
• Lead BTO development project manager with a quantum computing startup for UT Austin