Summary
R&D engineer with 13 years of experience in optics, imaging, automation and instrumentation. Throughout my career I’ve worked in telecom and biotech teams on state-of-the-art products sold in thousands in over 90 countries. My doctorate work was featured in international media (NBC, BBC, Scientific American) and my Science journal paper has over 1000 citations.
I’ve started my work in free-space optics, designing and prototyping novel biological microscopes from scratch, and followed in breakthrough research I presented at top Telecom conferences. After graduation, I worked on R&D of state-of-the-art wavelength selective switches deployed around the world, and was responsible for hardware, software, and process aspects of product development. Most recently I’ve been developing vision system and applications for microfluidic platform that moves cells with light, automating biology workflows and cutting time for drug discovery.
I'm passionate about science, ideas, innovation, and more then everything good teamwork.
Experience
2015–Present, Sr. Application Engineer @ Berkeley Lights Inc., Emeryville, CA
2013–2015, Optical Engineer @ Nistica Inc., Bridgewater, NJ
2010–2013, Research Assistant @ Boston University, Boston, MA
Skills
Miscellaneous stuff
Green Card holder
Yoga instructor, soccer, hiking, tennis, waterpolo, climbing.
Education
R&D engineer with 13 years of experience in optics, imaging, automation and instrumentation. Throughout my career I’ve worked in telecom and biotech teams on state-of-the-art products sold in thousands in over 90 countries. My doctorate work was featured in international media (NBC, BBC, Scientific American) and my Science journal paper has over 1000 citations.
I’ve started my work in free-space optics, designing and prototyping novel biological microscopes from scratch, and followed in breakthrough research I presented at top Telecom conferences. After graduation, I worked on R&D of state-of-the-art wavelength selective switches deployed around the world, and was responsible for hardware, software, and process aspects of product development. Most recently I’ve been developing vision system and applications for microfluidic platform that moves cells with light, automating biology workflows and cutting time for drug discovery.
I'm passionate about science, ideas, innovation, and more then everything good teamwork.
Experience
2015–Present, Sr. Application Engineer @ Berkeley Lights Inc., Emeryville, CA
- Developed core Python applications for company’s platform that integrates biological cell sorting, imaging, counting and assays using machine vision, robotic arm motion and microfluidic flow control.
- Led code design efforts that reduced code base by 50%, improving reusability and feature add-on.
- Developed an imaging algorithm with 4X SNR improvement with respect to brightfield imaging.
2013–2015, Optical Engineer @ Nistica Inc., Bridgewater, NJ
- First job out of grad school, reported to Chief Innovation Officer.
- Owner of hardware, software, and processes for 50% of the production line for flagship product (1/2U thin, twin 1x20 wavelength-selective-switch).
2010–2013, Research Assistant @ Boston University, Boston, MA
- Designed and developed fiber optic system with 400% capacity increase over existing commercial optical fibers (work featured on NBC, BBC, Scientific American and other international media).
- Published over 20 research papers.
Skills
- Software: MATLAB (13 yrs), LabVIEW/CVI (7 yrs), Python (3 yrs), C++/CUDA (3 yrs), SQL (3 yrs).
- Hardware engineering: Build large opto-mechanical systems (100+ components), cameras (Visible/IR), lasers, 4D robotic arms, MEMS, SLMs, DMDs, prototyping, precision alignment, microscopy, optical characterization, optical lab management.
- Process engineering: key performance metric database tracking (SQL, Tableau), failure analysis, data-driven decision making, transfer to Asia-based factory.
- Communication: Presented work regularly at seminars, conferences, and for large audiences (400+ people). Project managing skills (Atlassian, Agile, Asana). Team builder.
Miscellaneous stuff
Green Card holder
Yoga instructor, soccer, hiking, tennis, waterpolo, climbing.
Education
- Ph.D. in electrical engineering | 2013 | Boston University
- B.Sc. in Physics | 2004 | Belgrade University, Serbia
