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  I'm a software engineer with a strong background in mathematics and computer science.
  At <a href="https://ayarlabs.com">Ayar Labs</a>, I build photonics infrastructure
  to enable faster, more advanced tapeouts.
  Previously, at <a href="https://psiquantum.com">PsiQuantum</a>, I built software
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  <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08820-7">ultra-low-loss</a> silicon photonic
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              <strong>Photonics Infrastructure @ Ayar Labs:</strong>
              Building infrastructure for photonic design automation
              to accelerate and scale tapeout workflows for
              <a href="https://ayarlabs.com/teraphy">TeraPHY</a> chips.
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              <strong>Photonic Packaging @ PsiQuantum:</strong>
              Wrote the search algorithm for automated fiber-array and heterogeneous die-to-die alignment.
              Took it from lab bring-up to high-volume production, achieving
              <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08820-7">world's best</a> edge-coupling performance.
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              <strong>OceanEye @ University of Victoria:</strong>
              A Qt/C++ desktop app for image and video annotation in human-in-the-loop
              computer vision workflows; published at an IEEE conference.
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              Author of <a href="https://lowenth.al/GDS-Lens/">GDS Lens</a>,
              a VS Code extension that renders GDSII and OASIS chip layouts in a WebGL2 canvas.
              Contributor to <a href="https://github.com/patuwwy/ShaderToy-Chrome-Plugin">ShaderToy-Chrome-Plugin</a>
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