Alan Sanders
Senior Photonics Engineer at Wave Photonics
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlan Sanders is a Senior Photonics Engineer with 13 years of experience translating advanced optical physics into medical and industrial products, currently leading photonics development at Wave Photonics. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Cambridge and has combined deep research chops at Microsoft Research Cambridge with hands-on product-focused roles at Cambridge Consultants. His work spans diagnostics, surgical devices and drug delivery, with strengths in modelling, applied optics and analytical software that bridge lab prototypes to manufacturable systems. Alan has a track record of designing teaching labs and supervising student projects, reflecting a talent for mentoring and tech transfer as well as research. He is comfortable moving between fundamental experiment, simulation and engineering delivery, often spotting practical simplifications that accelerate product timelines. Based in Cambridge, he brings a rare mix of academic rigor and industry pragmatism to complex photonics challenges.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics at University of CambridgeMPhys Physics, MPhys Physics at Durham University
English, German
Github Skills (12)
frequency-domain8
python7
circuit7
simulations7
simulation6
simulation-framework6
photonics6
optimization5
deep-learning4
xla4
jax2
autograd1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rwb27/igor-pro
Jan 2013 - Oct 2013
Contributions:108 commits in 8 months
nanophotonics/npmethods
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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