Brian Carlsen
CEO & Founder at Syre
Lausanne, Vaud, Germany
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Top SchoolBrian Carlsen is a founder and CEO with 11 years of experience at the intersection of optics, photovoltaics, and scientific software, currently leading Thot to accelerate transparent, collaborative research. Trained as a physicist with a PhD from EPFL and an MSc in electrical engineering from TU Delft, his research focused on perovskite solar cells, up-/down-conversion optics, and plasmonic back reflectors. He has founded multiple ventures (Thot, Syre) and built applied R&D at startups like PHYSEE, translating lab-scale optics innovations into practical solar technologies. Brian pairs deep academic expertise with product and engineering experience from web development and CTO roles, enabling him to bridge research, software tools, and commercialization. Based in Lausanne with roots in Colorado and experience across Europe, he’s driven by an explicit aim to help spark an energy revolution through optics-enabled solar advances. An underappreciated strength is his combination of hands-on experimental optics work and practical software/tooling to make scientific discovery reproducible and accessible.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics, 3.81, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics, 3.81 at University of Colorado at BoulderDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Master of Science (MSc), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Delft University of Technology
English, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
webview10
python10
multithreading10
filesystem-events10
rust-wasm10
cffi10
pypy10
asmjs10
web-frontend10
javascript10
reactive10
recycle10
elm10
plot10
wasm-bindgen10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
bicarlsen/obsidian_image_caption
Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
Add captions to images in Obsidian.
Contributions:10 releases, 4 reviews, 33 commits in 1 year
siftfont-sizeobsidian-mdobsidian-plugincaptions
bicarlsen/easy-scpi
Feb 2019 - Apr 2022
A library to control SCPI instruments
Contributions:6 reviews, 19 commits, 8 PRs in 3 years 2 months
scpi-instrumentsscpi
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