Camilo Prada
Manager Of The High Contrast Imaging Testbed Facility at JPL (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolCamilo Prada is a physics-trained optical engineer and manager with 14 years of experience leading high-contrast imaging technology development at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, currently directing the High Contrast Imaging Testbed Facility in Pasadena. He combines deep academic expertise—Ph.D. work on optical forces near nanophotonic devices and postdoctoral photonics research—with hands-on engineering of deformable mirrors, low-noise ASICs, and wavefront control for the Roman Space Telescope and precision interferometry missions. His career spans Caltech, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and industry R&D, and he has been recognized with multiple NASA and JPL team honors for translating cutting-edge lab science into flight-capable hardware. Comfortable bridging fundamental optics and systems engineering, he also brings front-end development experience and a talent for creating practical testing methodologies that de-risk complex space instruments.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor's degree, Physics, Bachelor's degree, Physics at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaPostdoctoral Researcher, Photonics, Postdoctoral Researcher, Photonics at Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUniversidad de los Andes
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (126)
drag10
vuejs210
perfect10
validation10
openframeworks10
flash-messages10
elementor10
react-hooks10
browser-extension10
pixel10
server-side-rendering10
forms10
wordpress-plugin10
higher-order-component10
javascript9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
camilosw/ofxVideoMapping
May 2012 - Oct 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 3 years 5 months
projectionmappingopenframeworksaddonprojection-mapping
camilosw/flash-messages
Jun 2013 - Apr 2017
Contributions:53 commits, 3 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 years 11 months
flash-messagesflash
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