Summary
Charalampos Mavidis is a Research and Development Engineer at Synopsys Photonic Solutions with 11 years of experience bridging academic photonics and industrial product development. He holds a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Crete and has deep expertise in metamaterials, photonic crystals and computational electromagnetics, complemented by hands-on Python and C++ development. His background includes multidisciplinary research roles at FORTH and Stanford, teaching solid-state physics, and practical work on high-efficiency LEDs and polaritonic wave propagation. Based in the Greater Enschede area, he combines rigorous theoretical insight with software-driven simulation skills to accelerate photonics design workflows. An uncommon strength is his track record of moving complex electromagnetic concepts into reproducible code and tools for product-grade photonic solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Science at University of Crete
Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
Greek, English, Japanese