Demis John
Process Scientist Manager at University of California, Santa Barbara - Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Top SchoolDemis D. John is a Process Scientist Manager with 11 years of hands-on expertise leading nanofabrication and process development for photonic and semiconductor devices at UCSB’s Nanofabrication Facility. He directs advanced thin-film, lithography, and etch processes for a major academic cleanroom serving hundreds of researchers while also managing external academic and industrial projects. Demis combines PhD-level technical guidance with practical device testing, electromagnetic simulation, and materials characterization to enable novel PICs, lasers, high-speed electronics, MEMS and spintronics research. He regularly represents the facility to expand collaborations, writes grants and proposals, and consults for photonics startups, translating research needs into manufacturable processes. Outside the lab he builds community science outreach—developing K–12 light-based activities—reflecting a rare blend of deep technical leadership and public-facing science engagement.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's in Science, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's in Science, Electrical Engineering at University of Massachusetts at LowellMS & PhD, Electrical Engineering, Photonics, MS & PhD, Electrical Engineering, Photonics at University of California, Santa BarbaraConcord-Carlisle High School
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Github Skills (72)
python10
solver10
language-server-protocol10
photonics10
gtk10
klayout10
python-development10
qt10
fiji10
data-visualization10
stepper10
data-science10
anaconda10
pyqt10
development-environment10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
demisjohn/pyFIMM
Jun 2015 - May 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 112 commits, 84 pushes in 7 years
demisjohn/pyTRIMSetup
Nov 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:5 releases, 40 commits, 33 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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