Jiabao Zheng is a Staff Photonics Design Engineer in Mountain View with four years of industry experience building integrated photonics for information processing and precision sensing. He progressed from academic research—earning a PhD at Columbia and postdoctoral work at MIT—to hands-on product roles at Elenion, Nokia, and now Aeva, bridging deep optics research with practical photonics system design. Jiabao specializes in translating novel photonics concepts into manufacturable designs and has experience in both nanofabrication research environments and commercial photonics engineering. Known for merging rigorous academic training (4.03/4 GPA) with startup-grade delivery, he brings a strong background in applied physics and electrical engineering to sensor and information-processing challenges. An understated strength is his track record of moving from lab prototypes to deployable technologies, reflecting comfort across the full research-to-product lifecycle.
4 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Physics, 88.22/100, Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Physics, 88.22/100 at Northwestern Polytechnical University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD(2017); Master of Philosophy - MPhil(2017); Master of Science - MS(2013), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.03/4, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD(2017); Master of Philosophy - MPhil(2017); Master of Science - MS(2013), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.03/4 at Columbia University in the City of New York
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Jiabao Zheng - Staff Photonics Design Engineer at Aeva