Jiabao Zheng
Staff Photonics Design Engineer at Aeva
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolJiabao 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 UniversityDoctor 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
Github Skills (18)
linux-kernel10
python8
claude7
openai7
ai7
nextjs7
automation7
agent7
gpt7
agentic-ai6
genai6
llm6
no-code5
low-code5
vpc4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
5dbwat4/ZJU-live-better
Apr 2025 - Jul 2026
A collection of useful scripts helping you live better in ZJU.
Contributions:1 review, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
5dbwat4/login-ZJU
Nov 2024 - Apr 2026
Contributions:2 releases, 14 pushes, 4 tags in 1 year 4 months
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