Summary
Larry Heki is an adjunct professor and materials scientist with a PhD from UC Santa Barbara and nine years of research experience designing, fabricating, and characterizing next-generation optical elements. He has demonstrated notable success developing luminescent phased-array metasurfaces and brings hands-on expertise from graduate research and prior roles at BYU. Based in Darien, Illinois, he balances teaching appointments at Elmhurst University and City Colleges of Chicago with ongoing research at UCSB, bridging academia and lab-scale device engineering. Colleagues describe him by his GitHub moniker 「快乐的亨利」, hinting at a collaborative, curious approach to problem solving beyond the lab.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials at UC Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry at Brigham Young University