Theodore Cohen
Research Scientist at Meta
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolTheodore Cohen is a PhD-trained optical scientist and research engineer with eight years of experience advancing AR display optics, currently a Research Scientist at Meta Reality Labs focused on optical metrology and novel materials for next-generation waveguides. He combines deep molecular engineering expertise from his University of Washington PhD with hands-on lithography and integration experience gained through roles at HCL and university research labs. Theodore has moved between academia and industry, translating fundamental optical science into manufacturable AR components and characterization methods. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he brings a practical blend of process engineering, materials development, and metrology that helps bridge lab-scale innovation and production-ready AR optics.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy, Molecular Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, Molecular Engineering at University of WashingtonBachelors of Science, Chemical Engineering, Bachelors of Science, Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. LouisPalm Harbor University High School
Github Skills (3)
capstone7
css3
python3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
optichill/optichill
Apr 2018 - Jul 2018
This houses our python project for the DIRECT capstone course.
Contributions:80 commits, 63 pushes, 1 tag in 3 months
capstonepythondirect
tacohen125/planets
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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