Velat Kilic
Project Scientist at University of California, Berkeley
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolVelat Kilic is a Project Scientist in the San Francisco Bay Area with a PhD in Electrical Engineering and a decade of experience at the intersection of optical physics, microscopy, and computational imaging. He combines deep expertise in lattice light sheet microscopy and ray optics with hands‑on software engineering skills (Python, C/C++11, VHDL) and applied machine learning to translate advanced optics research into practical tools. His career spans academia and industry—postdoctoral work and research roles at Johns Hopkins and HHMI/Betzig lab, followed by engineering contributions at COMSOL and now UC Berkeley—reflecting a rare blend of experimental optics and production-grade software development. An active researcher with publications and projects showcased on Google Scholar and GitHub, he often bridges physical modeling and data-driven methods to improve imaging systems. Not obvious at first glance, he pairs low-level hardware know‑how (FPGAs/VHDL) with algorithmic ML work, enabling end-to-end solutions from instrument design to analysis.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering at Brown UniversityMaster of Science - MS Optics and Photonics, Master of Science - MS Optics and Photonics at Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics (KSOP)High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Tarsus American College
English, Turkish
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
velatkilic/mot
Aug 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:46 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 8 months
velatkilic/LISA
Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 8 pushes, 3 comments in 1 year
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