is founder and owner of Vacuum Innovations, LLC and is a research engineer at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics. A graduate of the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics, his work has focused on process design and modeling for precision evaporated coatings. Thin-film uniformity control is of particular interest, having developed advanced distribution models and planetary rotation systems. He also teaches optical coating design at the Institute of Optics as well as at the Institute’s annual thin film summer school program.