Dr. Prashanta Kharel
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Dr. Prashanta Kharel
Technology Strategist, Flexcompute
About the Speaker
Dr. Prashanta Kharel is Technology Strategist at Flexcompute, where he is leading partnerships with foundries and helping develop new simulation tools for the photonics industry. Dr. Kharel obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University, specializing in nonlinear optics and quantum technologies. In his prior role as head of devices and founding team member of HyperLight, Dr. Kharel worked on commercializing Thin-film Lithium Niobate photonics platform from diverse markets ranging from optical communications to test and measurement. Dr. Kharel has authored over 22 journal articles and 13 patents, bringing a blend of academic insight and industry experience to photonic design automation.
