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Photonics & Optical Simulation Engineer | PhD in EE | Fiber Optics, PICs, Thin-Film Design

Profile Summary

Photonics PhD specializing in optical simulation, device characterization, and numerical modeling. I build simulation tools and perform analysis for applications including thin-film optics, photonic integrated circuits, waveguide mode design, grating structures, and electro-optic modulators. Core capabilities: optical system simulation (Lumerical, Zemax, custom finite-difference solvers, etc), scientific computing in Python and MATLAB, electromagnetic modeling, and technical documentation for research and industry applications. Currently building Photizon, a browser-based optical simulation platform with 15+ deployed tools. PhD from Boston University with first-author publication in Science and a US patent in fiber optics.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Electronic, Optical & Magnetic Materials
• ☆ Electrical Engineering
• ☆ Electro-Optics
• ☆ Electromagnetism
• ☆ Optics
• ☆ Optoelectronics
• ☆ Lasers & Photonics
• ☆ Fiber Optics
• ☆ Optical Engineering
• ☆ Telecommunications
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Matlab

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Technology Scouting, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Data Processing

Product Development Formulation, Recipe Development, Product Evaluation, Product Validation, Concept Development, Packaging Design, Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, Device Fabrication

Work Experience

Founder

Photizon Inc.

July 2026 - Present

Education

PhD - Electrical Engineering (Photonics)

Boston University

September 2016 - August 2023

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Zelin Ma, Jie Liu, Junyi Liu, Jiakai Dong, Haolin Zhou, Shuqi Mo, Lixun Wu, Suqing Li, Yujie Chen, Leslie Rusch, et al. (2026). Optical fiber communications using orbital angular momentum modes . Optica.

Zelin Ma, Poul Kristensen, Siddharth Ramachandran (2023). Scaling information pathways in optical fibers by topological confinement . Science.

Zelin Ma, Aaron P. Greenberg, Siddharth Ramachandran (2022). Angular momentum driven dynamics of stimulated Brillouin scattering in multimode fibers . Optics Express.

Zelin Ma, Xiao Liu, Aku Antikainen, Siddharth Ramachandran (2022). Raman gain control in optical fibers with orbital-angular-momentum-induced chirality of light . Optics Express.

Zelin Ma, Siddharth Ramachandran (2021). Propagation stability in optical fibers: role of path memory and angular momentum . Nanophotonics.