About Me
I have a passion for solving problems using technology, making my own and others’ lives easier in the process. At work, I value honesty and commitment. I keep an open mind, analyzing any problem critically to come up with the best tackling strategy using the tools at hand. I’m excellent as an independent worker and I can collaborate well in a team, as I tend to assess every new idea or suggestion in terms of its merits regardless of the source.
Email
mpasson91@gmail.com
Phone
+39 335 6390764
Address
San Donato Milanese, Italy
Professional Skills
Python
Development tools (Git, IDEs)
Linux + Docker
Photonics design and simulation
Project Management
Customer Care
Work Experience
Photonic Designer at AFR Milan
Jan, 2023 - Present
- Development of internal chip design environment. This includes choosing, evaluating, and/or developing tooling for photonic chip design.
- Responsible of tape-out procedure: chip and wafer layout, validation, and DRC.
- Management of internal codebase, including software packaging, automatic testing, documentation and CI/CD pipelines.
- Setup of company DevOps services, such as Gitlab, Pypi, and web servers.
- Writing of internal knowledge-base and code documentation.
Photonic Engineer at Bright Photonics
Jan, 2020 - Dec 2022
- Management of small photonic design projects, including tasks and milestone planning, resources allocation, and timeline. scheduling.
- Design of Photonic Integrated Circuits, including requirements and specifications definition, circuit design and simulation, mask layout and validation.
- Communication with external partners, such as customers and foundries.
- Collaboration in the development of photonic IC design tool Nazca Design™.
- Development of simulation tools and new design strategies.
- Writing of technical reports and code documentation.
Post-doc researcher at Southampton University
Apr, 2019 - Sept, 2019
- Research in the framework of the ERC project MODES, for investigation of multi-mode non-linear interactions in integrated photonic waveguides.
- Numerical modelling and HPC simulations.
- Use of simulation tools to predict and analyze experimental results.
Research fellow at Pavia University
Oct, 2018 - Mar, 2019
- Theoretical research on slow-light in silicon waveguide grating.
- Development of software tools for electromagnetic simulation with different programming languages (python, fortran, C++, CUDA).
- Running parallel simulation on HPC clusters at CINECA accessible through ISCRA initiative.
- Scientific dissemination through paper writing and conference presentations.
Education
PhD in Physics from Pavia University
2015 - 2018
- Thesis title: "Theoretical study of integrated grating structures for Silicon Photonics".
- Emphasis on numerical modeling of electromagnetic field and development of related software.
- Emphasis on design of components for Silicon Photonics.
Masters in Solid State Physics from Pavia
University
2013 - 2015
- Thesis title: "Theoretical analysis of diffraction grating for integrated circuits in Silicon Photonics".
Bachelor in Physic from Pavia University
2010 - 2013
- Thesis title: "Effect of spin dilution in S=1/2 planar antiferromagnet on square lattice".
Contact
Address
San Donato Milanese, Italy
Phone
+39 335 6390764
mpasson91@gmail.com
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