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Chad Husko, Ph.D.

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Founder at Iris Light Technologies

Chicago, Illinois, United States

FoundedIris Light Technologies

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Chad Husko, Ph.D., is the founder and CEO of Iris Light Technologies, a company focused on silicon photonics using nanomaterial technology. He has more than 15 years of experience in project management, experimental research, and strategic technical planning.

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Department of EnergyWashington · since 2023Evergreen Climate InnovationsChicago · since 2020National Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2021TechstarsBoulder · $220K checksU.S. Air Forcesince 2019

Experience

  1. Iris Light TechnologiesFounder and CEOcurrent2018 — presentGreater Chicago Area
  2. Argonne National LaboratoryEnergy I-Corps - Principal Investigator2018
  3. Argonne National LaboratoryAlexei Abrikosov Fellow2015 — 2018Greater Chicago Area
  4. Polsky Center I-Corps ProgramPrincipal Investigator2018
  5. OpticaAmbassador2016
  6. University of SydneyDECRA Fellow2011 — 2014CUDOS - University of Sydney
  7. Columbia UniversityPh.D.2005 — 2010New York City Metropolitan Area
  8. ThalesFulbright Scholar / Visiting researcher2007 — 2008
  9. Columbia University Engineers Without Borders - India ProjectProject Co-founder and Director2005 — 2007Engineers Without Borders
  10. Loyola University ChicagoTeaching Assistant2000 — 2003Greater Chicago Area

Skills & more

Analysis1SupervisionSilicon PhotonicsPhysics31Research16Optics41Nanotechnology14Science13Semiconductors2Fundraising2Data Analysis6Nanomaterials2
+12 morePhotonicsQuantum OpticsScientific ComputingCharacterizationExperimental PhysicsSpectroscopyNonlinear OpticsScanning Electron MicroscopyNanophotonicsTechnical WritingSpanishLaTeX

Languages English · French · Italian · Portuguese · Spanish

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Who is Chad Husko, Ph.D.?
Chad Husko, Ph.D., is the founder and CEO of Iris Light Technologies, a company focused on silicon photonics using nanomaterial technology. He has more than 15 years of experience in project management, experimental research, and strategic technical planning.
Where does Chad Husko, Ph.D. work?
Chad Husko, Ph.D. is Founder of Iris Light Technologies.
What companies did Chad Husko, Ph.D. found?
Chad Husko, Ph.D. founded Iris Light Technologies.
Where did Chad Husko, Ph.D. go to school?
Chad Husko, Ph.D. studied at Columbia University (M.S., Applied Physics); Columbia University (Ph.D., Applied Physics (Optics/Solid-State/Semiconductors)); Loyola University Chicago (B.S., Physics).

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