Dr. Christopher J. Pinzone, Director of Photonic Materials, Ahura Corporation

Dr. Christopher J. Pinzone has over 24 years of crystal growth and materials science expertise in research, development, and manufacturing environments. Prior to founding Ahura Corporation, Dr. Pinzone was Director of R&D Epitaxy and Characterization at Nortel Networks' CoreTek, responsible for the ramp up of growth and characterization facilities, as well as development of materials for next generation products. Previously he was a member of the technical staff in the Physical Science Research Division at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ where he was involved with the development and introduction of products such as the CATV analog laser, and the integrated electro-modulated laser. He has been awarded degrees in Chemistry, and Materials Science and Engineering from Rutgers and Stevens Institute of Technology. He holds more than 10 international patents for multi-quantum well laser growth, and wafer bonding processes. He has published more than 25 journal papers, and given over 30 technical presentations. He is a member of IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. He is also a member of the Technical Advisory Board for Accent Optical Technologies Ltd.

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