There are still a few spots available for the lunch discussion on Thursday!
Lunch discussion with Dr. Giacomo Vacca of Kinetic River Corp.
Presented by the Stanford Photonics Research Center and the Stanford Optical Society
Thursday, March 1, 2012
12 PM - 1 PM
Nano 317
Space is limited. RSVP to stanford-photons@stanford.edu.
Lunch will be provided to participants.
Join us for an informal lunch discussion with Dr. Giacomo Vacca of Kinetic River Corp., a technical consulting company focusing on optics in a range of industries including medicine and the life sciences. Dr. Vacca will discuss career opportunities in industry for PhDs in optics and photonics, drawing on his experiences in positions in R&D, marketing, and business development in both startups and large companies. Additionally, he will discuss opportunities for scientists as independent consultants.
Biography:
Giacomo Vacca earned his B.A. and M.A. in Physics from Harvard University, and his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University. His dissertation, under the guidance of Nobel Prize winner Bob Laughlin, introduced a new ultrafast optical technique for investigating microscopic fluid phenomena. From 2000 to 2005 he worked in R&D and Marketing for two Silicon Valley optics startups. In 2005 he was recruited by Abbott Labs to lead their hematology research group in Santa Clara. There he developed a breakthrough cellular analysis technology, for which he received a Platinum Research Award. His most recent honors are having been elected to Senior Member of the Optical Society of America and to Research Fellow of the Volwiler Society at Abbott Laboratories. In 2010 he founded Kinetic River, a medical and life-science technology company providing consulting services and developing disruptive diagnostics and research products. He has been awarded 5 patents and has 19 more pending.
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