Amir Ghadimi

Dr. Amir H. Ghadimi (CEO) co-founded Lightium in 2023 together with Dr. Frederic Loizeau (CRO) and Prof. Dirk Englund (Scientific Advisor). He has more than 12 years of experience in the field of photonics, MEMS and micro/nano technology industry.
Before founding Lightium, Dr. Amir H. Ghadimi was an senior-expert/team leader at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Micro/nano technology (CSEM). He was leading the efforts at CSEM in the areas of PICs and PIC based sensing where together with his team they pioneered and developed the fundamental steps behind thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology for photonics integrated circuits (PICs). He coordinated several large H2020 and HorizonEurope international projects such as ELENA, PATTERN, LOLIPOP to name a few.
He obtains his PhD. degree in electrical engineering in 2018 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). He is the recipient of several awards and grants such as Swiss national funding (SNF) Sinergia grant (2021), SNF Bridge discovery grant (2020), Swiss Physical Society (SPS) 2019 young scientist award, Swiss Nanotechnology best PhD award (2018).