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Nick Antipa joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego in 2020 after earning his PhD in Computational Imaging from UC Berkeley. Before his doctoral work, he spent five years working on optical design metrology at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He holds a Master of Science in Optics from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and a Bachelor of Science in Optical Science and Engineering from UC Davis. Antipa's research focuses on the co-design of optical systems algorithms and computational optical systems. His work aims to develop design frameworks that merge optical models with state-of-the-art algorithms to enable joint optimization of components. This research enables the development of cutting-edge imaging and display systems that combine exciting new technologies in optical 3D printing, sensors, signal processing, and machine learning.
National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory • Livermore, CA
Worked on optical design metrology.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).