Meet our Team
Our expert team of professionals is dedicated to providing products of the highest quality.
Our Dedicated Professionals
Our team of skilled and experienced professionals is here to build and provide unrivalled products. Each member of our team is highly trained and specializes in their respective fields.
Dr. Andy Piper
CEO & Co-Founder
Andy has 18 years global corporate experience in Photonics and Semiconductor (including Silicon Photonics). He is an ORC (Southampton) alumnus.
Dr. Dimitris Tsiokos
CTO & Co-Founder
16 years of experience in photonics and biomedical systems R&D. A reputable figure in the field of biomedical photonic sensors who has raised €22M in Euro grants and spoken at many notable biomedical conferences. EIT Health alumnus.
Dr. Thanasis Manolis
R&D Director
Expert in the development of silicon photonic and plasmonic based solutions for computer interconnects and biosensing applications. He strongly believes in application-driven R&D and interests includes photonic and plasmonic integrated circuits for biosensors and next generation point of care diagnostics.
Dr. Serife Ustuner
Principal Scientist – Bioassays
Expert Bioassay scientist who previously worked at several world leading biotech companies like LumiraDx and Paragraf. She is a Centre for Sustainable Technologies (Bath) alumna.
Mahmoud Elrabiaae
Photonics Engineer
Mahmoud has 9 years of industrial experience in photonics. He has published his work in the prestigious Springer Nature and Journal of Lightwave Technology. He contributed significantly at national level through KTA which is supported by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Egypt. He is responsible for Xilicon’s silicon photonics designs and simulations.
Christia Eleftheriou
Biomedical Engineer
Christia graduated from the University of Cyprus with a Physics degree and holds a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Cyprus University of Technology. She has 3 years of industrial experience in biotechnology and is responsible for biosensor system test & measurement.
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