Robert received his Bachelor of Science in Photonic Science and Engineering from the College of Optics and Photonics at the the University of Central Florida. He is currently working as a part of the Photonics Packaging Group under Dr. Peter O’Brien and Dr. Kamil Gradkowski. He is earning his PhD in Engineering Science at University College Cork with his Thesis titled “Design and Fabrication of Low-Cost Glass Substrates for Wafer-Level PIC Packaging.”