Dr. Adam Heiniger is the Optical Isolator and Optical Parametric Oscillator Product Manager, and Ultrafast Applications Scientist, at TOPTICA Photonics. In addition to optical isolators, he has expertise in silicon photonic devices, high power ultrafast fiber amplifiers, and nonlinear optics. He is the author of two patents and several publications. Adam holds a PhD in optics from the University of Rochester and a B.S in physics and mathematics from the University of Iowa.

Dr. Sara Castillo, Laser Optics Specialist at Edmund Optics. She guides customers through choosing the correct optical components for their laser systems. Almost five years as a sales and applications engineer gave Sara experience working with optical system integrators on a wide variety of applications. Sara holds a PhD from University College Dublin, a Master's Degree in nano- and micro-electromechanical systems from the Università di Trento, and a B.S in physics from the Universidad de Salamanca.