Dr. Kevin Schädler

I invented and developed a patent-pending smartphone-based ultraviolet imaging technology and now lead the Mirai project to commercialise it. Key responsibilities and achievements: • Optical system development from prototype to MVP stage • Directing technology use case exploration and validation • Building & managing a team • Securing pre-seed funding • Writing patents & grant applications, pitching • Organised a user trial of Mirai’s MVP with a leading global sunscreen brand

Key achievements: • Developed a new method for shaping nanophotonic structures around quantum emitters • Designed an automatised lithographic mask design tool in Python using OpenCV • Built a custom optical setup to evaluate nanophotonic structure performance

Thesis: Single quantum emitter manipulation with 2D materials. Key achievements: • Built a custom low-temperature scanning confocal microscopy & spectroscopy setup • Developed an RF nanomotion detection technique based on single photon counting • Devised new nanofabrication techniques to integrate 2D materials and quantum emitters • Demonstrated quantum emitter control with novel hybrid nanophotonic devices

Thesis: Single quantum emitter manipulation with 2D materials. Key achievements: • Built a custom low-temperature scanning confocal microscopy & spectroscopy setup • Developed an RF nanomotion detection technique based on single photon counting • Devised new nanofabrication techniques to integrate 2D materials and quantum emitters • Demonstrated quantum emitter control with novel hybrid nanophotonic devices