Cenk Ibrahim Özdemir

Cenk Ibrahim Özdemir is a highly skilled Senior Hardware Development Engineer at Infinera, specializing in the development ramp-up of next-generation 400G/800G pluggable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) since January 2022. Prior to this role, Cenk was a PhD Researcher at imec, focusing on high-quality III-V active devices for silicon photonics, and held a Research Intern position at Microsoft, contributing to Project Sirius on optical switching in data centers. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Photonics from Ghent University and an MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology, complemented by a Master's in Microengineering from EPFL and a Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University.