Follman David

David P. Follman was born in Manchester, CT in 1974. He received the B.S. degree in materials science and engineering from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1997, and the M.S. degree in materials from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2004. From 2008 to 2014, he was a Lead Process Engineer with FLIR Electro-Optical Components (formerly Aerius Photonics, LLC). In 2014, he joined Crystalline Mirror Solutions (CMS) as Senior Development Engineer and then in 2016 was promoted to Global Production Manager. CMS was acquired by Thorlabs Inc. in December 2019, and Mr. Follman is currently Principal Manufacturing Engineer III for Thorlabs Advanced Photonics. He holds three patents and has published more than 29 journal articles. Mr. Follman was the Recipient of the National Science Foundation GK12 Fellowship.