Robynne Paldi, Ph.D.

Robynne’s expertise centers on the nanoscale engineering of thin film materials for electrical, optical, and magnetic devices, as well as semiconductor processing. She has developed and optimized fabrication techniques resulting in patented processes and novel materials for a range of applications, including micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), radio frequency (RF), and optoelectronic devices.

Prior to joining Finnegan, Robynne was a research engineer at a renowned nonprofit research institute, where she developed semiconductor fabrication processes for infrared optical materials used in Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Department of Defense (DoD)-funded projects. She also identified new funding opportunities and contributed to proposal development for government grants. Previously, as a postdoctoral fellow at a high-profile federally funded research and development center, Robynne advanced microfabrication processes for heterogeneous integration of 2D materials with lithium niobate, collaborated on MEMS device architecture, and contributed to rapid prototyping of III-V semiconductor.

Robynne’s doctoral research focused on microfabrication techniques for epitaxial lithium niobate and the investigation of nanocomposite thin films. Her technical skills include thin film synthesis (PLD, CVD, sputtering, e-beam), electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, STEM), spectroscopy, photolithography, and semiconductor processing. Robynne is an inventor on a U.S. patent for single-domain lithium niobate thin films and has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in the fields of nanomaterials and device engineering.