Thomas is a final year PhD student from the University of Limerick. His project title is
Inverse Design of Photonic Devices using Artificial Neural Networks. He completed a
training placement at Hetz in 2021. He graduated from the University of Limerick with a
BSc in Mathematics and Physics (First-Class Honours). He was awarded two Science
and Engineering Summer Bursaries to conduct research projects, one involving
modelling light-emitting diodes and the other concerning inverse problems. He also
completed an eight-month placement at Seagate Technology during his degree. He is
interested in Machine Learning and Applied Mathematics and his favourite hobby is
chess.

Completed training placement with Hertz.