Elias Akiki (senior application engineer) received his M.Sc. degree in Condensed Matter and Nanophysics from the University of Strasbourg. He then obtained his Ph.D. in Electronics and Photonics from the University of Lille, France, in 2021. During his Ph.D., he worked at the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnology on the design and development of an integrated THz photonic platform for sensing applications. Today, Elias is an application engineer at Synopsys, focusing on micro and nanophotonic simulations.