Lavanya G. Rau, Ph.D.

Lavanya G. Rau is a patent scientist in Orange County Office.  Her areas of technical expertise include optics, fiber-optics, non-linear optics, lasers, telecommunications, data networks, opto-electronic devices and bio-medical optics. She is also interested in Intellectual Property portfolio development and management and the corresponding business aspects. Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Rau was a postdoctoral research associate at University of California, Irvine and University of California, Santa Barbara.

Dr. Rau has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Optical Communications and Photonic Networks. She was the recipient of Ericsson Fellowship in 2001 for excellence in graduate school.  She has authored / co-authored more than 30 journal and conference publications in her academic career. She joined the firm in 2007.