Tal Margalith

Tal Margalith received his PhD in Materials from UCSB in 2002, in the field of Gallium Nitride optoelectronics. After graduating, he spent 10 years in the industry: first in the R&D division of Philips Lumileds Lighting, then at UCSB-spinoff Soraa as the Director of the Process Engineering arm of the company’s Operations Division. In addition to his role as Executive Director for the NSF BioPACIFIC MIP, Tal serves as Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation at the Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering, working to strengthen corporate relations and technology outreach, facilitate technology translation from academia to industry, and develop the OASIS facility and startup incubator. At OASIS, he serves as the primary contact for memberships, startups, and R&D facilities.