Tal Margalith

Biography

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 the Executive Director for Scientific Initiatives and Innovation at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), where he works to facilitate technology translation from academia to industry, support innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives, strengthen corporate relations and technology outreach, and promote new multi-PI and multi-campus initiatives for science and engineering at UCSB. At CNSI, Tal oversees the shared-use facilities, runs the startup-focused CNSI Technology Incubator program, and serves as the Industry Liaison for the NSF-funded Quantum Foundry.