Benjamin Strekha

I currently live in New York City and work as a Photonics Design Engineer at Quantum Transistors. My interests lie in physics, math, electrical engineering, and computational science. I most enjoy topics which mix these fields, in accordance to the Goldilocks principle.

I spent the majority of my time growing up in Philadelphia, PA. I went to elementary, middle, and high school in Philadelphia, PA. I got my BA in physics in Philadelphia, PA from the University of Pennsylvania. I got my MS in physics in Philadel– uh, I mean in Urbana-Champaign, IL from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Lastly, I studied in the electrical and computer engineering department at Princeton University (which happens to be pretty close to Philadelphia, PA) where I received a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. under the supervision of Alejandro W. Rodriguez. My dissertation, Fundamental Bounds on Electromagnetic Phenomena, focused on deriving expressions for torque due to fluctuating electric currents and on performance limits of optical devices.

I included a real photo of me here. I won’t name names, but some people like to upload anime pics as their profile pics, so included below is a Studio Ghibli style version of my real photo as nice middle ground between the two options.