Dr. Thomas Pickering is the OpticStudio Product Manager for Zemax, focused on continual innovation within the product to drive customer value, and previously served as a Senior Optical Engineer. He received a PhD in Accelerator Physics from Royal Holloway, University of London. As a researcher with CERN, DESY, and Cornell University, he focused on the development of particle beam profile monitors using laser-wire systems, optical diffraction, and transition radiation.