Filipp was originally born in Russia, where he attended the Moscow State University as a Physics major. He consequently moved to the United States and was accepted into the Optics PhD program at the University of Rochester. He worked in the nano-optics group of Lukas Novotny, developing an interferometer-based optical sensor for nanoscale particles and biological agents (viruses).
Filipp joined Lumetrics® immediately after obtaining his PhD Optics in 2006. He helped Lumetrics® scale initial development efforts into an advanced R&D entity, with funding provided by governmental agencies (NSF and NIH) and drove several projects aimed at developing and commercializing new high-tech medical instruments.