Dr. Xavier Lafosse
Biography
Lafosse graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris and received a doctorate in material physics from Paris University, France.
Lafosse joined Corning in 1995 as a scientist at the Corning European Technology Center in France. He held several positions in R&D, developing a variety of glass and polymer optical materials and supporting several Corning businesses.
In 2007, he relocated with his family to Corning, NY and was appointed business technology director for Specialty Materials. In this position, he established critical technical capabilities in support of Corning® Gorilla® Glass business growth and contributed to several new product introductions.
In 2019, he was appointed commercial technology director, Advanced Optics. In this role, he works with customers and semiconductor industry leaders to identify new trends and opportunities and to drive the technology road mapping process.
Company Profile
Corning Incorporated
Solving the World’s Toughest Optical Challenges with Innovation, Collaboration, and Precision.
Corning’s diverse Advanced Optics portfolio reflects our deep understanding of the properties of light, its interaction with matter, and the instruments used to detect it. For decades, we have been a trusted optics collaborator with leaders in a wide range of markets, including aerospace and defense, semiconductor materials and optics, telecommunications, and glass ceramics. We offer a diverse set of optics technologies providing solutions to full complex systems. Customer collaboration is the hallmark of our operations.
The Semiconductor Technologies & Solutions business is growing its investments to deliver an innovative and diverse set of glass and crystal components, and advanced optical sub-assemblies for modern lithography scanners, optical inspection systems, and advanced packaging substrates.
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