Daniel Pimbi is a graduate student working on microring and photonic crystal resonators within the framework of multilayer integration. He earned a B.S. in Applied Physics from Towson University in 2020, followed by a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 2021. In 2023, he successfully completed his M.Sc., receiving the prestigious Edward E. Whitacre, Jr., highest-ranking graduate from the College of Engineering. His master's thesis focused on the development of polarization-independent and rotation photonic Bragg grating filters.