Rob Devlin

Bio:

Rob Devlin is co-founder and CEO of Metalenz. He earned a joint BS/MS in Electrical Engineering and Materials Science from Drexel University and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University, where he worked in the lab of Federico Capasso. In 2016, Devlin and Capasso founded Metalenz to commercialize their breakthrough research in metasurface optics. In the past three years, more than 140 million metasurface optics have been integrated into consumer devices for 3D sensing, replacing conventional lens stacks. Metalenz continues to build on core innovations, designing next-gen image polarization sensing solutions as the metasurface market and use cases for consumer sensing rapidly expand. In 2025, Devlin received Optica’s Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award for his foundational contributions to metasurface design, leadership in commercialization, and development of the first polarization sensor for consumer applications.