Tania Roy

Associate Professor at Duke University, Co-founder & CTO Synapse Semiconductor (YC S26)

Synapse Semiconductor· Summer 2026🇺🇸 Cary, North Carolina, United States

2025Associate Professor· Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

In tech · since 2006

Company

Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

Role

Associate Professor

current

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Synapse Semiconductor

Collapsing the edge AI vision hardware stack into one wafer

Experience

Career

Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Associate Professor · 2025 – Present
2025
Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Assistant Professor · Durham, North Carolina, United States · 2023 – Present
2023
Synapse Semiconductor
Chief Technology Officer · 2025 – Present
2025
Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Associate Professor · 2025 – Present
2025
Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Assistant Professor · Durham, North Carolina, United States · 2023 – Present
2023
University of Central Florida
Assistant Professor · 2016 – 2023
2016
UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral Scholar · 2014 – 2016
2014
Georgia Institute of Technology
Post Doctoral Researcher · Atlanta Metropolitan Area · 2011 – 2013
2011
Vanderbilt University
Research Assistant · 2008 – 2011
2008
Vanderbilt University
Teaching Assistant · 2006 – 2008
2006
LSI Logic India Pvt Ltd
Intern · 2006
2006

Academic by profession, entrepreneur by nature. Love to control the user interface to reality.