Affiliations professionnelles

Academic path 

• Postdoctoral Studies –  Institute of Optics of University of Rochester (Jan 1995 to Aug 1997)
  • Optical solitons, mode-locked fiber lasers and fiber-optic communication
• Ph.D in Physics –  Université Laval + McGill University (Sep 1990 to Nov 1994)
  •  Nonlinear switching and fiber lasers
• Master Sc. in Physics – Université Laval (Sep 1988 to Aug 1990)
  • Fractal geometry and large-scale structure of the universe
• Bachelor Sc. in Physics – Université Laval (1988)
  • Undergraduate Physics

Awards and recognitions

• Prepared and delivered the 2018 Nobel Lecture of Arthur Ashkin on optical tweezers (2018)
• Bell Labs Fellow (2018)
• Ambassador of Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany (2016)
• Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2013)
• Rudolf Diesel Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Technical University of Munich
  (TUM-IAS), Germany (2012)
• Participant to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)’s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (2009)
• Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) (2007)
• Recipient of the Paul F. Forman “Engineering Excellence Award” from the OSA (2005)
• Member of the team recipient Bell Labs President’s Gold Award for ‘LambdaXtreme Transport
  Launch Team’ (2004)
• Member of the team recipient Bell Labs President’s Silver Award for ‘Flexible dispersion maps’ (2004)
• Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) of Bell Labs, Nokia (2001)