Presentation

I am a permanent FNRS associate researcher attached to the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). I am also affiliated with the Universiteit Gentand its Photonics Research Group. I teach at both places and carry research often via joint PhD thesis supervisions. 

My research focuses on quantum photonics, i.e the generation, manipulation and measurement of quantum light.

Affiliations

OPERA-photonics is a research unit of the École Polytechnique de Bruxelles itself part  of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. The primary focus of the research unit is on nonlinear optics.

The Quantum information Laboratory (LIQ) is a research unit with the physics department of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. The primary interests of the research unit are on quantum information theory and neural computing.

The Photonics research group (PRG) is a research group within the INTEC department in the faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the Universiteit Gent and is also an associated lab of imec.  The primary focus of the research unit is on integrated optics.

Education

Bachelor and master in physics (2001-2006) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles

PhD in physics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2006-2010)

Employment

2010-2014 : Postdoc at Cornell University (NY) in the group of prof. Alexander Gaeta in the Applied physics department 

2014-2016: Postdoc at “the Universiteit Gent” in the group of Roel Baets in the photonics research group

2016-2019: FRNS research fellow at the “Université Libre de Bruxelles” in the Quantum information laboratory

2017-2018: Guest professor at the Universiteit Gent  in the photonics research group

Since 2018: part time (10%) associate professor at the Universiteit Gent  in the Photonics Research Group

Since 2019: FRNS research associate at the “Université Libre de Bruxelles” in the Quantum information laboratory and in the OPERA-photonics group.

Current duties

Teaching

Research supervision and coordination

Lab management

Research grant applications

Valorization

Dissemination

Service to the community (article and grant reviewing, conference organization, thesis committee, jury)

Lab work (too rarely)

Service to the community

Journal reviewing: Nature, Nature Photonics, Physical Review Letters, Optica, Nature Reviews Physics, New journal of physics, Scientific Reports, Laser & Photonics reviews, Optics Letters, Optics Express, JOSA A, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Chinese Optics Letters, The European Physical Journal D, Photonics Journal, Journal of optics, Interface Focus, ACS photonics

Since 2025: Board member IEEE photonics Benelux

Conference organization and scientific committee member

Thesis committees

Evaluation of grants: The Israeli ministry of science and technology, Swiss National Science Foundation, Conseil Scientifique de l’Université de technologie de Troye

Professional societies: board member IEEE photonics Benelux, OPTICA member