-         2009 - Present
Project Manager at TIPD LLC for the development of the holographic 3D Display technology.

-        2007 – Present
Assistant Research Professor at the College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona (2007 Researcher Associate, 2008 Assistant Research Scientist, 2009 Assistant Research Professor).
Dynamic 3D display.  A US Air force founded project for producing a prototype of refreshing display showing 3 dimensional structures (Patent pending, Nature publication). Photorefractive polymers, holography, computer generated holograms. Fast image aberration correction using photorefractive phase conjugation mirror.
Photovoltaic. Nanoimprinting organic, inorganic or hybrid materials. Nanoparticle doping. Efficiency measurement workstation, inert atmosphere glove box.

-         2006
Space Instrumentation Specialist at the Centre Spatial de Liège, University of Liège.
Design of space instruments. Phase Conjugating Mirror (PI: Thales instrumentation), breadboard qualification (pdf). Experimental Solar Panel (sun concentrator), accelerated thermal cycling responsible. KuaFu, MOSES/CDI/EDI instruments interface, image stabilization for satellite pointing and jitter compensation.

-         2005 – 2010
ATHOL Co-Founder and Scientific Adviser.
Disperser for astronomic spectrometer, combiner for head up display, laser stretcher, industrial spectrometer. Projects: MUSE (VLT), Codex (OWL/ELT), VIMOS (VLT/Melipal), WIYN (NOAO), Eldim (Fr), OSIRIS (Grantecan).

·         2001 – 2005
Project manager at the Centre Spatial de Liège, University of Liège.
Volume phase holographic gratings as disperser for astronomic spectrometer, combiner for head up display, laser stretcher, industrial spectrometer. Rigorous coupled wave analysis. Holographic mirrors. Holographic optical elements. Cryogenic/interfereometric testing. Quality control. Facility manager. Staff manager. Customer service (ESO, NOAO, University of Michigan, ENO, RSAA, Anglo Australian Observatory, and others), CodeV. Start-up creation (see ATHOL).

-        2000
Research Associate at the University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center.
First time demonstration of photorefractivity in polymers by two-photon absorption (Optics Letters). Femtosecond spectroscopic characterization of semi and supraconductors (Physical Review Letters). Contribution: Pulsed laser (femtosecond, frequency conversion, OPO, OPA, ), multi-photon spectroscopy, non-linear optics, holography, photorefractivity, polymer and organic compounds, semi and supraconductor compounds, LabView.

Education

-        Ph.D. in Physics (Optics) with the greatest distinction at the Centre Spatial de Liège, 1999. Thesis about the "Experimental and theoretical study of the molecular photo-orientation of azo dyes in polymer matrices (pdf in French). Self-developing media for holographic recording. Contribution: Non-linear optics, holography, photo refractivity, polymer and organic compounds, Clean room facility, LaTeX, IDL, machine shop.

-        Masters of Science in Physics at the University of Liège, Belgium, 1994. Thesis carried out in the Experimental Nuclear Physics Institute about the Neon study by beam-foil spectroscopy. Contribution: Laser engineering, vacuum engineering, automate programming, and theoretical and experimental spectroscopy.

Miscellaneous

-        Author or co-author of more than 30 peers reviewed papers published in international journals (Nature, Optics Communication, Optics Letters, JOSA B, Optical Engineering and others). See the articles.

-        Participant of more than 20 international conferences. See the conferences

-         Reviewer for international journals: Optics Express, Macromolecules, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Applied Optics, Journal of Optical Materials, Optics Communication.

-        Patents:
- "System and method using a voltage kick-off to record a hologram on a photorefractive polymer for 3D holographic display and other applications"Patent US 7973989 B2, published on 05-Jul-2011.
- "System and method for synchronizing a spatial light modulator with a pulsed laser to record a hologram at the repetition rate of the pulsed laser" (pending).
- "Autostereoscopic 3D telepresence using integral holography" (pending).
- "System and method to improve the quality of holograms on a photorefractive polymer for 3D holographic display and other applications" (pending).