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Experience
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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.
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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.
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2005 – Present
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).
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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).
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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
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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.
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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.
Miscelaneous
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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 this link.
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Participant of more than 15 international conferences.
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Reviewer for international journals like Optics Express,
Macromolecules, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Applied Optics,
Journal of Optical Materials, Optics Communication.
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Patent pending: "Technique for enhancing the writing and
lengthening the persistence time on photorefractive polymers". |
