Photonics is multidisciplinary
In this section you will find videos from across the broad spectrum of different professional profiles working in photonics.
- Academia
- Industry
- Other
- Engineering
- Telecommunications
- Health
- Agrifood
- Art
- Energy
- Research
- Technology-Transfer
- Business-Development
- Communication
- IP
- Technical
- Diversity
- Women
- Skills
Dr. Clara Vilches - Biotechnologist
Dr. Clara Vilches is a biotechnologist who started her career studying a rare kidney disease using transgenic mouse models and is now working on light applications in cancer treatment!
Dr. Maria Belegratis - Biologist
Dr. Maria Belegratis is a biologist who works as a senior scientist at JOANNEUM RESEARCH on electron- and laser lithography. In her job she found exciting overlaps between biology and photonics.
Dr. Austin Nevin - Chemist & conservation scientist
Dr. Austin Nevin is a chemist and a conservation scientist, who started his career studying how lasers can help to identify art materials such as pigments and binding media in paint. Austin is currently a researcher in Italy and a senior lecturer at the University of Gothenburg and employs photonics in his research to study how physical and chemical properties of materials are linked to stability, a key parameter in the preservation of precious works of art.
Johanna Reck - Mathematician
Johanna Reck is a mathematician and currently works at SENTECH Instruments, were she collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to develop advanced photonics solutions for Thin Film Measurement and Plasma Process Technology.
Stanislava Serecunova - Biomedical engineer
Stanislava Serecunova is a biomedical engineer who found her interest in photonics while studying at Brno University of Technology. Nowadays she is an external PhD student at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and she is working for Vorarlberg University of Applied Science and V-Research GmbH in Dornbirn. Shuffling between the study and simulation of different optical properties, her goal is to optimize the performance and functionality of passive optical components applied to medical devices, while reducing their size and cost.
Dr. Yu Bi - Material scientist
Dr. Yu Bi is a material scientist with a longstanding interest in green energy and photovoltaics. She has worked as a researcher in China, US and the Netherlands, and is currently a postdoc at ICFO in Barcelona where she works with a multidisciplinary team on an advanced photodetector with potential applications in food quality control, self-driving cars and night vision!
Mathilde Patin - Archaeologist
Mathilde Patin is an archaeologist and discovered during her studies how sciences can help answering questions in archaeology.
Nowadays, Mathilde works as a PhD at VUB in the Brussels Photonics department, where she identifies painting pigments and glass components with Raman or optical spectroscopy. Each material in fact has a specific response to the light source.
Her goal is to answer questions of dating, authenticity and provenance of artworks or archaeological findings using photonics, so to avoid damaging them.
Elena Torralba-Calleja - Chemist
Elena Torralba-Calleja is a chemist who started her career working on projects related to CO2 capture and ionic liquid technologies. She is now a R&D researcher at the LEITAT Technological Center in Barcelona where she focuses on applied photonics in the fields of energy, food and health!
Dr. Marie Didier - Physicist and conservation scientist
Dr. Marie Didier has a pluridisciplinary background in conservation science and optics and has found a way of combining her two passions: Art and Science.
Her specialty consists in using high-end technologies to apply them at the interface of Art & Science. Marie has experience in fundamental research in non-invasive optics, image processing and art-driven imaging technologies. She is passionate about communication and naturally thrives in an interdisciplinary & multicultural environment.
Marie was recently awarded an Ignition Grant for Startup by EPFL. The main goals of her project, that plans to become a spin-off, consists in building bridges between physicists and art historians. She attempts to create an efficient collaboration between them while making the most of the high-end technologies and image processing approaches derived from fundamental academic research.