Our People

Name and Contact Affiliation Research Focus
Prof. Peter Herman
CREATE Director
Email: p.herman@utoronto.ca
Phone: +1 416-978-7722
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto Laser photonics fabrication, lab-in-fiber
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann
IRTG Director
Email: andreas.tuennermann@uni-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-8-07202
Institute of Applied Physics,
Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
Fiber lasers, ultrashort pulse physics, micro/nano optics, nanotechnology
Prof. Li Qian
Institutional Leader
Email: l.qian@utoronto.ca
Phone: +1 416-946-5517
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Toronto
Ultrafast photonics, metrology, quantum communication, optical sensing
Prof. Roberto Morandotti
Institutional Leader
Email: roberto.morandotti@emt.inrs.ca
Phone: +1 514-228-8124
INRS-EMT, Varennes PQ Nonlinear optics, integrated optics, quantum optics
Prof. Réal Vallée
Institutional Leader
Email: real.vallee@copl.ulaval.ca
Phone: +1 418-656-2131
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, Optics, COPL, U. Laval Optical fibers, fiber based components and applications, ultrafast optics
Prof. Stewart Aitchison
Email: stewart.aitchison@utoronto.ca
Phone: +1 416-946-7349
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Toronto
Nonlinear optics, plasmonics, silicon & III-V photonics
Prof. Martin Bernier
Email: martin.bernier@copl.ulaval.ca
Phone: +1 418-6562131
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, Optics, COPL, U. Laval Bragg gratings processing, mid-infrared Raman fiber lasers, mid-infrared sources for remote spectroscopy
Prof. Benjamin Dietzek
Email: benjamin.dietzek@uni-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-2-06332
Institute for Physical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena Molecular photonics, structural dynamics, femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy
Prof. Stefanie Gräfe
E-mail: s.graefe@uni-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-9-48330
Institute for Physical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena Quantum control, quantum chemistry
Prof. François Légaré
Email: legare@emt.inrs.ca
Phone: +1 514-228-6871
INRS-EMT, Varennes PQ Nonlinear laser-matter interaction
Prof. Jens Limpert
Email: jens.limpert@uni-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-9-47811
Institute of Applied Physics,
Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
Novel solid-state laser concepts, fiber lasers, ultrashort laser pulses
Prof. Younès Messaddeq
Email: younes.messaddeq@copl.ulaval.ca
Phone: +1 418-656-5338
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, Optics, COPL, U. Laval Novel glass based materials for fibers and optical devices
Prof. Stefan Nolte
Email: stefan.nolte@uni-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-9-47820
Institute of Applied Physics,
Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
Ultrafast optics, nonlinear light-matter interaction, laser materials processing
Prof. Thomas Pertsch
Email: thomas.pertsch@uni-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-9-47560
Institute of Applied Physics,
Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
Applied physics, nano optics
Prof. Ulf Peschel
Email: ulf.peschel@uni-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-9-47170
Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics, FSU, Jena Theoretical linear and nonlinear optics, plasmonics, nanophotonics
Prof. Michel Piché
Email: michel.piche@phy.ulaval.ca
Phone: +1 418-656-2131
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, Optics, COPL, U. Laval Ultrafast lasers, nonlinear optics, high field interactions
Prof. Joyce Poon
Email: joyce.poon@utoronto.ca
Phone: +1 416-978-5465
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Toronto
Micro / nanophotonics
Prof. Luca Razzari
Email: luca.razzari@emt.inrs.ca
Phone: +1 514-228-6822
INRS-EMT, Varennes PQ Nanoplasmonics, nonlinear optics
Prof. Markus Schmidt
Email: markus.schmidt@ipht-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-2-06140
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena Fiber optics, fiber sensors
Prof. Christian Spielmann
Email: christian.spielmann@uni-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-9-47230
Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Friedrich-Schiller U., Jena Experimental physics / Quantum electronics
Prof. Alexander Szameit
Email: alexander.szameit@uni-jena.de
Phone: +49 3641-9-47985
Institute of Applied Physics,
Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
Diamond-/carbon-based optical systems, discrete optics, optics of guided waves