History
Ph.D. 1989, University of Basel, Switzerland
Postdocs at the IBM Almaden Research Center and the IBM Zurich Research Laboratories
Current
James McGill Professor (2006-present)
Scientific Director, McGill Nanotools Facility (2000-present), which includes a state-of-the-art Micro- and Nanofabrication Facility) open to academic and industrial users
Member, Board of Directors of le Regroupement québécois sur les matériaux de pointe (RQMP)
Member, Board of Directors of Fonds de recherche Québec - Nature et Technologies
Previous
Chair, Department of Physics (2013-2019)
Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education, Faculty of Science, (2009-2013)Fellow and Director, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Nanoelectronics Program (CIFAR), (2003-2013)
Director of the NSERC Nano Innovation Platform
Director of the le Regroupement québécois sur les matériaux de pointe
Honours
Fellow of the American Physical Society (2017)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2005)
Carrie Derick Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision and Teaching (2005)
Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada (2005)
CIFAR Young Explorer Prize - 'Top 20 under 40' (2002)
NSERC Staecie Prize (2001)
William Dawson Scholar (2000)
Memberships
International Collaboration Network University College London - Tokyo Institute of Technology - McGill
McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI)
McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM)
Centre for the Physics of Materials (CPM)
Contact
(514) 398-6536, [email protected]