Yves-Alain Peter's Biography

Yves-Alain Peter, Professor, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal

Dr Yves-Alain Peter received the M.Sc. degree in physics and the Dr.Sc. degree from the University of Neuchaˆtel, Switzerland, in 1994 and 2001, respectively. In 1995, he joined the Department of Medical Radiobiology as a Research Associate at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. From 1995 to 2001, he was a Graduate Research Assistant with the Applied Optics Group, Institute of Microtechnology, University of Neuchaˆtel. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Microphotonics Group, Stanford University. From 2003 to 2004, he was a Research and Development Engineer and a Project Leader with the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, Switzerland. In 2004, he joined Polytechnique Montre´al, Canada, where he is now Professor of Engineering Physics. His current research interests include microphotonics and micro-opto-electro- mechanical systems.