Nicolas Grandjean

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Associate Vice President for Education

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Biography

Nicolas Grandjean received a PhD degree in physics from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis in 1994 and thereafter joined the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) as a staff member. In 2004, he was appointed tenure-track assistant professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he created the Laboratory for advanced semiconductors for photonics and electronics. He was promoted to full professor in 2009. He was the director of the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics from 2012 to 2016. In 2016, he was invited as a visiting professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara. From 2018 to 2022, he was the head of the School of Physics at the EPFL. He was awarded the Sandoz Family Foundation Grant for Academic Promotion, received the “Nakamura Lecturer” Award in 2010, the "Quantum Devices Award” at the 2017 Compound Semiconductor Week, and “2016 best teacher” award from the EPFL Physics School. In 2022, he received the “Polysphère d’Or” best teacher award from the EPFL student association. He authored more than 600 publications in peered-reviewed journals and delivered plenary talks at major international conferences. His research interests are focused on the physics and technology of III-V nitride wide-bandgap semiconductor quantum photonics. Since 2025, Nicolas Grandjean is Associate-Vice President for Education at the EPFL.

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Physics

PhD Programs

PhD Students

Bampis Alexandros, Schwab Anna, Toschi Anna,

Past EPFL PhD Students

Chen Danxuan , Chen Yao , Christmann Gabriel , Ciers Joachim Armand Simonne , Cosendey Gatien , Delgoffe Antoine Maxime , Giraud Etienne François Olivier , Glauser Marlene , Gonschorek Marcus , Haller Camille , Kaufmann Nils Asmus Kristian , Levrat Jacques , Liu Wei , Lottigier Pierre Christophe , Lugani Lorenzo , Malinverni Marco , Mouti Anas , Nicolay Sylvain , Rossbach Georg , Rousseau Ian Michael , Shirzad Hoda , Simeonov Dobri , Sohi Pirouz , Stachurski Johann Nicolaï , Sulmoni Luca Alex Milo , Tamariz Kaufmann Sebastian Pascal , Vico Triviño Noelia , Weatherley Thomas Fjord Kjaersgaard , Zeng Xi , Zhu Tiankai ,

Courses

Advanced lll-Nitride Semiconductor Devices

This course covers advanced topics on compound semiconductors (lll-Nitrides) and their heterostructures, from both physics and engineering perspectives, to explain the principles of some of the widespread electronic and optoelectronic devices used in our lives (LEDs, lasers, HEMTS, and power FETS).

General physics : mechanics

Give the student the basic notions that will allow him or her to have a better understanding of physical phenomena, such as the mechanics of point masses. Acquire the capacity to analyse quantitatively the consequences of these effects with appropriate theoretical tools.

Introduction to Metalorganic Vapour Phase Epitaxy of III-V semiconductors

This course offers an insight into the science of epitaxial growth, a chapter of surface science requiring basic understanding of thermodynamics, crystallography, electronic and optical properties of semiconductors.