Mission

Exploring quantized structures based on emerging semiconductors in both photonics and electronics. This covers a broad research area starting from fundamental studies around light-matter interaction in microcavities and nanostructures, to photonic devices such as blue lasers and superluminescent light emitting diodes.
These activities are supported by Swiss national projects (FNS, CTI/KTI, and NCCR "Quantum Photonics"), European projects, and contracts with industrial partners.

Biography

Nicolas Grandjean was born in France and received his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis in 1994. He was working during his PhD thesis on III-V semiconductor heterostructures. From 1994 to 2003, he was a member of the permanent staff at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) where he studied the physics of GaN semiconductor based nanostructures. In 2004, he was appointed tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He was promotted Full Professor in Physics in 2009. Since 2012 he is acting as Director of the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics. He was awarded the Sandoz Family Foundation grant for Academic Promotion in 2004 and received in 2010 the “Nakamura Lecturer” award from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). He is author or co-author of about 400 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, 5 book chapters, and 4 patents. He has been Scientific Advisor for a large industrial group and participated to the creation of a start-up (Novagan). His current research activities are centered on the physics and technology of III-V nitride semiconductors, in particular on microcavities, nanostructures,and 2D electron gas.