Simone Bianconi
EPFL SB IPHYS LPQM1
PH D3 335 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
1015 Lausanne
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+41 21 693 67 55
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Fields of expertise
Biography
Simone Bianconi is a postdoctoral scholar at EPFL in the group of Tobias Kippenberg at the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements. His research interests focus on leveraging integrated photonics for laser ranging and sensing (e.g. LiDAR).He was previously at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Caltech) as a postdoctoral fellow at the Microdevices Laboratory, where he worked on the research and development of innovative LiDAR and quantum sensing instrumentations.
He obtained his PhD from Northwestern University in 2021, with a thesis on novel devices for infrared detection and imaging, which was awarded the “Best PhD dissertation” departmental award.
Professional course
Postdoctoral Fellow
Microdevices Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Caltech)
2022-2023
Education
PhD
Electrical Engineering
Northwestern University
2021
MS
Energy Engineering
Università di Bologna
2015
Awards
2022 : Best Dissertation Award : Northwestern University
2018 : Ryan Fellowship : International Institute of Nanotechnology