Professor Niels Quack | |
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Born | 1980 (age 43–44) |
Nationality | Switzerland Germany |
Known for | Photonic MEMS Diamond photonics |
Parent | Martin Quack |
Academic background | |
Education | Engineering |
Alma mater |
EPFL ETH Zurich |
Thesis | Micromirrors for integrated tunable mid-infrared detectors and emitters (2010) |
Doctoral advisor | Jürg Dual |
Other advisors | Ming C. Wu |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Engineering |
Sub-discipline | Microengineering |
Institutions | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
Main interests | Photonic Micro- & Nanosystems Micro- and Nanofabrication Photonic MEMS Diamond Photonics |
Website | https://q-lab.epfl.ch |
Niels Quack (born 1980 in Göttingen) is a Swiss and German engineer specialized in optical micro engineering. He is a SNSF professor at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and director of the Photonic Micro- and Nanosystems Laboratory at its school of engineering. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Quack studied engineering at EPFL and received his master's degree in 2005. He then joined Jürg Dual's Institute for Mechanical Systems at ETH Zurich as a PhD student and graduated in 2010 with a thesis on "Micromirrors for integrated tunable mid-infrared detectors and emitters." [5] [4] In 2011, he went to work as a postdoctoral researcher at Ming C. Wu's Integrated Photonics Laboratory at University of California, Berkeley. From 2014 to 2015, he was senior microelectromechanical systems engineer with Sercalo Microtechnology Inc. [6]
Since 2015, he has been an SNSF Assistant Professor with the EPFL, and head of the Photonic Micro- and Nanosystems Laboratory at its school of engineering. [1] [2] [3]
The research interests of Quack's group include photonic micro- and Nanosystems Engineering for integrated transducers. [7] They focus on diamond photonics and silicon photonic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), [8] and photonic switches and tunable optical microsystems that find application in information and communication technologies, [9] and emerging fields such as quantum information [10] and artificial intelligence. [11]
Quack's research has been featured in several international news outlet's such as Inside Unmanned Systems, [12] Swissinfo, [13] Phys.org, [14] Bilan, [15] Laser Focus World, [16] and Enerzine. [17] His research is also introduced in online videos such as the OSA stories [18] and the H2020 Morphic Project. [19]
Quack has been an associate editor Journal of Optical Microsystems, [20] Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3), [21] and Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. [22] He has been a steering committee member of the IEEE International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), [23] and served as general chair of the IEEE OMN 2018 [24] and the Latsis Symposium 2019 on Diamond Photonics. [25]
He is a senior member of IEEE, [23] a member of The Optical Society, and a life member of SPIE. [26]
He is the recipient of the Outstanding Paper Award by Nature Microsystems & Nanoengineering 2020. [27] [28]
Professor Niels Quack | |
---|---|
Born | 1980 (age 43–44) |
Nationality | Switzerland Germany |
Known for | Photonic MEMS Diamond photonics |
Parent | Martin Quack |
Academic background | |
Education | Engineering |
Alma mater |
EPFL ETH Zurich |
Thesis | Micromirrors for integrated tunable mid-infrared detectors and emitters (2010) |
Doctoral advisor | Jürg Dual |
Other advisors | Ming C. Wu |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Engineering |
Sub-discipline | Microengineering |
Institutions | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
Main interests | Photonic Micro- & Nanosystems Micro- and Nanofabrication Photonic MEMS Diamond Photonics |
Website | https://q-lab.epfl.ch |
Niels Quack (born 1980 in Göttingen) is a Swiss and German engineer specialized in optical micro engineering. He is a SNSF professor at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and director of the Photonic Micro- and Nanosystems Laboratory at its school of engineering. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Quack studied engineering at EPFL and received his master's degree in 2005. He then joined Jürg Dual's Institute for Mechanical Systems at ETH Zurich as a PhD student and graduated in 2010 with a thesis on "Micromirrors for integrated tunable mid-infrared detectors and emitters." [5] [4] In 2011, he went to work as a postdoctoral researcher at Ming C. Wu's Integrated Photonics Laboratory at University of California, Berkeley. From 2014 to 2015, he was senior microelectromechanical systems engineer with Sercalo Microtechnology Inc. [6]
Since 2015, he has been an SNSF Assistant Professor with the EPFL, and head of the Photonic Micro- and Nanosystems Laboratory at its school of engineering. [1] [2] [3]
The research interests of Quack's group include photonic micro- and Nanosystems Engineering for integrated transducers. [7] They focus on diamond photonics and silicon photonic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), [8] and photonic switches and tunable optical microsystems that find application in information and communication technologies, [9] and emerging fields such as quantum information [10] and artificial intelligence. [11]
Quack's research has been featured in several international news outlet's such as Inside Unmanned Systems, [12] Swissinfo, [13] Phys.org, [14] Bilan, [15] Laser Focus World, [16] and Enerzine. [17] His research is also introduced in online videos such as the OSA stories [18] and the H2020 Morphic Project. [19]
Quack has been an associate editor Journal of Optical Microsystems, [20] Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3), [21] and Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. [22] He has been a steering committee member of the IEEE International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), [23] and served as general chair of the IEEE OMN 2018 [24] and the Latsis Symposium 2019 on Diamond Photonics. [25]
He is a senior member of IEEE, [23] a member of The Optical Society, and a life member of SPIE. [26]
He is the recipient of the Outstanding Paper Award by Nature Microsystems & Nanoengineering 2020. [27] [28]