Giulio Vampa

Giulio Vampa is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Ottawa and an adjunct professor in the Department of Physics. He is a research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), part of the Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory (JASLab) between NRC and the University of Ottawa, and a fellow of the Joint Center for Extreme Photonics (JCEP). His research focuses on attosecond science, high-harmonic generation (HHG), and their applications in nanoscale systems and solid-state materials.

Giulio earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Ottawa in 2016 under Prof. Paul Corkum, followed by postdoctoral research at the Stanford PULSE Institute (2016–2020) under Prof. David Reis, where he explored nanoscale applications of extreme photonics. He is a member of The Optical Society (OSA) and the American Physical Society (APS), currently chairing OSA’s technical group on Short Wavelength Sources and Attosecond/High-field Physics.

His research interests include fundamental studies of HHG mechanisms in solids, plasmonic enhancements, and attosecond control in nanostructured materials. Key applications target ultrafast imaging, solid-state spectroscopy, and quantum-optical technologies. He collaborates with international teams to advance attosecond technologies and their integration with solid-state systems.

Giulio’s work bridges strong-field physics, quantum optics, and materials science, with a focus on nanoscale control and ultrafast dynamics. His contributions include pioneering studies on localized HHG in semiconductors, plasmonic metasurface control, and in-situ nanoscale focusing of extreme ultraviolet harmonics.