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Pierre Marquet is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Université Laval. He holds the prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neurophotonics and serves as Director of the International Joint Unit (IJU) on Neurodevelopment and Child Psychiatry, a collaboration between Université Laval and the University of Lausanne established in 2016.
Dr. Marquet is a psychiatrist with a unique dual background in physical engineering (diploma from EPFL) and neurophotonics (M.D./Ph.D. from UNIL). His transdisciplinary expertise bridges physics, mathematics, neurobiology, and clinical psychiatry to develop innovative approaches for early detection of major psychiatric disorders.
His research program is organized around four main axes:
- Neurophotonics: Development of multimodal imaging platforms based on digital holographic microscopy
- Neurodevelopment Biology: Understanding neurodevelopmental processes underlying psychiatric disorders using stem cell technologies
- Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry: Studying links between developmental processes and onset of psychiatric disorders
- Neuroimaging: Identification of risk biomarkers using structural and functional MRI
Dr. Marquet's work focuses on identifying cellular biomarkers for major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and recurrent severe depression in vulnerable children, well before clinical symptoms appear. His team has developed innovative high-resolution optical microscopy techniques based on holographic principles to visualize neural cell maturation with nanometric sensitivity.
His research has resulted in more than 140 scientific publications with over 6000 citations (h-index 33), numerous patents, and co-founding of three technology start-up companies. His work involves multicentric studies across Canada and Switzerland through the International Joint Unit.
Dr. Marquet leads a diverse research team including PhD students, research associates, and laboratory managers working at the intersection of physics, engineering, and psychiatry.
