Romuald Houdré

Romuald Houdré is a Full Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the School of Basic Sciences (SB) and the Department of Physics (IPHYS). He holds dual roles in teaching and research within the School of Physics (SB-SPH). His research focuses on photonic crystals, optical microcavities, and their applications in biophotonics, semiconductor physics, and quantum optoelectronics.

Education and Career:

• PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from École Polytechnique (France), 1985
• Habilitation, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris 6, 1998
• Joined EPFL in 1988, leading molecular beam epitaxy and microcavity activities
• Appointed Full Professor at EPFL in 2011

Research Interests:

• Photonic crystal cavities and optical trapping for biomedical sensing
• Nanophotonics and semiconductor materials (GaN-based systems)
• Nonlinear optics and quantum phenomena in polaritonic systems
• Development of lab-on-chip technologies for single-cell analysis

Achievements:

• Over 220 publications, including 89 invited talks
• 5 patents and 4 book chapters
• High h-index (H=56 in WOS, H=68 in Google Scholar)

Teaching:

• Optics II (Bachelor in Physics)
• Photonics for the Doctoral School in Photonics (EDPO)
• Supervised over 20 doctoral students

Labs/Groups: Research conducted in the Quantum Optoelectronics Laboratory (LOEQ) and the SCI-SB-RH group, focusing on integrated photonics and biophotonics applications.