Jean-Michel LOURTIOZ was born in
Lens, France, in 1948. He graduated from Ecole Centrale de Paris in
1971, received the equivalent of the M.S. and Ph.D degrees in physics
from the Paris-Sud University in 1975 and 1981, respectively.
In 1976, he
worked at "Compagnie Générale d’Electricité" (CGE). From 1976 to 2016,
he has been a scientist at the "Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique" (CNRS), and has worked at the "Institut d'Electronique
Fondamentale" (IEF), which was a joint research unit between CNRS and
University of Paris-Sud, France. Since 2016, he is emeritus research
director at CNRS and is working with the Center for Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology (C2N), which was formed from the merger between IEF and
LPN (“Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures”). He is also
honorary Vice President of Paris-Sud University after serving as Vice
President of this university from 2013 to 2018. In May 2021, he
co-funded the startup SOY PV with Daniel Lincot, research director at
CNRS.
During his career, Jean-Michel Lourtioz has assumed different
leadership positions. From 1990 to 2000, he directed the "Fast circuits
and quantum optoelectronics" group at IEF. From 1996 to 2000, he also
led the French CNRS research group on Microcavities and Photonic
Crystals. From 2000 to 2010, he was the head of IEF, which grouped
about 150 permanent researchers, technicians and administrative staff
and 90 PhD students, post-doctorants and other temporary personnel. In
2008, he initiated with Jean-Yves Marzin and Claude Chappert the Center
for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), which was further created in
2016 as a joint research unit between CNRS and University of
Paris-Saclay. In 2009 and 2010, he has been a member of the steering
committee of the French NanoInnov Alliance for nanotechnology, and a
member of the French Allistene Alliance for computer sciences and
technology. From 2010 to 2014, he has been Vice President of the
UniverSud Paris academic hub. From 2013 to 2018, he has been Vice
President of Paris-Sud University for sustainable development and large
real estate projects.
Jean-Michel Lourtioz's work has covered a broad variety of topics
including: molecular lasers, nonlinear optics, semiconductor lasers,
fast optoelectronics, quantum well intersubband devices and physics,
semiconductor nanostructures, photonic crystals and metamaterials (see
description of research results). Since 2010, Jean-Michel Lourtioz has
contributed to large structuring research projects. He has also
contributed to the dissemination of scientific knowledge especially in
the field of nanosciences and nanotechnology and that of sustainable
development. He has been the coordinator of the MOOC “understanding
nanosciences” from 2017 to 2020. He is presently coordinating the SPOC
“challenges of the green transition”, which is a digital course for all
undergraduate students at the University of Paris-Saclay. Jean-Michel
Lourtioz is the author or co-author of about 450 publications, patents
and communications, comprised of 192 articles in peer reviewed
journals, 20 books or book chapters, 238 presentations, including 51
invited talks, in conferences, workshops or symposia.
During his career, Jean-Michel Lourtioz has been involved in many
cooperative initiatives with industry in the domains of
microelectronics and telecommunications. In 1988, he was accepted as
IEEE Sr Member. He received the "General Ferrié" award from SEE in
1992, and was awarded by the French INPI trophy in 2008 for his
initiatives in technology transfer and innovation as the head of IEF.
His initiatives to promote innovation are perhaps best illustrated by
the co-creation of the startup SOY PV in May 2021.
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e.g. Photonic
Crystals (Ed. Springer), Compact
Semiconductor Lasers (Ed. Wiley), Nanosciences
et nanotechnologies (Ed. Belin)
