Edouard Brainis
personal webpage


About me...

Research interest >> Education >> Carreer

I'm a researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the French-speaking university in Brussels. I'm born in Lvov (Ukraine) in 1976, but emigrate to Belgium with my parents at the age of five. I've grown in Brussels and currently live there.

When it comes to science, my domain is Physics. That's why you'll find a lot of Physics in these pages. Enjoy.

You can download my complete CV here (in French).








Manneken Pis,
Brussels

Research interest

I'm interested in quantum physics, especially control of elementary quantum systems such as photons and atoms. I call this quantum engineering. Please read my quantum engineering manifesto to understand why I consider this research topic so important for science and useful for the society.

I work on:

  • Photon-pair generation in optical fibers
  • Trapping of cold atoms in optical tweezers
  • Single photon sources based on colloïdal quantum dots
  • Implementations of quantum information processing (QIP)
Please go to my research page if you want to know more about these topics.



Coherent states
of light for QIP

Colloidal quantum
dots as single
photon sources

Education

Secondary School (1988-1994):
Athénée Robert Catteau -- Brussels, Belgium
Physical Engineering Degree (1994-1999):
Faculté des sciences appliquées / Ecole polytechnique, Université libre de Bruxelles -- Brussels, Belgium
PhD in Applied Sciences (2000-2006):
Faculté des sciences appliquées / Ecole polytechnique, Université libre de Bruxelles -- Brussels, Belgium


Athénée Robert Catteau, Brussels

Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels

Carreer

Oct. 1999 - Sept. 2000: Interim Teaching/Research Assistant
Service d'optique et acoustique,
Faculté des sciences appliquées / Ecole Polytechnique,
Université libre de Bruxelles -- Brussels, Belgium
Oct. 2000 - Jun. 2007: Teaching/Research Assistant (PhD in Dec. 2006)
Service d'optique et acoustique,
Faculté des sciences appliquées / Ecole Polytechnique,
Université libre de Bruxelles -- Brussels, Belgium
Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2008: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Atom-Photon Connection group (Axel Kuhn),
Atom and Laser Physics, Physics Department
University of Oxford -- Oxford, United Kingdom
Jan. 2009 - present: Postdoctoral Researcher F.R.S. - FNRS
Service OPERA,
Faculté des sciences appliquées / Ecole Polytechnique,
Université libre de Bruxelles -- Brussels, Belgium
Central Library of ULB, Brussels



Radcliff Camera, Oxford