Pierre Berini received a PhD and MScA in electrical engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, and a BESc and BSc in electrical engineering and computer science, respectively, from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Berini is a distinguished university professor of electrical engineering and physics. He is also the Canada Research Chair (T1) in Nanophotonics, former director of the Centre for Research in Photonics at the University of Ottawa and founding director of the uOttawa NanoFab, a core facility that is home to over $30 million in cleanroom tools. He was the founder and chief technology officer of a venture capital-financed company, and he collaborates on an ongoing basis with industry.
Dr. Berini has received an NSERC Steacie Fellowship, an NSERC Discovery Accelerator, a Premier of Ontario Research Excellence Award, the University of Ottawa Young Researcher of the Year Award, a URSI Young Scientist Award and a George S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research, and is a Canada Foundation for Innovation researcher. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Optica, the American Physical Society, the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of Canada.
Dr. Berini has published 14 book chapters and over 700 scientific and technical papers in peer-reviewed periodicals and conference proceedings. He is an inventor holding or sharing 27 patents. He was an associate editor of Optics Express and a managing editor of Nanophotonics, and is presently an associate editor of Optica. He contributes on an ongoing basis to the organization of several international conferences in photonics.
Dr. Berini’s research interests cover the field of nanophotonics for application to telecom and quantum devices, (bio)sensors and security features. He consults for industry, government and venture capitalists.