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I received my Electrotechnical Engineer degree with a major in Applied Physics (1994) magna cum laude from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. As a Brussels Hoover Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation, I obtained a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (1996) from Stanford University. I continued to pursue a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (2003) at Stanford University as an FMA fellow of the Center for Integrated Systems and with support from the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (Belgium). I am currently an engineering research associate in Stanford's interdisciplinary Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory.
My dissertation, entitled “The optics of image sensors,” provides the first comprehensive optical study of the pixels in a solid-state image sensor, and pioneers the integration of subwavelength metal optics functionality with VLSI circuitry using the back-end technology in a standard 180-nm CMOS process.
My current research focuses on the theoretical and experimental exploration of metal-based metamaterials and nanophotonic devices that enable efficient transport of light at the nano-scale for energy, information, and optical sensing applications.
I have published over 65 papers in peer-reviewed journals (3 invited/7 highly-cited) and peer-reviewed conference proceedings (7 invited/4 highly-cited/1 finalist). I hold four patents (3 issued, 1 pending). I have been invited to present my work at international conferences and at universities around the world (>15 invited talks).
I have organized several international conferences and workshops. I was co-organizer of Symposium N on Materials, Integration, and Technology for Monolithic Instruments II at the 2007 Fall Meeting of the Material Research Society (MRS). I am on the Program Committee and Session Chair for the Digital Photography IV-VI conferences at Electronic Imaging 2008-10 of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE). In 2010, I also join the Program Comittee of Imaging Optical Systems (IOS) hosted by the Optical Society of America (OSA).
I have been elected to Tau Beta Pi - the Engineering Honor Society and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.
I am a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). I am a member of the Optical Society of America (OSA), the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), and the Material Research Society (MRS).