Roberto Morandotti wins Prix du Québec’s Marie-Victorin Award
by CM Staff
The physicist is recognized for his research career in the field of nanotechnology in photonics.
Institut national de la recherche scientifique. Credit: Christian Fleury.
QUÉBEC — Roberto Morandotti, physicist at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), is the 2022 recipient of the Prix du Québec Marie-Victorin
This award was established to recognize outstanding research careers in the natural sciences (except the biomedical field) and engineering for 45 years.
“Over the course of my career, I have been fortunate to meet and collaborate with fantastic students and postdoctoral fellows, outstanding mentors, and remarkable colleagues and support staff at all levels. The main lesson I have learned is that, in science as in life, it is often more important to ask the right question, rather than to seek a generic or unhelpful answer,” said Professor Roberto Morandotti, in a statement.
His career is marked by contributions in nonlinear optics, and his fields of expertise include telecommunications, quantum computing, spectroscopy, and artificial intelligence.
After arriving at the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre in 2003, Roberto Morandotti set up a research program to help further knowledge in the field. The researcher reportedly has more than 20 patent applications under his belt.
