Congratulations to Our New Professors!

The following Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Centre Investigators have been promoted to Professor!

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Stéphane Coen, of The University of Auckland Department of Physics.

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Miro Erkintalo, of The University of Auckland Department of Physics.

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Harald Schwefel, of the University of Otago Department of Physics.

Harald is a physicist with teaching and research interests in nonlinear and quantum optics. He is passionate about research on resonant enhanced nonlinear interactions and his team has explored new methods of generating optical frequency combs and efficient ways of converting light between different frequencies. Harald’s undergraduate education started at the Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany. He received his PhD in theoretical physics from Yale University, USA. After the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany he joined Otago in 2015. At Otago he is a PI at the Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies as well as Quantum Technologies Aotearoa. His research forms the basis for entangled quantum computing and new methods of detecting and measuring climate gases from space. The impact of Harald’s work has been recognised by his election as fellow of Optica. He has led several Royal Society Catalyst, Marsden, and MBIE Endeavour grants. Source.

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