Geraud Bouwmans

Geraud Bouwmans was born in Lesquin, France, in March 1975. He received the Ph.D. degree in non-linear optics from the University of Science and Technology of Lille, Lille, France, in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he joined the photonic group of Bath University, Bath, U.K., where he worked on Photonic Crystal Fibers. Since 2003, he joined the photonic group of the PhLAM Laboratory, University of Lille, Lille, and became a Professor in 2012. He is the scientific manager of the FiberTech Lille, platform dedicated to the manufacture of innovative optical fibers and he is coauthor of more than 120 publications in peer review international (citation > 3000). His research interests include the designs, fabrication and characterization of specialty fibers for laser, nonlinear optics, endoscopy and sensors.