Bios

 

André obtained his undergraduate degree in the Chemistry Department at Université
de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Following graduation, he pursued a Masters degree
in Theoretical Chemistry simulating the time-dependent behavior of molecular ions in
intense laser fields.

 

 

He then moved to the United States and enrolled at Princeton University. Leaving theory aside, his Doctorate thesis focused on high-resolution spectroscopy of molecules embedded in superfluid helium nanodroplets. He made extensive use of microwave,infrared and ultraviolet radiation, and his thesis relied almost exclusively on devices either custom-built or heavily modified in-house.

 

 

During his last semester at Princeton, he was awarded a Robert A. Millikan Postdoctoral Scholarship at the California Institute of Technology. His work with the Physical Measurement and Control group focused on the development of “wet mirror” cavity enhanced absorptive spectroscopy, both in the infrared and the ultraviolet.

 

Following his tenure at Caltech, he moved to Houston, Texas and he was hired as
Scientist at Fairway Medical Technologies. Since August 2010, he’s been part of the
research team at TomoWave Laboratories, and has been promoted to Lead Scientist
in July 2012. He designs and builds broadband optoacoustic transducers, and devise
realistic testing apparatuses and protocols. As he’s been directly involved with radiation sources for over a decade, he also helps interfacing lasers to the optoacoustic systems TomoWave Labs develops. When entropy prevails, he serves as resident laser mechanic.