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Biography Prof. Nicolas Gisin Professor Nicolas Gisin, 53 years old, is the director of the Group of Applied Physics of the University of Geneva. Prior to joining the University of Geneva, he has held various industrial positions in companies developing both hardware and software. In 1994, he was among the founders of Gap Optique SA, a spin-off developing test and measurement equipment for the optical fiber communication industry. The company was acquired in 1995 by EXFO Electro-optical Engineering of Quebec, Canada. Prof. Gisin is the author of more than 100 publications in prestigious journals such as Nature and Science, and is cited as an inventor on more than 20 patents. Prof. Gisin holds a PhD in Physics and a Master in Mathematics from the University of Geneva. He has spent one year at the University of Rochester, in the United States of America, in a post-doctoral position. He has received a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
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