Pol Van Dorpe

Pol Van Dorpe received his PhD from the faculty of engineering of KU Leuven for his work in the field of spintronics. Afterwards he was appointed as a postdoctoral fellow of FWO-Flanders (2006-2012), based at imec, where he focused on metal-based nanophotonics and plasmonics for biosensors and energy-harvesting. During this period, Pol worked for some time at Stanford University, where he set up worldwide collaborations with renowned scientists in this field. His work has led to over 100 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact factor journals and has attracted more than 5000 citations. Since 2012 he has held the position of part-time associate professor in the physics department at KU Leuven and he is a leading member of staff in the life sciences department at imec, where his main research focus is applying integrated photonics concepts to enable novel applications in the life sciences field.