Dr. Laura Graña Suarez

Program Manager Integrated Photonics

Email
l.granasuarez@utwente.nl
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About Laura Graña Suarez

Laura Graña Suarez defended her PhD at the University of Twente in 2016. She moved directly to industry and started working at the company Vesuvius, where she had several roles starting from R&D Engineer to R&D Manager. Recently, she came back to the University of Twente. Her current function is Program Manager Integrated Photonics at the MESA+ Institute. Here, she coordinates the work related with this field, working closely together with all the colleagues in the integrated photonics program: principal investigators and PhDs from many different research groups, industries in the program as well as institutions from the National Growth Funds Photonics.

About the Integrated Photonics Community at the UT.

Do you have great passion for advances in Integrated Photonics? Do you enjoy working in collaborations between businesses and universities and creating value for our society? The University of Twente can offer you that opportunity!

The largest concentration of scientists and engineers in the Photonics research area you will find at the University of Twente. Different expertise’s work together in research and development of photonic chips, development of microscopic techniques and application of nano-photonics in sensing, manufacturing, and imaging. To give you a flavor of what we are doing, in this cluster, researchers are for example engaged in research into photonic crystals in which light can be trapped, unbreakable security solutions based on quantum physics, advanced mirrors for the chip industry and extremely precise, miniscule lasers that can be used on chip. Moreover, our researchers in this domain work on cheap, light-based sensors that can be used to screen traces of cancer or to check water pollution levels on a large scale.

The research on photonics and integrated photonics is in full speed and is of great importance for future innovations. Therefore, the University of Twente is looking for talent! Join us in one of the open positions as PhD or Post-Doc and help us shape the future of pioneering research and innovation on Integrated Photonics at the University of Twente

About the Faculty

The Faculty of Science & Technology (Technische Natuurwetenschappen, TNW) engages some 700 staff members and 2000 students in education and research on the cutting edge of chemical technology, applied physics and biomedical technology. Our fields of application include sustainable energy, process technology and materials science, nanotechnology and technical medicine. As part of a people-first tech university that aims to shape society, individuals and connections, our faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad, and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders. Our research has a high profile both in the Netherlands and internationally and is strengthened by the many young researchers working on innovative projects with as doctoral candidates and post-docs. It has been accommodated in three multidisciplinary UT research institutes: Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Centre and Digital Society Institute.

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